This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable automatically hide the taskbar for your account in Windows 11.
The taskbar on your desktop is located on the bottom of the screen by default in Windows 11.
If you like, you can have the taskbar automatically hide in Windows 11.
If you enable automatically hide the taskbar, you can show the taskbar on demand by:
Hover pointer on border of taskbar location.
Press the Win + T keys.
On a touchscreen, swipe inwards from the border (ex: bottom) of taskbar location.
If you have a tablet, convertible, or 2-in-1 type device in tablet/slate mode, then the taskbar will always autohide even if turned off when you have a window open.
If you have turned on Optimize taskbar for touch...
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- Brink
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
This tutorial will show you different ways to uninstall or reinstall the Copilot app for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- Brink
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
This tutorial will show you how to download an official Windows Server ISO or Windows 11 64-bit or ARM64 ISO file from Microsoft.- Brink
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.- Brink
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Clean Install Windows 11
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Recall Feature in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Recall feature for all users in Windows 11 on home (personal) or managed (work or school) Copilot+ PCs.- Brink
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to create (add) or remove a passkey saved to your Android phone for your Microsoft account.
Passkeys are a replacement for your password. With passkeys, you can sign into your Microsoft personal, work or school account using your face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Signing in with a passkey is simple, fast, and helps protect you against phishing attacks.
Passkeys are supported on desktop and mobile browsers. You can use Windows Hello on Windows 10/11 devices to sign into your account with a passkey.
When you sign in to your Microsoft account, you can use your passkey by choosing Sign-in options and then selecting face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Your device will open a security window, and...
This tutorial will show you how to create (add) or remove a passkey saved to a FIDO security key for your Microsoft account.
Passkeys are a replacement for your password. With passkeys, you can sign into your Microsoft personal, work or school account using your face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Signing in with a passkey is simple, fast, and helps protect you against phishing attacks.
Passkeys are supported on desktop and mobile browsers. You can use Windows Hello on Windows 10/11 devices to sign into your account with a passkey.
When you sign in to your Microsoft account, you can use your passkey by choosing Sign-in options and then selecting face, fingerprint, PIN, or security key. Your device will open a security window...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the profanity filter in Live Captions for your account in Windows 11.
Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription.
You can turn on the Filter profanity option to mask profanity in live captions.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/use-live-captions-to-better-understand-audio-b52da59c-14b8-4031-aeeb-f6a47e6055df#bkmk_getmost
Option One: Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter from Live Captions bar
Option Two: Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter using REG file
Turn On and Off Live Captions Profanity Filter from Live Captions bar
1 While you have...
This tutorial will show you how to create a desktop shortcut to open an app from the Microsoft Store for your account in Windows 11.
Option One: Create Desktop Shortcut of Microsoft Store Apps from Start Menu
Option Two: Create Desktop Shortcut of Microsoft Store Apps from Applications folder
Option Three: Create Desktop Shortcut of Microsoft Store Apps using URI Command
Option Four: Create Shortcut of Microsoft Store Apps using AppID Command
Create Desktop Shortcut of Microsoft Store Apps from Start Menu
1 Open the Start menu :win:, and click/tap on All apps. (see screenshot below)
2 Drag an app (ex: "Cortana") you want from All apps to your desktop until you see Link above the app icon you are dragging, then drop the app on...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the Include microphone audio option in Live Captions for your account in Windows 11.
Live captions helps everyone, including people who are deaf or hard-of-hearing, better understand audio by providing automatic transcription.
When the Include microphone audio option is turned on, any audio captured by your microphone will be captioned, provided that no other audio on your device is being captioned. For example, if you use live captions to caption an online meeting with another person, if you both speak over each other, you will only see the captions for the other person while the other person is speaking.
To improve captioning accuracy when using the microphone, make sure to minimize...
This tutorial will help you to restore any missing shortcuts in the Windows Tools folder in Windows 11.
Windows Tools,, formerly Administrative Tools is a folder in Control Panel that contains tools for system administrators and advanced users.
The tools in the folder will vary depending on which edition of Windows you have installed.
References:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/client-management/client-tools/administrative-tools-in-windows
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/system-configuration-tools-in-windows-f8a49657-b038-43b8-82d3-28bea0c5666b
You must be signed in as an administrator to restore Windows Tools shortcuts.
EXAMPLE: Windows Tools
Here's How:
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Potentially Unwanted App (PUA) protection in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Potentially unwanted applications aren't considered to be viruses or malware, but these apps might perform actions on endpoints that adversely affect endpoint performance or use. For example, Evasion software actively tries to evade detection by security products. This kind of software can increase the risk of your network being infected with actual malware. PUA can also refer to applications that are considered to have poor reputation.
PUA protection aims to safeguard user productivity and ensure enjoyable Windows experiences. This protection helps deliver more...
This tutorial will show you how to add or Remove "Ask Copilot" on the mini menu and context menu in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The mini menu in Microsoft Edge is triggered on text selection and has basic actions like Ask Copilot, Copy, Search, and smart actions like definitions. You can click/tap on the More actions (3 dots) button in the mini menu to see the full menu.
When you highlight text or right click on highlighted text in Microsoft Edge, you can use Ask Copilot to open the highlighted text in the Microsoft Copilot sidebar in Microsoft Edge to search, rewrite, etc... the highlighted text with Copilot.
Removing Ask Copilot from the mini menu and context menu in Microsoft Edge will also remove...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off getting new photo notification from Android mobile devices to open and edit in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3235, you can now use the Snipping Tool on your PC to edit the most recent photos and screenshots from your Android device. You will get an instant notification on your PC when your Android device captures a new photo or screenshot.
This new experience replaces the remote capture with Phone Link experience that was announced back on September 14, 2023.
This Get new photo notifications setting from your mobile devices will require linking your Android phone to the PC and Allow this PC to access your mobile devices to be...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the QR Code generator feature in Microsoft Edge for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Microsoft Edge supports sharing the URL of a page or image via QR code. You can create a QR code of a page or image in Microsoft Edge, and scan or download the QR code to share.
A QR code is a type of matrix barcode. To scan this code, you can use a QR scanner app on your phone, or some camera apps.
You can right-click on a blank area of a webpage in Microsoft Edge to Create QR code for this page. You can also right-click on an image on a webpage in Microsoft Edge to Create QR code for this image.
You can use the QRCodeGeneratorEnabled policy to enable or disable the QR Code generator...
This tutorial will show you how to pin an app, drive, file, folder, or site to the taskbar 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.
The taskbar will also show the icon of the app for any window you have open. If you like, you can pin an app to the taskbar to always show the app's icon on the taskbar whether the app is open or not. Pinning an app to the taskbar makes it easier to open the app on demand from the taskbar.
References:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/pin-apps-and-folders-to-the-desktop-or-taskbar-f3c749fb-e298-4cf1-adda-7fd635df6bb0...
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