This tutorial will show you how to add and remove allowed apps for Controlled Folder Access in Microsoft Defender Antivirus in Windows 11.
Microsoft Defender Antivirus is an antivirus software that is included in Windows 11 and can help protect your device from viruses, malware, and other threats.
Controlled folder access helps protect your valuable data from malicious apps and threats, such as ransomware. In a ransomware attack, your files can get encrypted and held hostage.
Controlled folder access protects your data by checking apps against a list of known, trusted apps. With controlled folder access in place, a notification appears on the computer where an app attempted to make changes to a file in a protected folder.
Controlled...
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
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Clean Install Windows 11
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Enable or Disable Recall Feature in Windows 11
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove This PC in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 shows the This PC icon in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default. This makes it easy to browse your Devices and drives and Network locations in one location.
If you prefer not to have This PC show in the navigation pane of File Explorer, you can remove it.
If you turn on Show all folders in the navigation pane, This PC will always show in the navigation pane.
This will not remove the This PC icon from the older Open and Save as type common item dialog boxes like below. If wanted, you can manually change the places bar items in common dialog boxes to remove This PC from them...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off use Efficiency mode for PC Gaming in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
When playing a game on your Windows PC, gamers want and deserve the best performance possible and that requires maximizing their PC resources for the gameplay experience. Through a new setting in Efficiency mode, Microsoft Edge helps improve gaming performance on Windows 10 and 11 to help keep games running fast and smooth by...
This tutorial will show you how to enable and disable Clarity Boost while playing games with Xbox Cloud Gaming in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
Microsoft has added a new exclusive Clarity Boost feature to Microsoft Edge that enhances console games with Xbox Cloud Gaming. Clarity Boost is a spatial upscaling enhancement that makes streaming games look clearer and sharper while playing in Microsoft Edge on Windows 10 and 11. It uses a set of...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) for your account in Windows 11.
There are several different kinds of keyboards for PCs. The most common type is a physical, external keyboard that plugs into your PC. But Windows has a built-in Accessibility tool called the On-Screen Keyboard (OSK) that can be used instead of a physical keyboard.
You don’t need a touchscreen to use the OSK. It displays a visual keyboard with all the standard keys, so you can use your mouse or another pointing device to select keys, or use a physical single key or group of keys to cycle through the keys on the screen.
When you turn on OSK, a keyboard that can be used to move around the screen and enter text will appear on...
This tutorial will show you how to install the Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) feature in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment -- including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications -- directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup.
WSL 2 is a new version of the Windows Subsystem for Linux architecture that powers the Windows Subsystem for Linux to run ELF64 Linux binaries on Windows. Its primary goals are to increase file system performance, as well as adding full system call compatibility. This new architecture changes how these Linux binaries interact with Windows and your computer's hardware, but...
This tutorial will show you how to determine if an app or process is currently running as administrator (elevated) or not in Windows 11.
Windows runs desktops apps and application files (ex: .bat, .cmd, .exe, and .msc file types) in user mode by default without elevated administrator rights unless it prompts you with UAC to run elevated (highest privileges).
Windows has standard user and administrator types of user accounts.
Standard User - Standard user accounts are good for everyday usage, and can be a local account or Microsoft account. Standard user accounts can use most apps and change system settings that do not affect other users. If any action that requires elevated rights is attempted while signed in as a standard user...
This tutorial will show you how to edit stickers added to the desktop to resize and move them where you like on the desktop for your account in Windows 11.
Desktop Stickers is a hidden feature in Windows 11 that allows you to choose and edit stickers for your wallpaper when using Windows Spotlight or a picture with Fill as your desktop background image.
Using the new sticker editor you can pick, place, and resize stickers as you like. It can be accessed through Settings or by right-clicking your desktop.
When you change your desktop background picture, your stickers will still remain.
The Desktop Stickers feature is currently not officially released to Windows 11 yet, but if you would like to give Desktop Stickers a play with now...
This tutorial will show you how to remove stickers from the desktop for your account in Windows 11.
Desktop Stickers is a hidden feature in Windows 11 that allows you to choose and edit stickers for your wallpaper when using Windows Spotlight or a picture with Fill as your desktop background image.
Using the new sticker editor you can pick, place, and resize stickers as you like. It can be accessed through Settings or by right-clicking your desktop.
When you change your desktop background picture, your stickers will still remain.
The Desktop Stickers feature is currently not officially released to Windows 11 yet, but if you would like to give Desktop Stickers a play with now, you can enable Desktop Stickers in Windows 11 version...
This tutorial will show you how to change the Weather widget to show the temperature in Fahrenheit or Celsius for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage.
The Weather widget allows you to see the weather of a location you want. You can have the temperature show in Fahrenheit (°F) or Celsius (°C).
To use the widgets board, you need to be signed in to your Microsoft account, your work account, or your...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove columns for details in Task Manager for your account in Windows 11.
Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, process details, and services in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft has updated the design of Task Manager to match the new Windows 11 design principles. This includes a new hamburger style navigation bar and a new settings page. A new command bar on each page gives access to common actions. The dark theme has now been brought to Task manager and will automatically match the system-wide theme configured in the Settings app.
If you like, you can add or remove columns for details...
This tutorial will show you how to see which user a process is running as in Windows 11.
Run as different user allows a user to run a .bat, .cmd, .exe, .msc, or .msi file as a different user. This allows running the .bat, .cmd, .exe, .msc, or .msi file with the same permissions and access rights as the different user instead of the user account they are currently signed in to.
Run as different user will only affect the current instance of the running .bat, .cmd, .exe, .msc, or .msi file. You can open multiple instances of the file with each instance running as a different user.
A process is an instance of a program that is being executed. Each process running in Windows is assigned a unique process ID (PID).
Option One: See Which...
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