This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show accent color on the Start menu and taskbar for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 gives you the option to personalize the color and accent color of a variety of surfaces you see when you use Windows.
You can personalize the colors that appear in Windows and your apps by setting the mode to Dark, Light, or Custom.
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...
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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
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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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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Toggle Keys for your account in Windows 11.
Toggle Keys causes a tone to sound when you press the Caps Lock, Num Lock, or Scroll Lock keys.
Option One: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Settings
Option Three: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Control Panel
Option Four: Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using REG file
Turn On or Off Toggle Keys using Keyboard Shortcut
1 Press and hold the Num Lock for 5 seconds until you hear a tone.
2 If turning on Toggle Keys, click/tap on Yes to confirm. (see screenshot below)
Turn On or Off Toggle Keys in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Accessibility on the left side, and...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off transparency effects for your account in Windows 11.
Transparency effects in Windows 11 has some window backgrounds and surfaces appear slightly transparent with an acrylic blur and Mica effect.
Some of these windows include context menus, File Explorer, Quick Settings, Settings, sign-in screen, Start menu, taskbar, and more.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/design/signature-experiences/materials
If you turn on high contrast, it will disable transparency effects.
Option One: Turn On or Off Transparency Effects in Personalization Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Transparency Effects in Accessibility Settings
Option Three: Turn On or Off Transparency...
This tutorial will show you a complete list of shell commands that can be used to easily open or create shortcuts of specific shell folders in Windows 11.
Shell folders in Windows are specific folders that are used as the default location for specific file types.
A shell command can be used in Run (Win+R), File Explorer address bar, command prompt, Windows PowerShell, or create a new shortcut with to open a Windows shell folder.
Shell commands are listed as the Name string value (REG_SZ) of each CLSID (GUID) key at the registry location below.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\FolderDescriptions
Press Ctrl + F to search table.
Shell Command Shortcuts
Shell Folder Opened
explorer "shell:3D...
This tutorial will show you how to show all open windows on Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Alt+Tab for the current or all desktops for your account 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 your opened apps much easier.
You can add virtual desktops to group apps for productivity, entertainment, or whatever you choose. Multiple desktops are also great for keeping unrelated, ongoing projects organized, or for quickly switching desktops before a meeting.
By default, Windows will show all the open windows on Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Alt+Tab only on the desktop you are currently using.
If you like, you can select to...
This tutorial will show you how to show all open windows on the taskbar for the current or all desktops for your account 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 your opened apps much easier.
You can add virtual desktops to group apps for productivity, entertainment, or whatever you choose. Multiple desktops are also great for keeping unrelated, ongoing projects organized, or for quickly switching desktops before a meeting.
By default, Windows will show all the open windows on the taskbar only on the desktop you are currently using.
If you like, you can select to show all all the open...
This tutorial will show you how to add new multiple virtual desktops for your account in Windows 11.
Task View (Win+Tab) is a multiple desktop manager that allows you to quickly switch between all of your open apps on multiple desktops. This makes multitasking and organizing your opened apps much easier.
You can add multiple desktops to group apps for productivity, entertainment, or whatever you choose. Multiple desktops are also great for keeping unrelated, ongoing projects organized, or for quickly switching desktops before a meeting.
When you add multiple desktops, the desktops will remain available for your account, (even after a sign out, restart, or shut down), until you manually close them.
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to paste as plain text from any text-based entry in your clipboard history in Windows 11.
When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard.
Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
Clipboard history size limitations are 4 MB per item. Text, HTML, and Bitmap are supported.
Clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries...
This tutorial will show you how to clear clipboard history data for your account in Windows 11.
When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard.
Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/get-help-with-clipboard-30375039-ce71-9fe4-5b30-21b7aab6b13f
Clipboard history size limitations are 4 MB per item...
This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin items copied into the clipboard history for your account in Windows 11.
When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard.
Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
Clipboard history size limitations are 4 MB per item. Text, HTML, and Bitmap are supported.
Clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable clipboard sync across your devices for your account or all users in Windows 11.
When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste.
Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard.
Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud.
If you turn on sync across your devices for your clipboard, Microsoft receives your clipboard data to sync across your Windows 10 and...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable lock screen background motion for your account or all users in 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.
If your Windows 11 device (ex: tablet) has an accelerometer, the lock screen background by default will pan around a still image as you physically move your device.
If you prefer a traditional static lock screen background image, you can prevent lock screen background motion.
The lock screen background motion feature is only available if your Windows 11 device (ex: tablet) has an accelerometer.
Option One...
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