This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the E: Drive in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
All drives are shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default.
Removable drives are shown as separate groups in the navigation pane of File Explorer by default in addition to being shown under the This PC group in the navigation pane.
You could Pin to Quick access any drive to have it under the Home group in the navigation pane.
If you like, you can add the E: Drive as its own separate group to the top or bottom of the navigation pane of File Explorer for even easier and faster access.
EXAMPLE: "E: Drive" at top or bottom of navigation pane in File Explorer...
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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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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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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change the horizontal and vertical spacing of desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The desktop (Win+D) is your home screen and working space in Windows that contains the taskbar and any icons (ex: shortcuts, files, folders, etc...) you add to and arrange on the desktop.
If you like, you can change the horizontal and vertical spacing of desktop icons to be more or less than the default spacing.
Icon horizontal spacing is for how wide (left/right) the desktop icon will be. The wider it is, the more text that will display for the icon's name without it having to be highlighted.
Icon vertical spacing is for how much vertical (up/down) empty space there is in-between the icons on...
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)...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the ability to show a slideshow on the lock screen background for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The lock screen (aka: welcome screen) is the screen you see at startup and when you lock (Win+L) the PC. You will need to dismiss the lock screen to to see the sign-in screen and sign in to Windows.
You can personalize your lock screen by changing the background to be Windows Spotlight, a picture, or a slideshow.
You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable the lock screen slideshow feature.
If you have more than one display, the lock screen will only show on the main display.
Option One: Enable or Disable Lock Screen Slideshow in Local Group Policy...
This tutorial will show you how to delete all or specific recent images from desktop background wallpaper history for your account in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Spotlight collection.
Windows keeps the last 5 recent images referenced with full path in the registry as your desktop background wallpaper history.
Option One: Delete All Desktop Background Wallpaper History using REG file
Option Two: Delete Specific Desktop Background Wallpaper History in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: Desktop background "Recent images" history
Delete All Desktop Background Wallpaper History using REG file
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the file...
This tutorial will show you how to uninstall fonts in Windows 11.
A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design.
In Windows 11, you can install fonts for only your account (current user) or for all users on the computer.
Fonts installed all users are referenced in this registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Fonts
Starting with Windows 11 build 26120.1843 (Dev), Microsoft is beginning to roll out a change that redirects links for the Fonts Control Panel page to the Fonts settings page at Settings > Personalization > Fonts. Insiders who see this change can still access the Fonts Control Panel UI by navigating to the system fonts folder...
This tutorial will show how to add or remove the Copy as path context menu and Copy path from the File Explorer command bar menu for drives for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Copy path or Copy as path will copy the full path of selected items (files and folders) wrapped in quotes to the Clipboard so you can paste (Ctrl+V) the full path(s) of the item(s) where you like.
The Copy as path context menu and Copy path from the File Explorer command bar menu is not available for drives by default, but can be added to be able to copy the full path of a selected drive (ex: "C:\") wrapped in quotes. This will also include mapped network drives (drive letter only).
Starting with Windows 11 build 26220.7271 (Dev and Beta 25H2)...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Microsoft Teams icon on the taskbar system tray for your account in Windows 11.
Microsoft started rolling out Chat from Microsoft Teams to Windows 11 build 22000.100.
This includes a new Chat flyout right off the taskbar as well as an overall Teams desktop experience architected for optimized performance and the Windows 11 design language. You can remain connected to the people you care about with chats and video calls from the convenience of your Windows 11 PC, while they can participate from any device with Microsoft Teams: desktop, mobile, or even just a web browser.
With Chat from Microsoft Teams, you can connect to friends and family from your PC regardless of what computer or...
This tutorial will show you how to download fonts for all languages for your account in Windows 11.
A font is a graphical representation of text that may include a different typeface, point size, weight, color, or design.
If wanted, you can download fonts for all languages supported by Windows at once.
Downloading fonts for all languages supported by Windows can take up a significant amount of drive space on your PC.
Option One: Download Fonts for All Languages in Settings
Option Two: Download Fonts for All Languages in Control Panel
Uninstall Font in Settings
1 Open Settings (Win+I).
2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Fonts on the right side. (see screenshot below)
Open Fonts settings
3...
This tutorial will show you how to choose an image file to show as a picture on a folder's icon in Windows 11.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, File Explorer will show a thumbnail preview of folder contents on the folder's icon. Usually, the last item added to the folder will show as a thumbnail preview on the folder's icon.
If you like, you can choose any .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .tif, .tiff, .bmp, .ico, .wmf, .dib, .jfif, .jpe, .fpx, or .mix image file you like to show as a picture on the folder's icon instead of the thumbnail preview.
If you disable thumbnail previews in File Explorer or folder thumbnail previews, folder pictures will also not show, and only the folder icon will show.
Folder pictures will not show while...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the desktop background for your account in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight image.
You can enable or disable showing the desktop background on all desktops and displays at once on demand.
When the desktop background is disabled, it will show as a solid black color until enabled again. When the desktop background is enabled again, your currently set desktop background will show again.
EXAMPLE: Desktop background settings removed when disabled
Here's How:
1 Open the Control Panel (icons view), and click/tap on the Ease of Access Center icon.
2 Click/tap on the Make the computer...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Search button on the taskbar for your account or all users in Windows 11.
The Search button on the taskbar allows you to quickly use Windows Search (Win+S) to search for apps, documents, email, files, folders, music, people, photos, settings, and videos on your device, and to search the web.
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hide-and-unhide-your-search-box-in-windows-6d8252b7-864f-c1b6-6a56-3eea0cda08dc
https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/windows-it-pro-blog/customizing-search-on-the-windows-11-taskbar/ba-p/3730314
The Search button on the taskbar also allows you to quickly open your Top apps and Recent apps, and perform Quick searches to web search for...
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