This tutorial will show you how to pin the "Recent Items" folder to Quick Access for your account in Windows 11.
Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer (Win+E) allows you to quickly access and view your pinned folders, frequent Folders, Pinned files, and Recent files from one location in Quick Access.
Recent Items (aka: Recent Places) is a list of all files that you have used or opened recently. It shows more of your recently opened files than Quick access does by default.
If wanted, you can pin the "Recent Items" folder to Quick Access for easier access.
Option One: Pin "Recent Items" to Quick Access
Option Two: Unpin "Recent Items" from Quick Access
EXAMPLE: Recent Items pinned to Quick access
Pin "Recent...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to pin the "Recent folders" folder to Quick Access for your account in Windows 11.
Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer (Win+E) allows you to quickly access and view your pinned folders, frequent Folders, Pinned files, and Recent files from one location in Quick Access.
Recent folders (aka: Recent Places) is a list of all folders that you have used or opened recently. It shows more of your recently opened folders than Quick access does by default.
If wanted, you can pin the "Recent folders" folder to Quick Access for easier access.
Option One: Pin "Recent folders" to Quick Access
Option Two: Unpin "Recent folders" from Quick Access
EXAMPLE: Recent folders pinned to Quick access...
This tutorial will show you how to change which BSOD memory dump file type will be generated in Windows 11.
A BSOD (blue screen of death) error (also called a stop error) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly (aka: crash). When you experience this type of error, you won’t be able to see things like the Start menu or the taskbar on the screen when your PC is turned on. Instead you might see a blue screen with a message that your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.
If you experience a BSOD, Windows 11 will create an Automatic memory dump type of dump file by default for debugging purposes.
You can have Windows generate any one of the following memory dump file types:
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This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable page colors for sites in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Do you have trouble reading web pages due to their color schemes? Is the text too bright or too dark? Do links blend into the background? Or perhaps you want to change the way your browser looks.
If so, try the new Page colors feature in Microsoft Edge.
The Page colors feature is especially useful for users who have vision impairments, color blindness, or light sensitivity. However, it can also help reduce eye strain and fatigue when browsing for long periods of time.
You can exclude specific websites from being affected by Page colors.
By default, Page colors are applied to web pages only when...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off custom scrollbars in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Microsoft released a setting aimed at improving your scrolling experience on the web: Turn off custom scrollbars. This setting allows you to disable the customizations that web developers might have added to their sites in Microsoft Edge.
While many website authors customize scrollbars to achieve a unique style, Microsoft heard from users that not everybody likes using them. Certain users always prefer to see the default browser scrollbars as this improves consistency and accessibility for them.
By making it possible for you to disable custom scrollbars, Microsoft aims to accommodate these preferences...
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall OneDrive for only your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
OneDrive is built-in to Windows 11 by default.
With OneDrive, you can sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere - your computer, your mobile device, and even through the OneDrive website at OneDrive.live.com. If you add, change, or delete a file or folder in your OneDrive folder, the file or folder is added, changed, or deleted on the OneDrive website and vice versa. You can work with your synced files directly in File Explorer and access your files even when you’re offline. Whenever you’re online, any changes that you or others make will sync automatically...
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Recall feature for all users in Windows 11 on Copilot+ PCs.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.2415 (Dev) on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs, you can try out the Recall (Preview) feature.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.2510 (Dev), Microsoft is expanding the preview of Recall to Windows Insiders on AMD and Intel-powered Copilot+ PCs.
Recall was introduced earlier this year, with the ability to enable you to quickly find and jump back into what you have seen before on your PC. You can use an explorable timeline to find the content you remember seeing before. You can also use semantic powered search and just describe how you remember something and Recall will retrieve...
This tutorial will show you how to expand or compress the Windows Spotlight "Learn about this picture" desktop icon menu for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
When you choose to have Windows Spotlight as your desktop background or theme, it will add a Learn more about this picture icon on your desktop by default. The Learn about this picture icon can be dragged to any location you want on your desktop.
You can right click on the Learn about this picture desktop icon to select other pictures, minimize or maximize menu/bar, vote to like or dislike current picture, and learn more about the current picture.
When you right click on the Learn about this picture desktop icon, it will show the full expanded Windows Spotlight menu by...
This tutorial will show you how to enhance and enlarge images with Super Resolution in Photos app on Windows 11 Copilot+ PCs.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
Starting with Microsoft Photos app version 2024.11100.17007.0, Microsoft brings a preview of super resolution to Windows Insiders on Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs. Super resolution uses AI to enhance and enlarge images up to 8x the original image size. Super resolution is perfect for improving low-quality photos, preparing photos for large prints or displays, and tight...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off having the Microsoft Photos app automatically scan for text when opening an image with it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
Starting with Microsoft Photos app version 2024.11100.17007.0, Microsoft is introducing Optical Character Recognition (OCR) in the Photos app to improve productivity and make managing information in your images easier. With OCR, the app detects text in your photos, allowing you to copy it directly to your...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable let apps run in the background for your account or all users in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, you can use apps that can continue to perform actions even when you are not actively in the app’s window. These are commonly called background apps.
Some apps let you manage background activity, which determines what they can do when they’re in the background and not actively in use. Apps that can run in the background can send and receive notifications, sync information, and stay up to date. If you find that an app is using a lot of battery when running in the background, you can change the setting for apps that allow it.
You can manage background apps permissions to Always, Power optimized...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing a device to wake the computer in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you put your computer to sleep, a device can automatically wake the computer if the device is currently configured (allowed) to wake the system from a sleep state.
Some devices may support waking the system from a sleep state, but are not currently configured to wake the system.
Reference:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/design/device-experiences/powercfg-command-line-options#deviceenableawake
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable a device to wake the computer.
Option One: Enable or Disable Device to Wake Computer in Device Manager
Option Two: Enable Device to...
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