This tutorial will show you how to customize what appears in the context menu in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
A context menu is a graphical user interface (GUI) that appears when you right click or press and hold on an item (ex: desktop, file, folder, drive, etc...) in Windows. A context menu can have menu items and sub-menus with a list of options or actions available for the item you right clicked on.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26340.9212 (Experimental 26H2) for Insiders, Microsoft is beginning to roll out an updated context menu experience in File Explorer, designed to feel faster, cleaner, and easier to tailor to the way you work. The new design reduces top-level clutter, keeps commonly used actions easy to...
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Customize Context Menu in File Explorer on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to customize what appears in the context menu in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.- Brink
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Cloud Rebuild Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use Cloud rebuild to perform a full clean reinstall of Windows 11 without USB media, without a custom image, and without depending on the health of the currently installed OS.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Point-in-time Restore in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off the point-in-time restore feature in Windows 11.- Brink
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Transfer Files and Settings to New Windows 11 PC using Windows Backup app
This tutorial will show you how to transfer your files, settings, and preferences from your previous (old) Windows 10/11 PC to your new Windows 11 PC during Windows Setup.- Brink
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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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Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hidden experimental feature flags 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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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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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to remove the Compress to ZIP file context menu for your account, specific user(s), or new users in Windows 11.
This tutorial no longer works since the "Compress to ZIP file" context menu has been replaced by "Compress to".
Zipped (compressed) files take up less storage space and can be transferred to other computers more quickly than uncompressed files. In Windows, you work with zipped files and folders in the same way that you work with uncompressed files and folders. Combine several files into a single zipped folder to more easily share a group of files.
The Compress to ZIP file menu item is available on the file/folder context menu, File Explorer command bar menu, and Send To context menu by...
This tutorial will show you how to reset and re-register Windows Spotlight for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, you can have Windows Spotlight as a theme and display different background images on your desktop and lock screen, and occasionally offers suggestions on the lock screen.
If Windows Spotlights stops working and/or stops changing the background image, you can reset and re-register Windows Spotlight to fix it.
Windows Spotlight will not work while connected to a metered network (ethernet or wireless), or in Battery Saver mode.
Windows Spotlight requires Background Apps to be turned on.
Country or region and Device setup region must be the same for Spotlight to work.
Sometimes it may take 24 to 48 hours after...
This tutorial will show you how to change the theme to light mode, dark mode, or use system setting in the OneDrive Photos app for your account in Windows 11.
OneDrive includes a photos experience included with the OneDrive app on Windows 11. It brings the photo experience you already have on OneDrive web and mobile to the Windows desktop, so your photos feel consistent everywhere you use OneDrive.
In OneDrive Photos you can:
Browse your OneDrive photos or photos stored on your PC together in the Gallery, a single timeline sorted by the newest photo first.
Search by what's in your photos, not only by file name. On a Copilot+ PC, search also covers photos stored locally.
Find photos of specific people in People or filter Gallery by...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Open in new process context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can right click on a drive, folder, or library, click/tap on Show more options (Shift+F10), and click/tap on Open in new process to open the drive, folder, or library in its own new separate process.
Opening drives, folders, and libraries in their own new separate explorer process can improve the stability of the explorer shell.
By default, all File Explorer windows, including the desktop shell, run in a single explorer.exe process. If one File Explorer window hangs or crashes, it will cause all File Explorer windows running in the same process to hang or crash until the process restarts.
While you...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off AutoEndTasks for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The HungAppTimeout value is the default 5 seconds you wait on the Signing out, Restarting, or Shutting down screen when you sign out, restart, or shut down to see if any still open apps (tasks) will end (close) before considered "hung" or "not responding".
When the HungAppTimeout expires with unresponsive app(s) found, the End Task dialog appears asking you to click/tap on Sign out anyway, Restart anyway, Shut down anyway to force close the app(s) and lose anything unsaved, or click/tap on Cancel to cancel the sign out, restart, or shut down and return to the desktop to properly save and close the app(s).
If you do not make a...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the NVIDIA Settings notification icon on the taskbar system tray for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If your Windows device has NIVIDIA graphics and NVIDIA display drivers installed, the NVIDIA Control Panel is included in the GeForce driver.
The NVIDIA Settings notification icon show on the taskbar system tray by default, and allows you to quickly open the NVIDIA App and/or NVDIA Control Panel.
Reference:
https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2542/~/how-do-enable-or-disable-the-nvidia-notification-tray-icon-on-the-windows
Option One: Add or Remove NVIDIA Settings Notification Icon on Taskbar in NVIDIA Control Panel
Option Two: Remove NVIDIA Settings...
This tutorial will show you how to filter which images will show in the Gallery in the OneDrive Photos app for your account in Windows 11.
OneDrive includes a photos experience included with the OneDrive app on Windows 11. It brings the photo experience you already have on OneDrive web and mobile to the Windows desktop, so your photos feel consistent everywhere you use OneDrive.
In OneDrive Photos you can:
Browse your OneDrive photos or photos stored on your PC together in the Gallery, a single timeline sorted by the newest photo first.
Search by what's in your photos, not only by file name. On a Copilot+ PC, search also covers photos stored locally.
Find photos of specific people in People or filter Gallery by people you've named...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable using the modern Run dialog when pressing the Win+R keys for your account in Windows 11.
The Run dialog allows you to type the name of a command, program, folder, document, or internet resource to open or run in Windows.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.8346 (Experimental 25H2) for Insiders, Microsoft is rolling out a refreshed Run dialog experience designed to bring a more modern look and improved usability. This update introduces updated visuals and a cleaner interface, along with new controls that make it easier to manage the experience from within Settings. The refreshed Run dialog is currently available as an opt-in experience for Windows Insiders on the Experimental...
This tutorial will show you how to add Take Ownership to the context menu of all files, folders, and drives for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
This will allow you to be able to instantly take ownership of a file, folder (and all contents), or drive (and all contents) by changing the owner to the current user and grant the Owner_Rights SID (for current owner) full access permission.
When you right click or press and hold on a file, folder, or drive, click/tap on Show more options, and click/tap on Take Ownership, you will be prompted by UAC for approval first.
If a user is signed in as an administrator, then the user would just click/tap on Yes to approve and take ownership. The owner of the file, folder, or drive would be...
This tutorial will show you how to change the layout view in Albums, Gallery, Favorites, and This PC folders in the OneDrive Photos app for your account in Windows 11.
OneDrive includes a photos experience included with the OneDrive app on Windows 11. It brings the photo experience you already have on OneDrive web and mobile to the Windows desktop, so your photos feel consistent everywhere you use OneDrive.
In OneDrive Photos you can:
Browse your OneDrive photos or photos stored on your PC together in the Gallery, a single timeline sorted by the newest photo first.
Search by what's in your photos, not only by file name. On a Copilot+ PC, search also covers photos stored locally.
Find photos of specific people in People or filter...
Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Microsoft Store Suggested Search Results in Windows Search on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing Microsoft Store suggested search results in Windows Search for your account in Windows 11
Windows Search lets you search from your taskbar to find what you’re looking for, whether it’s on your device, in the cloud, or on the web.
The Search button on the taskbar allows you to quickly use Windows Search (Win+S) to find your apps, files, settings, help, and more on Windows—plus unlock the power of the web with quick access to online information like time zone conversions, fact lookup, trending searches, and search results for navigating to websites faster. You can also use Search to find files and people in your work or school organization through Microsoft Search.
When you...
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