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This tutorial no longer works since the "Compress to ZIP file" context menu has been replaced by "Compress to".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...
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How to Perform a Point-in-time Restore of Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use the point-in-time restore feature to restore your Windows 11 PC to the exact state it was at an earlier point in time.- Brink
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Enable or Disable "Show more options" context menu
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove "Show more options" on the context menu, or enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full classic context menu in Windows 11.- Brink
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Customize Context Menu in File Explorer on Windows 11
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Cloud Rebuild Windows 11
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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
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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 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 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...
This tutorial will show you how to pause and resume updates for Windows 11.
Windows Update keeps Windows 11 updated by automatically downloading and installing the latest updates, drivers, and hotfixes released by Microsoft.
If you have a Windows Insider build of Windows 11 installed, you can only pause updates for a maximum of 1 week (7 days) by default until updates automatically resume.
If you do not have a Windows Insider build of Windows 11 installed, you can pause updates for a maximum of up to 5 weeks (35 days) by default until updates automatically resume.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.8737 (24H2), build 26200.8737 (25H2), and build 2800.2608 (26H1), you can extend update pauses as many times as you need.
Some...
This tutorial will show you how to change the name of albums 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.
Revisit highlights...
This tutorial will show you how to change the image used for album covers 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.
Revisit...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove an image file for an album 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 choose light or dark colors for the default Windows mode and app mode for your account in Windows 11.
In Windows 11, you can change the theme colors that appear in Windows mode and app mode to light or dark.
The Dark mode has a darker set of colors and is designed to work well in a low-lit environment.
The Light mode setting has a lighter color scheme across the Start menu, taskbar, Quick Settings, and notification center. It works well during daylight hours. If you choose the Light mode, you’ll be able to show an accent color for window title bars and borders. You won’t have the option to personalize the color of the Start menu and taskbar (that option is only available for Dark and Custom modes)...
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