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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...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Personalize" desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11. When you right click or press and hold on your desktop and click/tap on Personalize, it will open the Settings > Personalization settings page. You must be signed in as an...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Display settings" desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11. When you right click or press and hold on your desktop and click/tap on Display settings, it will open the Settings > System > Display settings page. You must be signed in...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Edit in Notepad" context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11. Notepad is a fast and simple text editor that can be used to view, edit, and search through plain text documents instantly. Starting with Notepad version...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove a custom "Edit or Run with" cascading context menu for PowerShell .ps1 files for all users in Windows 11. A PS1 file is a script, or cmdlet, used by Windows PowerShell. The Edit or Run with cascading context menu includes the following items for...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Close All Apps" to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Sometimes you may need or want to quickly close all open apps at once instead of one at a time without shutting down or restarting the computer. While you must be...

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing smart actions like "Define" on full context menus for selected words in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove "Show recycle confirmation" on the Recycle Bin context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a drive, Windows places it in...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Reset and Clear Print Spooler" to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The primary component of the printing interface is the print spooler. The print spooler is an executable file that manages the printing process...

This tutorial will show you how to add change "Network Location" to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A network location identifies the type of network that a PC is connected to with a network adapter and automatically sets the appropriate Windows Defender...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Restart Start menu" to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft separated the Start menu into its own process, called StartMenuExperienceHost.exe. This has a number of benefits, including simplifying debugging and...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Restart Widgets" to the desktop context menu for all users in Windows 11. Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin...

This tutorial will show you how to add "Boot to UEFI Firmware Settings" to the desktop context menu making it easy to boot directly to UEFI in Windows 10 and Windows 11. UEFI (Unified Extensible Firmware Interface) is a standard firmware interface for PCs, designed to replace BIOS (basic...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove VBScript Script File (VBS) to the New context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A .vbs file is a VBScript (Visual Basic Script) file written in the VBScript scripting language that can be executed within Windows or Internet...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Registration Entries (REG) to the New context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A .reg file is registration entries that are text-based human-readable files for exporting and importing portions of the Registry. The New context...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Windows Batch File to the New context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A .bat file is a batch file that consists of a series of commands to be executed by Command Prompt (cmd.exe), stored in a plain text file. The New context...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Include in library" folder and drive context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows 7 introduced libraries, which provide users with a single, coherent view of their files even when those files are stored in different...

This tutorial will show you how to use access key shortcuts for the XAML context menu in File Explorer and on the desktop in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1928, Microsoft added access key shortcuts into the XAML context menu in File Explorer. An access key is a one keystroke...

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing End task when right-clicking an app on the taskbar for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 Build 22631.2715, you can now right-click an app on the taskbar and end the task. The end task feature does not require...

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Run as different user context menu on Start for your account, specific users, or all users in Windows 11. Run as different user allows a user to run a .bat, .cmd, .exe, .msc, or .msi file as a different user. This allows running the .bat...