This tutorial will show you how to add (assign) or remove (unassign) mount point folder paths for a drive or volume in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
You can mount (make a drive accessible) in a folder rather than a drive letter if you want. This makes the drive appear as just another folder.
When you mount an internal or external drive in an empty folder, you will be able to access the contents of the drive from the path of the folder. The contents of the drive will still physically be located on the drive. Anything you save into this folder will actually be saved to the drive.
You can mount a drive or volume with or without a drive letter as an empty folder.
You can use this folder's path to save, copy, move, etc... to the drive...
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Enable or Disable Drop Tray in Windows 11
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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
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
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Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change a drive letter in Windows 11.
A drive letter is a single alphabetic character A through Z that has been assigned by Windows to a physical drive or drive partition connected to the computer to reference the drive by.
If you don't like the drive letter assigned to a drive, you can change it.
References:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/storage/disk-management/change-a-drive-letter
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/troubleshoot/windows-server/backup-and-storage/restore-system-boot-drive-letter
You must be signed in as an administrator to change a drive letter.
If you change the drive letter of a drive where Windows or apps are installed, apps might have trouble running or finding...
This tutorial will show you different ways to rename a drive or volume label to what you want in Window 11.
A volume label is the friendly name for a connected drive or volume.
An internal drive will usually be assigned Local Disk as its volume label by default.
A USB flash drive will usually be assigned USB Drive as its volume label by default.
A NTFS or ReFS volume label can be up to 32 characters in length, including spaces. NTFS volume labels retain and display the case that was used when the label was created. A FAT volume label can only be up to 11 characters in length.
You must be signed in as an administrator to rename a drive or volume.
You cannot change the name of a CD/DVD drive.
Option One: Rename Drive or Volume...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing Remote Assistance connections to your Windows 10 or Windows 11 computer.
Windows Remote Assistance lets someone you trust take over your PC and fix a problem from wherever they are.
Remote Assistance connections is enabled by default in Windows, so you may want to disable Remote Assistance connections when not needed since it can be a security risk.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/solve-pc-problems-remotely-with-remote-assistance-and-easy-connect-cf384ff4-6269-d86e-bcfe-92d72ed55922
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable Remote Assistance connections.
This will not affect using the Quick Assist app by Microsoft.
Option...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable overwrite any existing dump file in Windows 11.
A BSOD (blue screen of death) error (also called a stop error) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly (aka: crash). When you experience this type of error, you won’t be able to see things like the Start menu or the taskbar on the screen when your PC is turned on. Instead you might see a blue screen with a message that your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.
When you have a BSOD, the system saves mini dump files in C:\Windows\minidump and full system dump files in C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP by default.
Windows will overwrite any existing dump file by default when a new dump file gets created...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the automatic deletion of memory dumps when disk space is low in Windows 11.
A BSOD (blue screen of death) error (also called a stop error) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly (aka: crash). When you experience this type of error, you won’t be able to see things like the Start menu or the taskbar on the screen when your PC is turned on. Instead you might see a blue screen with a message that your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.
When hard drive space becomes low, the system automatically deletes both mini dumps in C:\Windows\minidump and full system dump in C:\Windows\MEMORY.DMP by default.
Dumps files are needed to help with BSOD...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off password protected sharing on your Windows 11 PC.
When password protected sharing is turned on, only people who have an account and password on your computer can access shared files and folders, shared printers attached to your computer, and Public folders on the network.
If you wanted to give access to shared items to other people without an account and password on your computer, then you will need to turn off password protected sharing.
You must be signed in as an administrator to turn on or off password protected sharing.
Option One: Turn On or Off Password Protected Sharing in Settings
Option Two: Turn On or Off Password Protected Sharing in Control Panel
EXAMPLE: "Enter...
This tutorial will show you different ways on how to enable or disable automatically restart computer on a BSOD system failure in Windows 11.
A BSOD (black/blue screen of death) error (also called a stop error) can occur if a problem causes your PC to shut down or restart unexpectedly (aka: crash). When you experience this type of error, you won’t be able to see things like the Start menu or the taskbar on the screen when your PC is turned on. Instead you might see a blue screen with a message that your PC ran into a problem and needs to restart.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable BSOD automatic restart.
Option One: Enable or Disable BSOD Automatic Restart in Advanced System Settings
Option Two: Enable...
This tutorial will show you how to change to use 128-bit or 40- or 56-bit encryption for file sharing on all networks in Windows 11.
File and printer sharing is the ability of a computer running Windows to share a folder or attached printer with other computers on the same network.
File sharing allows you to make files and folders in a shared folder accessible to others on the same network to view, copy, or modify.
Printer sharing allows you to make an attached printer available to other computer users on the same network.
Windows uses 128-bit encryption to help protect file sharing connections by default. Some devices do not support 128-bit encryption and must use 40- or 56-bit encryption.
You must be signed in as an administrator...
This tutorial will show you how to repair a UWP app for your account in Windows 11.
If you have Settings or a Microsoft Store app not working right, crashing, or not opening, you can reset it.
The Reset feature allows you to either try to Repair an app (if supported), or Reset the app to default if a repair didn't help.
Repairing an app will not affect the app's data or settings.
Resetting an app to default will permanently delete the app's data on your device, including your preferences and sign-in details.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/repair-apps-and-programs-in-windows-e90eefe4-d0a2-7c1b-dd59-949a9030f317
Repairing an app will unpin the app from the taskbar if pinned. You will need to pin to taskbar...
This tutorial will show you how to buy a Windows 11 Home, Windows 11 Pro, or Windows 11 Pro for Workstations digital product key (license) directly from Microsoft.
When you purchase an OEM PC that comes with Windows 11 preinstalled, it will come with a Windows 11 product key embedded in the UEFI firmware chip to automatically activate Windows 11.
If you own a Windows 10 product key, you can clean install and activate Windows 11 with the Windows 10 product key.
If needed, you can purchase a Windows 11 digital product key directly from Microsoft to use to activate Windows 11.
Option One: Buy Windows 11 Home Digital Product Key from Microsoft
Option Two: Buy Windows 11 Pro Digital Product Key from Microsoft
Option Three: Buy Windows...
This tutorial will show you how to add OneDrive to the Send to context menu in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Send to context menu allows you to quickly send a copy of items (ex: files, folders, libraries) to Bluetooth device, Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Documents, Mail recipient, and removable and network drives by default.
To move an item instead of copy and item, you can right click or press and hold on a file or folder, click/tap on Show more options, click/tap on Send to, press and hold the Shift key, and click/tap on a drive or folder location in the Send to context menu.
With OneDrive, you can sync files and folders between your computer and the cloud, so you can get to your files from anywhere -...
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