This tutorial will show you how to change the theme for your account in Windows 11.
A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers.
There are three types of themes.
Type of Theme
Description
My Themes
These are themes you have created, made changes to, saved, or downloaded. Any time you change a theme, it will appear here as an unsaved theme. These themes are saved in the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder.
Windows Default Themes
These are themes included with Windows 11 by default. These themes are saved in the C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder.
High Contrast Themes
These are color themes for low vision and light sensitivity. These themes are saved...
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Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change the icon of a library for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows 7 introduced libraries, which provide users with a single, coherent view of their files even when those files are stored in different locations. Libraries can be configured and organized by a user and a library can contain folders that are found on the user's computer and also folders that have been shared over a network. Libraries present a simpler view of the underlying storage system because, to the user, the files and folders in a library are displayed in one single view location, no matter where they are actually physically stored.
In File Explorer, users interact with libraries in ways similar to how they would...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Slide show context menu for image files for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can add Slide show to the context menu of image files to allow you to view selected image files as a slide show.
While the slide show is playing, you can right click or press and hold on the slide show to use the available options below.
While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the context menu, all users can use the context menu.
EXAMPLE: Slide show context menu
You will need to click/tap on Show more options first by default, then click/tap on Slide show.
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
Add Slide Show...
This tutorial will show you how to add Choose Power Plan to the desktop context menu for all users to be able to open Power Options or instantly switch between using the Power Saver, Balanced, High Performance, or Ultimate Performance plan for their account in Windows 11.
A power plan is a collection of hardware and system settings that manages how your computer uses power. Power plans can help you save energy, maximize system performance, or achieve a balance between the two.
Changes made to a power plan will affect all users that use the same power plan as their default active power scheme.
Windows 11 includes the following default power plans:
Balanced = Offers full performance when you need it and saves power when you don't...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the E: Drive in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
All drives are shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default.
Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane.
You could Pin to Quick access any drive to have it under the Home group in the navigation pane.
If you like, you can add the E: Drive as its own separate group to the top or bottom of the navigation pane of File Explorer for even easier and faster access.
EXAMPLE: "E: Drive" at top or bottom of navigation pane in File Explorer...
This tutorial will show you how to change the horizontal and vertical spacing of desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop.
If you like, you can change the horizontal and vertical spacing of desktop icons to be more or less than the default spacing.
Icon horizontal spacing is for how wide (left/right) the desktop icon will be. The wider it is, the more text that will display for the icon's name without it having to be highlighted.
Icon vertical spacing is for how much vertical (up/down) empty space there is in-between the icons on...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove items listed in All apps on the Start menu for your account, new accounts, or all accounts in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
All apps appears when a user clicks on All apps in the upper-right corner of the Start menu. All Apps is a comprehensive list of shortcuts, in alphabetical order, of all installed apps. Some of these shortcuts are grouped into folders with the expandable folder in the list.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.4391, “All apps” is now just “All” on the Start menu. This change began rolling out with Build 22635.4291.
The only way to remove Microsoft Store apps from All apps is to uninstall them. Do not...
This tutorial will show you how to choose light or dark colors for the default Windows mode and app mode for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, you can change the theme colors that appear in Windows mode and app mode to light or dark.
The Dark mode has a darker set of colors and is designed to work well in a low-lit environment.
The Light mode setting has a lighter color scheme across the Start menu, taskbar, Quick Settings, and notification center. It works well during daylight hours. If you choose the Light mode, you’ll be able to show an accent color for window title bars and borders. You won’t have the option to personalize the color of the Start menu and taskbar (that option is only available for Dark and Custom modes)...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to show a slideshow on the lock screen background for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The lock screen (aka: welcome screen) is the screen you see at startup and when you lock (Win+L) the PC. You will need to dismiss the lock screen to to see the sign-in screen and sign in to Windows.
You can personalize your lock screen by changing the background to be Windows Spotlight, a picture, or a slideshow.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the lock screen slideshow feature.
If you have more than one display, the lock screen will only show on the main display.
Option One: Enable or Disable Lock Screen Slideshow in Local Group Policy...
This tutorial will show you how to delete all or specific recent images from desktop background wallpaper history for your account in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Spotlight collection.
Windows keeps the last 5 recent images referenced with full path in the registry as your desktop background wallpaper history.
Option One: Delete All Desktop Background Wallpaper History using REG file
Option Two: Delete Specific Desktop Background Wallpaper History in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Desktop background "Recent images" history
Delete All Desktop Background Wallpaper History using REG file
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file...
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall fonts in Windows 11.
A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design.
In Windows 11, you can install fonts for only your account (current user) or for all users on the computer.
Fonts installed all users are referenced in this registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.1843 (Dev), Microsoft is beginning to roll out a change that redirects links for the Fonts Control Panel page to the Fonts settings page at Settings > Personalization > Fonts. Insiders who see this change can still access the Fonts Control Panel UI by navigating to the system fonts folder...
This tutorial will show you how to clear the Start menu Recommended section to always show empty for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu in Windows 11 is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The Recommended section on the Start menu shows a list of your recently added apps, recently opened items, and websites.
While you currently cannot remove the Recommended section on the Start menu, you can clear the Recommended section to always show empty.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5025 (Beta 23H2) and build 26120.3380 (Beta/Dev 24H2), Microsoft is trying out a new change where we will recommend a snap group in the Recommended section of the Start menu based on two apps that are most likely to be...
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