This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Task View button on the taskbar for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11.
Task View (Win+Tab) is a virtual desktop manager that allows you to quickly switch between all of your open apps on multiple desktops. This makes multitasking and organizing with your opened apps much easier.
Windows 11 has a Task View button that shows on the taskbar by default, but can be removed.
Removing or disabling the Task View button on the taskbar does not prevent opening Task View using other options.
Option One: Add or Remove Task View Button on Taskbar for Current User in Settings
Option Two: Add or Remove Task View Button on Taskbar for Current User using REG file
Option...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable context menus on the Start menu for all or specific users in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Start Menu context menus.
This will not affect the context menu in the Recommended section of the Start menu.
Option One: Enable or Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu for All Users in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Enable or Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu for Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Three: Enable or Disable Context Menus in the Start Menu for All Users using REG file
EXAMPLE: Context menus in the Start Menu...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable simplify Quick Settings layout for all users in Windows 11.
The group policy in this tutorial no longer works since Quick Settings is now scrollable.
Quick Settings (Win+A) gives you quick access from the taskbar corner to commonly used settings and apps like Volume, Brightness, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, Airplane mode, Rotation lock, Battery saver, Accessibility, Night light, Mobile hotspot, Nearby sharing, Cast, and Project. Directly above your Quick Settings, you will see media playback controls when playing music or videos in Microsoft Edge or streaming music in apps like Spotify.
You can enable the Simplify Quick Settings Layout policy to reduce Quick Settings (Win+A) to only having the...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Set as desktop background context menu for all users in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight.
When you right click on a .avci, .avcs, .avif, .avifs, .bmp, .dib, .gif, .heic, .heics, .heif, .heifs, .hif, .jfif, .jpe, .jpeg, .jpg, .png, .tif, .tiff, or .wdp image file, you can use the Set as desktop background context menu item to quickly set that image as your new desktop background wallpaper.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Set as desktop background context menu.
EXAMPLE: "Set as desktop background" context menu
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3...
This tutorial will show you different ways to Snap windows into zone layouts for your account in Windows 11.
You can use Snap windows in Windows 11 to automatically resize and arrange all your open windows into zone layouts using the mouse (drag), keyboard, or the Snap Assist feature.
Snap layouts are tailored to the current screen size and orientation, including support for three side-by-side windows on large landscape screens and top/bottom stacked windows on portrait screens.
When you snap a window, Snap Assist will show what you can snap next to it. Snap Assist significantly speeds up the process of snapping windows side-by-side by offering you a choice of windows to snap by just clicking on a window to snap it.
Starting with...
This tutorial will show you how to add and remove tabs on the Edge bar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The desktop Edge Bar has been replace by the desktop Search Bar.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/open-and-close-microsoft-edge-desktop-search-bar-in-windows-11.31111/
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.
The Edge bar (formally named "Web widget") is a feature of Microsoft Edge that lets you search and browse the web, see news headlines, check the weather, and more without...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse double-click speed for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can double-click on an item to open it by default in Windows.
The mouse double-click speed is how quickly you must click the mouse button to perform a double-click.
Some people double-click slower or faster than others, and each mouse may not always reactive the same.
If you find the mouse double-click speed too sensitive (fast) or not sensitive enough (slow), you can adjust the mouse double-click speed to what works best for you.
Option One: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Control Panel
Option Two: Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Registry Editor
Change Mouse Double-click Speed in Control Panel
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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing badges on taskbar apps for your account in Windows 11.
Badges will show on apps on the taskbar by default.
These badges are lightweight notifications that are contextual and specific to individual apps. For example, the Mail app's badge shows you the number of unseen emails (not unread). The Clock app’s badge will show you that you have an active alarm. The Weather app’s badge lets you know when there is a weather alert in the area.
Option One: Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps using REG file
EXAMPLE: Badges on taskbar apps
Enable or Disable Show Badges on Taskbar Apps in Settings
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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hibernate and restore or delete the hiberfil.sys file in Windows 11.
Hibernate is a power-saving state designed primarily for laptops, and might not be available for all PCs. (For example, PCs with Modern Standby may not have hibernate available.) While sleep puts your work and settings in memory and draws a small amount of power, hibernation puts your open documents and programs on your hard disk to the hiberfile (C:\hiberfil.sys), and then turns off your computer. Hibernate uses less power than sleep and when you start up the PC again, you’re back to where you left off (though not as fast as sleep). Use hibernation when you know that you won't use your laptop or tablet for an...
This tutorial will show you how to change the timeout to activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default in Windows, you need to click/tap on a window to make it active and bring it into focus.
If you turn on Activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer, you can activate a window by hovering over it with the mouse pointer for a half second (500 ms) by default.
If you like, you can change the timeout delay to what you want for how long you need to hover over a window before it activates.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc957203(v=technet.10)
Here's How:
1 Open Registry Editor...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off scroll inactive windows when hovering over them for your account in Windows 11.
Windows includes a built-in feature to let you scroll inactive windows by just hovering over them with the mouse pointer without your currently active window losing focus.
Option One: Turn On or Off Scroll Inactive Windows in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Scroll Inactive Windows using REG file
Option Three: Turn On or Off Scroll Inactive Windows using Command
Turn On or Off Scroll Inactive Windows in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Bluetooth & devices on the left side, and click/tap on Mouse on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Mouse settings
3 Turn On (default)...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse wheel scroll speed for your account in Windows 11.
You can change to roll the mouse wheel to scroll Multiple lines at a time or One screen at a time.
Multiple lines at a time allows you to set the number of lines the screen will scroll for each notch of mouse wheel movement.
One screen at a time allows you to scroll an entire screen of text for each notch of the mouse wheel.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-2000-server/cc978628(v=technet.10)
Option One: Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Settings
Option Two: Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Control Panel
Option Three: Change Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed in Registry Editor...
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