This tutorial will show you how to change the storage location of the search index in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
By default, all the properties of your files are indexed, including file names and full file paths. For files with text, their contents are indexed...
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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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Add or Remove "Learn about this picture" Desktop icon
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the "Learn about this picture" desktop icon when using Windows Spotlight as your desktop background for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.- 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 turn on or off displaying the battery percentage on the taskbar for your account in Windows 11.
By default, you can always check your PC's battery status and more when you hover over the battery icon in the taskbar system tray.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7019 (24H2) and build 26200.7019 (25H2), the battery icons are now improved to display colored icons to indicate charging states, simplified overlays that don’t block the percentage bars, and an option to turn on battery percentage. A green battery icon shows that your PC is charging and is in a good state. A yellow icon indicates your battery is less than or equal to 20%. You can also enable the ability to see the battery percentage next...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove file type extensions that can be indexed for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
By default, all the properties of your files are indexed, including file names and full file paths. For files with text, their...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable indexing file contents for specific file type extensions for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
By default, all the properties of your files are indexed, including file names and full file paths. For...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing files on a drive to have contents indexed in addition to file properties for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Search Indexing in Windows improves the speed and efficiency of searches by creating an index of files and their properties on your device. This index allows Windows to quickly locate and retrieve the information you need.
Indexing is the process of looking at files, email messages, and other content on your PC and cataloging their information, such as the words and metadata in them. When you search your PC after indexing, it looks at an index of terms to find results faster.
By default, all the properties of your files are indexed, including file names and...
This tutorial will show you how to do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.
If you need to repair or create a new recovery partition or having problems with the Windows 11 operating system on your PC, and the usual solutions will not fix it, you can do a repair install of Windows 11 by performing an in-place upgrade without losing anything.
You will keep all accounts, apps, files, settings, and personal data.
You must be signed in as an administrator to perform a repair install of Windows 11.
You will only be able to perform a repair install of Windows 11 from within Windows 11. You will not be able to perform a repair install at boot or in Safe Mode.
You will need at least 20 GB...
Privacy and Security Enable or Disable Automatically Find Additional Relevant Search Index Locations in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Windows Search indexing to automatically find additional relevant files and locations for your account in Windows 11.
Indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when your searching it for files, emails, or other local content.
The search index only includes your selected locations by default. These locations can be filtered for what file types (extensions), file properties, and file contents you want indexed.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26300.9032 (Experimental 26H2) for Insiders, Windows Search can now automatically expand its indexing scope based on your activity, using signals like recent files and frequently accessed locations. This helps ensure that relevant...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable allowing Copilot Cowork to take actions on your behalf in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Microsoft Edge is the AI-powered browser. A smarter way to browse. As the only browser built and optimized for Windows, it’s AI-powered tools are designed to help you make the most of your time online. Whether you’re searching, shopping or gaming, AI-powered tools and a security-first approach help you stay productive, save money, and get things done your way.
Microsoft 365 Copilot Cowork can complete web tasks for you in Microsoft Edge on your device, using the sites you're already signed in to. Cowork may perform tasks such as creating tabs, taking screenshots, and...
This tutorial will show you how to create an elevated task to automatically mount a VHD or VHDX file at startup for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Virtual hard disks (VHDs) are disk image file formats that have similar functionalities to a physical hard drive and are designed primarily for use with Hyper-V virtual machines.
When you attach a .vhd or .vhdx file, it will be mounted as a drive in File Explorer > This PC to open and access.
When you sign out, mounted VHD or VHDX files will not get unmounted, and will still be mounted and available the next time you sign in.
If you restart the computer, all mounted VHD or VHDX files will automatically get unmounted for all accounts.
If wanted, you can create an elevated task to...
The When I resize a snapped window, simultaneously resize any adjacent snapped window setting in this tutorial is no longer available.
It is now always enabled by default.
The Snap windows feature in Windows allows you to automatically resize and arrange windows on your screen.
When you resize a snapped window, it will simultaneously resize any adjacent snapped window by default.
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable simultaneously resize any adjacent snapped window for your account in Windows 11.
Option One: Enable or Disable Simultaneously Resize any Adjacent Snapped window in Settings
Option Two: Enable or Disable Simultaneously Resize any Adjacent Snapped window using REG file
EXAMPLE: "When I resize a...
This tutorial will show you how to change the maximum days you can pause or effectively disable Windows Update for in Windows 11.
If you have the new Pick a date calendar experience to pause updates, then the method in this tutorial will no longer work.
Instead, you can manually change how long to pause updates until like in the tutorial linked below if the amount of time you can select in the calendar isn't long enough.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/disable-automatic-windows-updates-in-windows-11.22669/#Two
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...
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.
You can use a Windows 11 installation USB flash drive to clean install, upgrade, reset, or repair Windows 11.
The installation USB can also be used as a recovery drive to boot to WinRE (aka: advanced startup).
Reference:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/create-installation-media-for-windows-99a58364-8c02-206f-aa6f-40c3b507420d
You must be signed in as an administrator to create a bootable Windows 11 installation USB.
The USB flash drive needs to be at least 8 GB or larger in size.
Option One: Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media with Media Creation Tool
Option Two: Create Windows 11 Bootable...
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