This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off hide (minimize) the terminal window when you switch to another window for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts.
When you turn on the Automatically hide window Windows Terminal setting, the terminal window will automatically be minimized to taskbar as soon as you switch to another window...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use ViVeTool to enable or disable hidden features in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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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
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to move or restore the default location of the Desktop folder for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Desktop folder (shell:Desktop) is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. By default, the Desktop folder is a shell folder in the user's profile (%UserProfile%) that is used as a default storage location items on your desktop.
The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop.
If you like, you can move the Desktop folder and its content to a location you want it at instead.
If the current Desktop...
This tutorial will show you different ways to create a new folder in Windows 11.
A folder is a location where you can store your files. You can create any number of folders and have folders inside other folders (subfolders).
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.3037 and build 22631.4830, Microsoft has added a New Folder option in the context menu when right-clicking locations in the navigation pane.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/create-a-new-folder-cbbfb6f5-59dd-4e5d-95f6-a12577952e17
Option One: Create New Folder using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Create New Folder from File Explorer Command Bar
Option Three: Create New Folder from New Context Menu
Option Four: Create New Folder in "Save As" Dialog...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off autocorrect misspelled words for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 includes a spell checking feature for when you type words anywhere in Windows 11.
When autocorrect misspelled words is turned on, it will autocorrect your typed words on the fly if matched with the correct spelling of the word in your personal dictionary.
Option One: Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words using REG file
Turn On or Off Autocorrect Misspelled Words in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Time & language on the left side, and click/tap on Typing on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Typing settings...
This tutorial will show you how to move Home to show at the top or bottom of the navigation pane in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22593, Quick access is now called Home. The name Quick access has been repurposed for the pinned/frequent Folders section and Pinned files is now called Favorites to align with Office and OneDrive. Recent and pinned files displayed in Home are now searchable using the search box in File Explorer even if they are not local files, so you can find Office files recently shared with you.
Quick access = Displays up to 11 folders that you pinned or frequently opened on the system.
Favorites = Pinned files.
Recent (Recent files) = Displays up to 25 files that you most...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off always run PowerToys as an administrator for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity.
If you are running any application as an administrator (also referred to as elevated permissions), PowerToys may not work correctly when the elevated applications are in focus or trying to interact with a PowerToys feature like FancyZones. This can be addressed by also running PowerToys as an administrator.
PowerToys only needs elevated administrator permission when interacting with other applications that are running in administrator mode. If those applications are in...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Notify me to load files from my other accounts to this PC" with OneDrive for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
You can use OneDrive to sync files 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.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.
If you...
This tutorial will show you how to delete user and system environment variables in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Environment variables are a set of dynamic named values that can affect the way running processes will behave on a computer. The variables can be used both in scripts and on the command line. Environment variables makes it easy when certain standard directories and parameters need to be referenced but where the actual locations or names can vary from computer to computer.
The variable (ex: "%UserProfile%" for command and "$Env:UserProfile" for PowerShell) is used as a type of shortcut of the value (ex: "C:\Users\<username>").
There are two types of environment variables: user environment variables (set only for current user)...
Introduction
Windows Search is one of the most underused and underappreciated features of Windows simply because people just do not know how to use it productively, or worse still, just don’t know that it’s there.
The intention of this tutorial is to show you just how advanced Windows Search is, and how easy it is to fully utilize this notable feature of Windows 11 to its full potential by performing basic searches, and how to make full use of the Advanced Query Syntax implemented by Windows Search.
Before you can fully benefit from Windows Search, you first need to follow a few simple steps to configure it to your needs.
Opening Indexing Options
Click the "Start" Button
Begin typing "index" (without quotes)
Click "Indexing Options"...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off autoSwitch for Wi-Fi networks set to connect automatically when in range on your Windows 11 or Windows 10 PC.
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.
If you turn on connect automatically to a Wi-Fi network, Windows will automatically connect to this Wi-Fi network when in range based on priority order.
The autoSwitch parameter controls the roaming behavior of an auto-connected Wi-Fi network when a more preferred connect automatically Wi-Fi...
This tutorial will show you how to set up a single app kiosk in Windows 11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions.
A single-app kiosk uses the Assigned Access feature to run a single app above the lock screen. When the kiosk account signs in, the app is launched automatically. The person using the kiosk cannot do anything on the device outside of the kiosk app.
If the kiosk app is closed, it will automatically restart.
When you are in kiosk mode, you can press the Ctrl + Alt + Delete keys to exit kiosk mode.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-methods
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-prepare
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configuration/kiosk-single-app...
This tutorial will show you how to check and monitor the current GPU temperature from within Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If you have a graphics card or dedicated graphics, you can check and monitor the GPU temperature in Celsius from Task Manager.
Checking your GPU temperature can be handy to make sure the GPU is within nominal ranges (65C to 85C OR 149F to 186F) and not overheating.
Integrated graphics is not supported.
Here's How:
1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc).
2 Click/tap on the Performance tab. (see screenshots below)
3 Click/tap on the GPU # (ex: "GPU 1") for your graphics card or dedicated graphics.
4 You will now see the current GPU Temperature.
Task Manager will automatically update the GPU Temperature based on...
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