This tutorial will show you how to perform a clean boot to start Windows 10 or Windows 11 using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs for troubleshooting application conflicts.
Troubleshooting Windows can be a complex process due to the many different drivers, settings, and programs interacting simultaneously. This varied environment may lead to software conflicts that manifest in a number of ways. This varied environment may lead to software conflicts that manifest in a number of ways, often times as Windows struggling to start up properly or updates failing to install.
A clean boot starts Windows with a minimal set of drivers and startup programs, so that you can determine whether a background program is interfering with...
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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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
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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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 Suspend BitLocker protection to the context menu of all unlocked drives encrypted by BitLocker for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
You can turn on BitLocker to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive).
You can temporarily suspend BitLocker protection (pause) whenever you like for an unlocked drive encrypted by BitLocker—for example, if you need to...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove an Unblock file context menu to files and folders for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you download files from the Internet, Windows 11 shows you a security warning every time you try to open it by default. Some file types are blocked from opening.
The Attachment Manager is included in Windows to help protect your PC from unsafe attachments that you might receive with an e-mail message and from unsafe files that you might save from the Internet. If the Attachment Manager identifies an attachment that might be unsafe, the Attachment Manager prevents (blocks) you from opening the file, or it warns you before you open the file.
It uses the IAttachmentExecute application...
This tutorial will show you different ways on how to unblock files downloaded from the Internet depending on how they were blocked in Windows 11.
When you download files from the Internet, Windows 11 shows you a security warning every time you try to open it by default. Some file types are blocked from opening.
The Attachment Manager is included in Windows to help protect your PC from unsafe attachments that you might receive with an e-mail message and from unsafe files that you might save from the Internet. If the Attachment Manager identifies an attachment that might be unsafe, the Attachment Manager prevents (blocks) you from opening the file, or it warns you before you open the file.
It uses the IAttachmentExecute application...
This tutorial will show you how to add BitLocker Status to the context menu of all drives in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
You can turn on BitLocker to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive).
The BitLocker Status context menu uses the manage-bde status command to provide information about a drive on the computer; whether or not it is BitLocker-protected, including:
Size
BitLocker version...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a Turn off BitLocker context menu for all drives encrypted by BitLocker for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
You can turn on BitLocker to encrypt the operating system drive (Windows drive), fixed data drives (internal hard drives), and removable data drives (external hard drive or USB flash drive).
When you turn off BitLocker for a drive encrypted by BitLocker, it will completely decrypt the drive.
You must be signed in as an administrator to turn add...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on BitLocker to encrypt a fixed data drive in Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
New files are automatically encrypted when you save them to a drive encrypted by BitLocker. However, if you copy these files to another drive or a different PC not encrypted by BitLocker, the files are automatically decrypted.
You can choose to unlock BitLocker for a fixed data drive automatically if BitLocker is turned on for OS drive, or with a password or smart card.
You must be signed in as an administrator to...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on BitLocker Drive Encryption for an operating system drive in Windows 11.
BitLocker Drive Encryption is a data protection feature that integrates with the operating system and addresses the threats of data theft or exposure from lost, stolen, or inappropriately decommissioned drives and computers.
New files are automatically encrypted when you save them to a drive encrypted by BitLocker. However, if you copy these files to another drive or a different PC not encrypted by BitLocker, the files are automatically decrypted.
BitLocker checks the PC during startup for any conditions that could represent a security risk (for example, a change to the BIOS software that starts the operating system when...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off nearby sharing for your account in Windows 11.
Nearby sharing in Windows lets you share documents, photos, links to websites, and more with nearby devices by using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
You can choose to turn on nearby sharing for My devices only or Everyone nearby.
If you choose Everyone nearby, the Bluetooth MAC address and name of your PC are made available to other devices around you so you can share with other PCs nearby. This info could be used to link your PC to you.
To use nearby sharing, both PCs—the one you’re sharing from and the one you're sharing to—must have:
Nearby sharing turned on.
Bluetooth 4.0 (or later) and must be running Windows 11 or Windows 10 (version 1803 or...
This tutorial will provide you with a list of Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) commands to open Microsoft Store apps via the command prompt, Run (Win+R) dialog, and scripts. You can also use these URI commands to create shortcuts.
See also:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-app-with-uri
The URI commands in the table below work as is to create shortcuts and open apps from the Run (Win+R) dialog, address bar of File Explorer, address bar of web browser.
To use the commands to open apps from a command prompt or script (ex: .bat), you would need to add the Start command with a space after it in front of the URI command in the table below. For example, the Start ms-actioncenter: command to open the...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off app execution aliases for your account in Windows 11.
Apps can declare a name (alias) used to run the app like an executable file from command prompt or Run (Win+R).
If multiple apps use the same name, you can choose which one to use by turning on and off app execution aliases.
App execution aliases are saved as a separate subkey per app under the registry key below.
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths
Here's How:
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Apps on the left side, and click/tap on Advanced app settings or Apps & features > More settings on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Advanced app settings
3 Click/tap on App...
This tutorial will show you how to change the default folder location that Nearby Sharing will save files you receive into for your account in Windows 11.
Nearby sharing in Windows lets you share documents, photos, links to websites, and more with nearby devices by using Bluetooth or Wi-Fi.
Nearby sharing saves files you receive to your Downloads folder by default.
Option One: Change Default Save Location for Nearby Sharing in Settings
Option Two: Change Default Save Location for Nearby Sharing in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Nearby Sharing
Change Default Save Location for Nearby Sharing in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on System on the left side, and click/tap on Nearby sharing on the right side. (see...
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