This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show notification banners from apps for your account in Windows 11.
Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders.
Windows 11 shows notifications on the lock screen (Win+L), Notification Center (Win+N), and notification banners at the lower-right corner of the screen above the taskbar on the main display.
If you like, you can turn on or off showing notification banners from specific apps above the taskbar corner.
Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, to minimize distractions from notification toasts, we now detect if the user is interacting with toasts or not and provide a suggestion to turn the toast banners off for such apps. This will...
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This tutorial will show you how to extend the defined size of a storage space in a storage pool in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Adding a storage space to a storage pool is like creating a volume or partition on a disk. The Storage Pool acts as a single virtual disk...
This tutorial will show you how to optimize a storage pool to balance allocations across physical storage in the pool in Windows 11
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
When you delete a space or add new drives to an existing pool, it's a good idea to optimize drive usage for the pool...
This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset Quick access frequent folders back to default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer (Win+E) allows you to quickly access and view your pinned locations, frequent folders, and recent files from one location in Quick Access.
You can Pin to Quick access and Unpin from Quick access items. These locations include local and network files files (build 22557), folders, drives, libraries, OneDrive, This PC, Recycle Bin, etc...
Folders pinned to Quick access will display under Folders in Quick access in File Explorer, and under Quick access in the navigation pane of File Explorer.
Folders you pin or unpin for Quick access will also...
This tutorial will show you how to remove (delete) a storage space from a storage pool in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Adding a storage space to a storage pool is like creating a volume or partition on a disk. The Storage Pool acts as a single virtual disk made up of...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Open PowerShell window here" context menu for all users in Windows 11.
Windows PowerShell is a task-based command-line shell and scripting language designed especially for system administration. Built on the .NET Framework, Windows PowerShell helps IT professionals and power users control and automate the administration of the Windows operating system and applications that run on Windows.
You can press Shift while right clicking on the desktop, a folder, a drive, or the background of a open folder or drive window to see the Open PowerShell window here context menu.
Since Windows 11 already has a Open in Terminal context menu to use, you may want to remove the Open PowerShell...
This tutorial will show you how to add a storage space to a storage pool in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Adding a storage space to a storage pool is like creating a volume or partition on a disk. The Storage Pool acts as a single virtual disk made up of the pool of...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove locations to be excluded or included in the search index in Windows 11.
Indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when your searching it for files, emails, or other local content.
The search index only includes your selected locations by default. These locations can be filtered for what file types (extensions), file properties, and file contents you want indexed.
You can choose to use Classic or Enhanced search indexing mode for where your PC will search for files.
Classic = Search only your Documents, Pictures, and Music folders plus the desktop.
Enhanced = Search your entire PC (may affect battery life and CPU consumption). PC must be plugged in for initial...
This tutorial will show you how to add a disk drive to an existing Storage Pool to increase its capacity in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/storage-spaces-in-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2
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This tutorial will show you how to remove a drive from an existing Storage Pool in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
If you created a storage pool in Windows or upgraded an existing pool, you'll be able to remove a drive from it. The data stored on that drive will be moved...
This tutorial will show you how to rename a Storage Pool of Storage Spaces in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/storage-spaces-in-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2
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This tutorial will show you how to delete a Storage Pool and all of its Storage Spaces in Windows 11.
Storage Spaces helps protect your data from drive failures and extend storage over time as you add drives to your PC. You can use Storage Spaces to group two or more drives together in a storage pool and then use capacity from that pool to create virtual drives called storage spaces. These storage spaces typically store two copies of your data so if one of your drives fails, you still have an intact copy of your data. If you run low on capacity, just add more drives to the storage pool.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/storage-spaces-in-windows-b6c8b540-b8d8-fb8a-e7ab-4a75ba11f9f2
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