This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable display delete to the Recycle Bin confirmation dialog for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a drive, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin and the Recycle Bin icon changes from empty to full.
If you have multiple hard drives, partitions, or an external hard drive connected to your PC, each drive will have its own hidden $Recycle.Bin system folder and Recycle Bin settings.
Removable drives, such as USB flash drives and memory cards, do not have a Recycle Bin by default. Files deleted from removable drives are permanently deleted since they do not go to...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off always show availability status of your OneDrive files on-demand in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can use OneDrive to sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at OneDrive.com. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or...
This tutorial will show you how to move an off-screen window back on-screen to the desktop in Windows 11.
Sometimes you may have accidentally moved a window off-screen, or left a window opened on another connected display and disconnected it without remembering to move the open window back to your primary display.
Option One: Move Off-Screen Window back On-Screen from Taskbar Icon Menu
Option Two: Move Off-Screen Window back On-Screen from Taskbar Thumbnail Preview Menu
Option Three: Move Off-Screen Window back On-Screen from Alt+Tab
Move Off-Screen Window back On-Screen from Taskbar Icon Menu
1 Press and hold the Shift key.
2 Right click on the off-screen window's taskbar icon. (see screenshot below)
3 Release the Shift key...
This tutorial will show you different ways to restore a maximized or minimized window for your account in Windows 11.
When you maximize or minimize a window in Windows 11, you can restore the window back to its original size and position when wanted.
Option One: Restore Window using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Restore All Windows using Show Desktop
Option Three: Restore Window using Restore Caption Button
Option Four: Restore Window using Double Click
Option Five: Restore Window using Drag
Option Six: Restore Window using Title Bar Menu
Option Seven: Restore Window using Taskbar Icon
Option Eight: Restore Window using Taskbar Menu
Option Nine: Restore Window from Taskbar Thumbnail Preview
Option Ten: Restore Window from Taskbar...
This tutorial will show you different ways to minimize an open window for your account in Windows 11.
You can minimize a window in Windows 11 to the taskbar to hide it.
When the window is minimized, you can restore it back to its original size and position when wanted.
Option One: Minimize Window using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Minimize All Windows using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Three: Minimize All Windows using Show Desktop
Option Four: Minimize All Other Windows by Shaking a Window's Title Bar
Option Five: Minimize Window using Minimize Caption Button
Option Six: Minimize Window using Title Bar Menu
Option Seven: Minimize Window using Taskbar Icon
Option Eight: Minimize Window using Taskbar Menu
Option Nine: Minimize Window...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Efficiency mode confirmation dialog for your account in Windows 11.
Efficiency mode is helpful when you notice an app consuming high resources and would like to limit its consumption so that the system gives priority to other apps which will lead to faster foreground responsiveness and better energy efficiency.
When you turn on Efficiency mode for an app or process, you will be prompted by a confirmation dialog by default.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1344, Microsoft is making it easy for you to apply Efficiency mode and offering the ability to opt-out of the confirmation dialog.
Option One: Disable Efficiency mode Confirmation Dialog from Confirmation Dialog
Option...
This tutorial will show you different ways to Cut, Copy, Paste, and Move items in File Explorer in Windows 11.
Windows 11 makes it easy to Cut, Copy, and Paste items in File Explorer and on your Desktop.
When you Cut or Copy an item, it is temporarily saved to the Clipboard.
When you Paste and item you cut, the contents of the Clipboard is used to move the item where you want.
When you Paste and item you copied, the contents of the Clipboard is used to duplicate the item where you want.
Cut
Copy
Paste
Option One: Cut, Copy, and Paste Item(s) using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Cut, Copy, and Paste Item(s) using Drag and Drop
Option Three: Copy or Move Item(s) using Right Click Drag and Drop
Option Four: Cut, Copy, and...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to drag windows while they are maximized for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default, you can drag a maximized window from its title bar to restore down or move to another display.
If you turn off Snap windows, it will disable the ability to drag maximized windows no matter what is set in this tutorial.
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (enable) or step 3 (disable) below for what you would like to do.
To Enable Drag Maximized Windows
This is the default setting.
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Enable_drag_maximized_windows_for_current_user.reg...
This tutorial will show you how to close all open windows for an app at once in Windows 11.
Sometimes you may need or want to quickly close all open windows for an app at once instead of slowly one at a time.
Option One: Close All Open Windows for App at Once from Taskbar
Option Two: Close All Open Windows for App at Once in Task Manager
Close All Open Windows for App at Once from Taskbar
1 Right click or press and hold on the app's icon on the taskbar you want to close all open windows for. (see screenshot below)
2 Click/tap on Close all windows.
Close All Open Windows for App at Once in Task Manager
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 In the Process tab, select the app you want to close all open windows for. (see...
This tutorial will show you how to view your recently opened files in Windows 11.
Windows 11 keeps track of your recently opened files by default.
This can be handy if you need to locate or reopen a recently opened file, or to just see which files have been recently opened.
Option One: View Recently Opened Files for Specific App on Taskbar
Option Two: View Recently Opened Files for Specific App on Start Menu
Option Three: View Recently Opened Files on Start Menu
Option Four: View Recently Opened Files from File Explorer Home
Option Five: View Recently Opened Files from Recent Items folder
View Recently Opened Files for Specific App on Taskbar
1 Right click on the app (ex: "Notepad") icon on the taskbar. (see screenshot below)...
This tutorial will show you how to change the group by view of a folder in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, you can change the group by view of a folder in File Explorer to have all items in the folder grouped by the name, date, date modified, size, type, total size (build 22494), and more file detail you want, and have all items in the folder arranged in ascending (alphabetical ) or descending order.
The exact details available for a folder will vary depending on the template the folder is optimized for.
When you have a folder's contents in groups, you can expand (show) or collapse (hide) a group or all groups in the opened folder window.
Each separate folder will remember its group by view as set when...
This tutorial will show you how to find and list all EFS encrypted files that belong to the current user on all connected NTFS local drives in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on NTFS file system volumes using a public-key system.
Files or folders saved into an existing encrypted folder will automatically be encrypted by EFS.
Option One: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt
Option Two: Find All Encrypted Files and Output List to Text File
Find All Encrypted Files and Output List in Command Prompt
1 Open Windows Terminal, and select either Windows PowerShell...
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