This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the ability to delete photos from your Android phone in the Phone Link app for your account on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can view and manage photos you've taken on your Android phone on your PC.
To minimize network bandwidth and maximize performance, the Phone Link app on your PC will only show your 2,000 most recent photos and screenshots from your Android device.
The Phone Link app on your PC can only show photos that are in the Camera Roll or Screenshots folders on your Android device. If you moved or saved your photos to a different folder, they will not appear in the Phone Link.
You can delete...
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing photos from your Android phone in the Phone Link app for your account on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can view and manage photos you've taken on your Android phone on your PC.
To minimize network bandwidth and maximize performance, the Phone Link app on your PC will only show your 2,000 most recent photos and screenshots from your Android device.
The Phone Link app on your PC can only show photos that are in the Camera Roll or Screenshots folders on your Android device. If you moved or saved your photos to a different folder, they will not appear in the Phone Link.
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing notifications when Android phone battery is low from the Phone Link app for your account on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.
With the Phone Link app on your PC linked to your Android phone, you can view and manage your Android device notifications on your PC.
By default, the Phone Link app will show notifications on your PC when your Android phone battery is low. This setting can be turned on or off as wanted.
Here's How:
1 Open the Phone Link app on your Windows 10/11 PC.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon. (see screenshot below)
3 Click/tap on Features in the middle Settings pane.
4 Click/tap on Notifications in the right Features pane to expand it open.
5 Check...
This tutorial will show you how to rearranged pinned items on the Start menu to the order you want for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The section at the top of the Start menu is called the Pinned section. This section consists of pins arranged in a grid. The items in this section are a subset of all the apps installed on the PC; not all installed apps are included in this section by default. The number of rows and items in this view are consistent across device panel sizes.
You can rearrange your pinned items on the Start menu to the order you want them in.
Option One: Rearrange Pinned Items on Start Menu using Drag and Drop
Option Two: "Move to front"...
This tutorial will show you how to reset and re-register the Start menu for your account (current user) or all users in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended. The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files. These do not get reset or cleared with you reset and re-register the Start menu.
If the Start menu is not opening or working properly, then resetting or re-registering the Start menu may help fix it.
If you get the Deployment failed with HRESULT: 0x80073D02, The package could not be installed because resources it modifies are currently in use error message below when running the command in option 1 or 2, you will need to kill the Windows Shell...
This tutorial will show you how to allow or deny apps access to generative AI for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26236 (Canary), Microsoft added a new Generative AI section to the Privacy & security settings page.
The new Generative AI section allows you to turn on or off whether apps can use generative AI features.
Option One: Turn On or Off Apps Access to Generative AI for All Users in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Apps Access to Generative AI for All Users using REG file
Option Three: Turn On or Off Apps Access to Generative AI for Current User in Settings
Option Four: Turn On or Off Apps Access to Generative AI for Current User using REG file
Option Five: Turn On or Off Specific...
This tutorial will show you how to change how long HDDs are inactive before automatically turned off in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Turn off hard disk after setting in Power Options lets you specify the period of inactivity before the disk is automatically powered down.
Having your HDDs automatically turn off after being idle can help save energy and extend the battery life.
When you or anything tries to access a HDD that has been turned off, there will be a delay of a few seconds as the HDD automatically turns back on and spins up before being able to access it.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/customize/power-settings/disk-settings-disk-idle-timeout
The Turn off hard disk after setting only...
This tutorial will show you how to clear the Run (Win+R) and File Explorer (Win+E) typed, recent items, and frequent places history for your account in Windows 11.
Clearing your File Explorer history deletes the information Windows saved about the files and folders you use as well as what you've typed in the address bar and Run dialog.
File Explorer history consists of:
Recent items in the File Explorer jump list.
Quick access folders in File Explorer Home, except default pinned folders.
Favorites in File Explorer Home.
Recent files in File Explorer Home.
File Explorer address bar typed history.
Run dialog typed history.
Option One: Only Clear Run and File Explorer Address Bar History
Option Two: Clear File Explorer History in...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing the "Restore pages" dialog prompt after Microsoft Edge has closed unexpectedly for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
The "Restore pages" dialog gives you the option to restore pages that were previously open before Microsoft Edge crashed or closed unexpectedly the next time you open Microsoft Edge.
You can use the HideRestoreDialogEnabled policy to enable or disable showing the "Restore...
This tutorial will show you how to generate a QR code to easily share a Wi-Fi connection on your Windows 11 PC with other devices.
Wi-Fi is a wireless local area network (WLAN) technology and standard that uses high-frequency radio waves to provide wireless Internet and network connections to your Windows device.
When you connect to a Wi-Fi network for the first time, Windows will automatically add a profile for the Wi-Fi network. The saved profile contains the SSID (network name), security key (password), and connection and security properties used to connect to this specific Wi-Fi network.
Starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, a QR code is now available in Wi-Fi Settings to make it easy to share with others to connect.
Here's...
This tutorial will show you how to generate a QR code to easily share the mobile hotspot connection on your Windows 11 PC with other devices.
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.
Starting with Windows 11 version 24H2, a QR code is now available in Settings when you set up a mobile hotspot to share your network connection.
Here's How:
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Network & internet on the left side, and click/tap on Mobile hotspot on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Mobile...
This tutorial will show you how to restart the explorer.exe process as needed in Windows 11.
The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start menu, notification area, and taskbar. Restarting the explorer.exe process is to stop and start it to effectively refresh explorer.exe. When the explorer.exe process has been stopped (aka: "end task"), you will see a blank black desktop with your mouse pointer showing until explorer.exe has been started again.
If you are having issues with the explorer.exe process (ex: hang), restarting the explorer.exe process may sort it without having to restart the computer.
If you are applying a registry tweak, sometimes you can just...
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