This tutorial will show you how to quickly switch between a registry key that exists in both the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CURRENT_USER branch locations in Registry Editor in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
System configuration information is stored centrally in a hierarchical database called the registry. You can use Registry Editor to add and edit registry keys and values, restore the registry from a backup or to default values, and to import or export keys for reference or backup.
You can quickly switch between registry keys in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE (HKLM) branch and HKEY_CURRENT_USER (HKCU) branch if the key exists in both branches. This makes it easy to modify values at both branch locations as needed.
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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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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 turn on or off Voice Focus that reduces microphone background noise in Windows 11.
Voice Focus is a noise cancellation feature of Windows Studio Effects in Windows 11 version 24H2 and higher. Voice Focus is a microphone effect that isolates your voice and minimizes background noise, so you can be heard clearly without distractions from your environment.
Windows Studio Effects require a neural processing unit (NPU), and the latest update for Windows Studio Effects requires a Copilot+ PC with a NPU.
Voice Focus is available in two versions depending on your computer’s hardware.
One version reduces background noise from the microphone to help your voice stand out more clearly using software.
The...
This tutorial will show you how to hide or show your uninstalled products in the Library of the Microsoft Store app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can view your recent updates, downloads, and purchase history for Apps, Games, Movies & TV, and Included with device in the Microsoft Store app Library.
When you open the Library in the Microsoft Store app, you can select to check "Show installed products only" to no longer see your uninstalled apps, games, shows, and movies.
When you want to reinstall your uninstalled apps, games, shows, and movies, you can uncheck "Show installed products only" to see them again to have available.
Here's How:
1 Open the Microsoft Store app.
2 Click/tap on the Library icon in the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable tailored experiences for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Microsoft uses diagnostic data to keep Windows secure and up to date, troubleshoot problems, and make product improvements as described in more detail below. Regardless of whether you choose to send Optional diagnostic data, your device will be just as secure and will operate normally. This data is transmitted to Microsoft and stored with one or more unique identifiers that can help us recognize an individual user on an individual device and understand the device's service issues and use patterns.
If you choose to turn on Tailored experiences, Microsoft will use your Windows diagnostic data to offer you personalized...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable blocking files downloaded from the Internet for all or specific users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
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 programming interface (API) to find the file type, to find the file association. When one of these applications saves a downloaded file on a disk formatted with...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable font smoothing for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Font smoothing is used by default in Windows to make the jagged edges of text look smoother and more readable.
Option One: Enable or Disable Font Smoothing in Visual Effects Performance Options
Option Two: Enable or Disable Font Smoothing using REG file
EXAMPLE: Font smoothing enabled and disabled
Enable or Disable Font Smoothing in Visual Effects Performance Options
1 Open Visual Effects Performance Options (SystemPropertiesPerformance.exe).
2 Check (enable - default) or uncheck (disable) Smooth edges of screen fonts for what you want. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on OK.
Enable or Disable Font...
This tutorial will show you how to open and use the old Notepad.exe app in Windows 11.
The old Notepad.exe app has been replaced by a new modern Notepad app from the Microsoft Store in Windows 11. This new Notepad app includes many new features, such as tabs, spellcheck, themes, character count, save session state, explain with Copilot, and more coming.
If you just wanted to use the old plain text editor Notepad app at times and still have the new Notepad app available, you still can for now in Windows 11 after using a workaround below.
EXAMPLE: Old Notepad app
Here's How:
1 Turn off app execution aliases for Notepad like below: (see screenshot below)...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Live Captions for your account in Windows 11.
Microsoft introduced a new feature called Live Captions starting with Windows 11 build 22557.
Live captions will help everyone, including people who are deaf or hard of hearing, better understand audio by viewing captions of spoken content. Captions are automatically generated on-device from any content with audio. Captions can be displayed at the top or bottom of the screen, or in a floating window. The caption window can be resized, and caption appearance can be personalized by applying or customizing a caption style. Microphone audio can be included, which can be helpful during in-person conversations.
Live captions supports speech...
This tutorial will show you how to add a Turn off display desktop context menu that will let users Turn off display or Lock computer and Turn off display on demand in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
By default, You can specify a screen timeout for how long the PC sits inactive without user activity before all connected displays automatically turn off.
When your display turns off, you would just need to move the mouse, touch the touchpad or touchscreen, click a mouse or touchpad button, or press a key for the display(s) to turn back on.
There may be times when you would like to turn off the display or lock computer and turn off display on demand instead.
While you must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the "Turn off...
This tutorial will show you how to find the Application User Model ID (aka: AUMID, AppUserModelId, or AppID) of installed apps in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows uses Application User Model ID values to identify and differentiate applications for switching, launching, telemetry, and other functions. AUMID are unique to each installed application, and independent of the installation path or the application's display name.
To configure Assigned Access, which is the Configuration Service Provider (CSP) used to create a kiosk or dedicated device, you must use the AUMID of the apps installed on a device.
You can also use the AppID to open an app or create an app shortcut:
Open: shell:AppsFolder\<AppID>
Shortcut/command: explorer...
This tutorial will show you how to reset all Task Manager setting back to default for your account in Windows 11.
Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, processes details, and services in Windows 11.
You can reset all Task Manager settings back to default all at once instead of each one manually. This can be handy if you don't know what the default settings are.
Option One: Reset All Task Manager Settings to Default using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Reset All Task Manager Settings to Default in Task Manager Settings
Reset All Task Manager Settings to Default using Keyboard Shortcut
1 Press and hold the Ctrl + Shift + Alt keys while opening Task...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Share context menu from files for your account or all users in Windows 11.
When you right click on one or more selected files, click/tap on Show more options, and click/tap on Share, you will then be able to share the file(s) using nearby sharing or an app of your choice.
This remove Share from the old Shift+Right Click context menu, after you click/tap on Show more options.
This will also remove Share from the command bar (toolbar) at the top of the new Show more options context menu.
This will not remove Share from within the new Show more options context menu though.
Option One: Add or Remove "Share" Context Menu for Current User
Option Two: Add or Remove "Share" Context...
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