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Enable or Disable Recommended Tips, Shortcuts, New Apps, and more on Start Menu in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing recommended tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more on the Start menu for your account in Windows 11. The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended. Starting with at least Windows 11 build 25346 (Canary), build 23440 (Dev), and build 22624.1616 (Beta) you can choose to turn on or off show recommendations for tips, shortcuts, new apps, and more on Start. Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.3495 (Beta), Microsoft is now trying out recommendations to help you discover great apps from the Microsoft Store under Recommended on the Start menu. This will appear only for Windows Insiders in the Beta Channel in the U.S. and will not apply to commercial...
Personalization
Enable or Disable Show Phone Name in Windows Share in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing your Android phone mobile device name in Windows Share for your account in Windows 11. If you turn on Allow this PC to access your mobile devices, you will be able to link and manage your mobile devices directly from your PC. This link between your Android device and PC provides instant access to your mobile device. It is required to sign in to Manage Mobile Devices with your Microsoft account before you are able to link (add) and manage your mobile devices from your PC. You can directly share files to your Android phone from the Windows Share window in Windows 11. You can choose to show your Android phone's name in Windows Share, or just show as My Phone instead. EXAMPLE...
Phone
UUP Dump - Download Windows Insider ISO
UUP Dump is the most practical and easy way to get ISO images of any Insider Windows 10 or Windows 11 version, as soon as Microsoft has released a new build. UUP Dump creates a download configuration file according to your choices, downloads necessary files directly from Microsoft servers, and finally creates an ISO image. Please notice, that you don't have to join Windows Insider program to install and use Insider builds. You can simply download and install any Insider build from UUP Dump, and when an Insider build upgrade is released, download the upgrade build and upgrade your current Insider installation. This tutorial will show you how to use UUP Dump to get any Windows Insider ISO. 1. In any browser, open an available link...
Installation and Upgrade
Change Name of User Profile Folder in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to rename a user profile folder for any account (local account or Microsoft account) in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When adding a new user account in Windows, a profile for the account is automatically created when the user signs in to the new account for the first time. A user profile is a collection of settings that make the computer look and work the way you want it to for a user account. It is stored in the account's C:\Users\<user name> profile folder, and contains the account's settings for desktop backgrounds, screen savers, pointer preferences, sound settings, and other features. User profiles ensure that your personal preferences are used whenever you sign in to Windows. A user's profile folder...
Accounts
Reset Windows Terminal Settings to Default in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to reset all Windows Terminal app settings back to default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts. Settings for the Windows Terminal app are saved to the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.WindowsTerminal_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalState\settings.json file for the current user. Sometimes you may want or need to...
Apps
Enable or Disable Auto Start Copilot on Login in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable automatically open the Copilot app at startup for your account in Windows 11. Microsoft Copilot is an AI-powered digital assistant designed to help you with a range of tasks and activities. When you sign in to Copilot with your Microsoft account Copilot uses your Microsoft account to provide personalized assistance and access by default to a wide range of features. For example, saving and syncing your Copilot chat history on all devices you sign in to Copilot with the same Microsoft account. Starting with Copilot app version 1.25014.121.0 for Windows 11 Insiders, a new Auto start on login setting is available that will automatically start Copilot at sign-in and run in the...
Apps
Customize New Tab Menu for Windows Terminal in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to customize the New Tab Menu in Windows Terminal for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows Terminal is a modern host application for the command-line shells you already love, like Command Prompt, PowerShell, and bash (via Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL)). Its main features include multiple tabs, panes, Unicode and UTF-8 character support, a GPU accelerated text rendering engine, and the ability to create your own themes and customize text, colors, backgrounds, and shortcuts. Each installed shell has a profile by default that is a collection of General, Appearance, and Advanced settings to customize the shell in Terminal. The New Tab Menu in Windows Terminal is a drop menu that shows a...
Apps
Enable or Disable Screen Edge Swipe in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable swipe from the left and/or right edge of the screen for your account or all users in Windows 11. If your Windows 11 device has a touchscreen, you can swipe in from a screen edge to invoke a system UI below. Swipe in from the right side edge of your screen to open the Notification Center (Win+N). Swipe in from the left side edge of your screen to open Widgets (Win+W). Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.4541 (23H2) and build 22631.4534 (24H2), Microsoft has updated Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Touch to have a new section for touch screen edge gestures, where you can choose if you would like to disable the left or right screen edge touch gesture. Reference...
Devices
Open and Use Old Notepad app in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to open and use the old Notepad.exe app in Windows 11. The old Notepad.exe app has been replaced by a new modern Notepad app from the Microsoft Store in Windows 11. This new Notepad app includes many new features, such as tabs, spellcheck, themes, character count, save session state, explain with Copilot, and more coming. If you just wanted to use the old plain text editor Notepad app at times and still have the new Notepad app available, you still can for now in Windows 11 after using a workaround below. EXAMPLE: Old Notepad app Here's How: 1 Turn off app execution aliases for Notepad like below: (see screenshot below)...
Apps
Bypass Windows 11 System Requirements on Unsupported PC
This tutorial will show you how to bypass the Windows 11 CPU, RAM, Secure Boot, and TPM 2.0 system requirements allowing you to clean install or upgrade to Windows 11 on a unsupported PC that doesn't meet these requirements. Installing Windows 11 on a device that does not meet Windows 11 minimum system requirements is not recommended. If you choose to install Windows 11 on ineligible hardware, you should be comfortable assuming the risk of running into compatibility issues. If you like, you can bypass the check for TPM 2.0 (at least TPM 1.2 is required) and the CPU family and model. Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology is designed to provide hardware-based, security-related functions. A TPM chip is a secure crypto-processor that...
Installation and Upgrade
Pin and Unpin Items in Clipboard History in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin items copied into the clipboard history for your account in Windows 11. When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste. Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard. Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud. Clipboard history size limitations are 4 MB per item. Text, HTML, and Bitmap are supported. Clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries...
General
Enable or Disable Network Connectivity in Modern Standby in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable network connectivity during Modern Standby while on battery and/or plugged in on a Windows 10 and Windows 11 device. In Windows 10 and Windows 11, there are two power models for PCs: S3 and Modern Standby (S0 Low Power Idle). The S3 power model is an older standard and is not capable of the instant on that consumers expect from modern devices. Modern Standby is capable of leveraging all the capabilities of a modern chipset and can be integrated across the breadth of tablets and PCs today. The first iteration of Modern Standby was Connected Standby, which first shipped in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Modern Standby expands upon the Windows 8.x Connected Standby concept, allowing for...
Network and Internet

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