This tutorial will show you different ways on how to open Folder Options in Windows 11.
You can use Folder Options (aka: File Explorer Options) to change the way files and folders function and how items are displayed in Windows 11 File Explorer.
The Apply to Folders option will be grayed out unless you open Folder Options from within the same folder window in File Explorer that you want to have applied to other folders using the same folder template.
Option One: Open Folder Options from File Explorer Command Bar
Option Two: Open File Explorer Options from Control Panel
Option Three: Open File Explorer Options from Run
Option Four: Open File Explorer Options from Command Line
EXAMPLE: Folder Options
Open Folder Options from...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to manually change the template of a drive, folder, or library for your account in Windows 11.
Windows 11 includes the default General items, Documents, Pictures, Music, and Videos templates used to optimize the layout and view of every drive, folder, or library.
Windows 11 uses Automatic Folder Type Discovery to detect the contents of a folder and automatically optimize the folder for the proper template. If a folder contains a mixture of file types, Windows will use the General items template. If there is an overwhelming number of files with the same file type in a folder, Windows will automatically optimize the folder with the proper template to match the majority.
A template is just a default...
This tutorial will show you how to remove a included folder or drive from a library for your account in 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 locations. Libraries can be configured and organized by a user and a library can contain folders that are found on the user's computer and also folders that have been shared over a network. Libraries present a simpler view of the underlying storage system because, to the user, the files and folders in a library are displayed in one single view location, no matter where they are actually physically stored.
In File Explorer, users interact with libraries in ways similar to how they...
This tutorial will show you how to open a folder, drive, or library in the same window or in its own new window for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
While you browse in File Explorer, you can open each folder in the same window or in its own new window.
Option One: Open Folder in New window using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Two: Open Folder in New window or Same window using Keyboard Shortcut
Option Three: Open Folder in New window using Context Menu
Option Four: Open Folder in New window using Middle Click
Option Five: Always Open Each Folder in New window or Same window by Default using Folder Options
Option Six: Always Open Each Folder in New window or Same window by Default using Registry Editor
Open Folder in New...
This tutorial will show you different ways to open Resource Monitor in Windows 11.
Resource Monitor is a tool included in Windows that allows you to view detailed real-time information about CPU, memory, disk, and network performance and resource usage by the operating system, services, and running apps.
In addition, you can use Resource Monitor to stop processes, start and stop services, analyze process deadlocks, view thread wait chains, and identify processes locking files.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/mscs/resource-monitor
Option One: Open Resource Monitor from Windows Search
Option Two: Open Resource Monitor from Task Manager
Option Three: Open Resource Monitor from Windows...
This tutorial will show you how to create a new library for your account in 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 locations. Libraries can be configured and organized by a user and a library can contain folders that are found on the user's computer and also folders that have been shared over a network. Libraries present a simpler view of the underlying storage system because, to the user, the files and folders in a library are displayed in one single view location, no matter where they are actually physically stored.
In File Explorer, users interact with libraries in ways similar to how they would interact with other...
This tutorial will show you how to clear notifications from the Notification Center for your account in Windows 11.
Notifications are alerts from apps, system, and other senders to read more or take action.
When you receive a notification from an app or sender, it will show as a notification banner above the taskbar system tray for five seconds by default before automatically moved to the Notification Center. You can then view any missed notifications listed by priority in the Notification Center until cleared (deleted).
You can clear all notifications, clear all notifications from a specific app or sender, or clear a specific notification.
Reference...
This tutorial will show you how to create a Show Desktop shortcut in Windows 11.
Show Desktop (Win+D) can be used to minimize and restore all of your open windows at once. The show desktop feature helps to take a quick look at what’s on your desktop behind all the open windows.
By default, you can click/tap on the far right corner of the taskbar on the main display to show the desktop and minimize all open windows, and click/tap on it again to restore all minimized windows.
It can be hard to use Show Desktop from the taskbar since it's so small, and you can only see its indicator if you hover the pointer over the far right corner of the taskbar on the main display.
If you like, you can create a Show Desktop shortcut to make it...
This tutorial will show you how to open the Emoji Panel in Windows 11.
An emoji is a pictogram, logogram, ideogram or smiley embedded in text.
Windows 11 includes 3D Fluent emoji you can use from the Emoji Panel.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810, Microsoft is adding support for Emoji 15.1. Windows supports Unicode symbol-like shapes for family groupings. But Windows will keep using people for them. Also, you can choose the right or left facing direction for some people emoji.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.5015 (Beta 23H2), Microsoft is trying out a new experience to improve the discoverability of the emoji and more panel in Windows 11 with the introduction of a new system tray icon on the taskbar. With this new...
This tutorial will show you how to clear and reset the thumbnail cache for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Windows keeps a copy of all your picture, video, and document thumbnails in a cache so they can be reused to quickly display when you open a folder instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each time.
The thumbnail cache can sometimes become corrupted causing thumbnails to display incorrectly or distorted. When this happens, the thumbnail cache needs to be deleted to reset it and automatically recreate as needed.
The thumbnail cache .db files for each user is located in the hidden folder below.
%LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
(C:\Users\{user-name}\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer)...
This tutorial will show you how to open an elevated command prompt at boot in Windows 11.
The Command shell is an entry point for typing commands in the Command Prompt console window. By typing commands at the command prompt, you can perform tasks on your computer without using the Windows GUI.
If you are troubleshooting or unable to open a command prompt from within Windows 11, you can open a command prompt at boot to use instead.
Option One: Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media
Option Two: Open Command Prompt at Boot from Advanced Startup
Open Command Prompt at Boot using Windows 11 Installation Media
1 Boot from your Windows 11 installation USB, or ISO file if in a virtual machine.
2 Do step 3...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Details tab from file properties for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can right click on a file and click/tap on Properties to see a Details tab.
The Details tab allows you to see metadata information about the file.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the Details tab from file properties.
EXAMPLE: Details tab in file Properties
Here's How:
1 Do step 2 (add) or step 3 (remove) below for what you would like to do.
Add Details tab in File Properties for All Users
This is the default setting
A) Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file below, and go to step 4 below.
Add_Details_tab_to_Properties_for_all_users.reg...
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