This tutorial will provide you with a list of touchpad gestures you can use for Windows 11.
You can get around Windows faster with touchpad gestures. A touch gesture is the physical action performed on a touchpad by your finger(s).
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/touch-gestures-for-windows-a9d28305-4818-a5df-4e2b-e5590f850741#WindowsVersion=Windows_11
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/surface/surface-touchpad-use-and-settings-6c32fd32-23f4-c2d3-a3f9-cfc70feff233
Some of these gestures will only work with precision touchpads. To find out if your laptop has one, select Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Touchpad.
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will provide you with a list of touch screen gestures you can use for Windows 11.
You can get around Windows faster with touch screen gestures. A touch gesture is the physical action performed on a touch screen by your finger(s).
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, Microsoft includes 5 new touch gestures to make it easier and quicker to navigate Windows 11 on a PC with touch.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22567, Microsoft updated multi-finger touch gestures to include responsive and delightful animations that follow your finger.
You can use these gestures on the touch screen of your Windows 11 device. To turn touch gestures on, select Settings > Bluetooth & devices > Touch > Three- and four-finger touch gestures...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the User items from the Start Menu > All apps list for specific or all users in Windows 10 and 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 :win:. 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.
The Start Menu > All apps list for an account will include items (ex: app shortcuts) from the following locations:
New Users - This profile includes items from the C:\Users\Default\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the All Users items from the Start Menu > All apps list for specific or all users in Windows 10 and 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 :win:. 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.
The Start Menu > All apps list for an account will include items (ex: app shortcuts) from the following locations:
New Users - This profile includes items from the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable pin and unpin items on jump lists for specific or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Jump Lists are available when you right click on an app on the taskbar or Start Menu that supports having a jump list.
Jump Lists are lists of app specific tasks or items you can quickly open or get to for every day usage. Jump Lists can include pinned items, recent items, frequent items, tasks, and/or websites.
Items pinned to an app's jump list will appear at the top of the jump list for quick access.
You can enable the Do not allow pinning items in Jump Lists policy to disable and remove Pin to this list and Unpin from this list context menus for Jump Lists.
You must be signed in as an...
This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin items on Jump Lists of apps for your account in Windows 11.
Jump Lists are available when you right click on an app on the taskbar or Start Menu that supports having a jump list.
Jump Lists are lists of app specific tasks or items you can quickly open or get to for every day usage. Jump Lists can include pinned items, recent items, frequent items, tasks, and/or websites.
Items pinned to an app's jump list will appear at the top of the jump list for quick access.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.3785 (Beta), when right-clicking on apps pinned to the Start menu, jump lists will be shown for apps that have them such as File Explorer.
Folders you pin or unpin for the jump list of File...
This tutorial will show you how to change which taskbar to show taskbar apps on when using multiple displays for your account in Windows 11.
The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store buttons (icons) aligned to the center by default.
If you have more than one display connected to your PC, then you can show the taskbar on all displays instead of just on the main display.
The main taskbar is the taskbar with the clock and taskbar corner icons on it, and is on your main display. Taskbars that show on other displays not set as your main display do have the clock (if turned on), but do not have the taskbar corner icons on them.
When Show my taskbar...
This tutorial will show you how to use System Restore to go back to a restore point in Windows 11.
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System Restore monitors system changes and saves the system state as a restore point. If a system problem develops as a result of a system change, the user can return the system to a previous state using the data from a restore point.
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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Memory Compression in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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You can turn your Windows PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing your Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. You can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you share it, it will use data from your data plan.
When you turn on mobile hotspot, you can turn on or off a power saving feature that will automatically turn off mobile hotspot in five minutes when no devices are connected.
Option One: Turn On or Off Mobile Hotspot Power Saving in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Mobile Hotspot Power Saving using BAT file
Turn On or Off Mobile Hotspot Power Saving in...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the mobile hotspot feature for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can turn your Windows PC into a mobile hotspot by sharing your Internet connection with other devices over Wi-Fi. You can share a Wi-Fi, Ethernet, or cellular data connection. If your PC has a cellular data connection and you share it, it will use data from your data plan.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the mobile hotspot feature.
Option One: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Local Group Policy Editor
Option Two: Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot using REG file
EXAMPLE: Mobile Hotspot disabled
option1Enable or Disable Mobile Hotspot in Local Group Policy Editor
The...
This tutorial will show you how to setup and turn on or off mobile hotspot to share the Internet connection from your Windows 11 PC with other devices.
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