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Change Touch Keyboard Layout in Windows 11

Personalization Change Touch Keyboard Layout in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the touch keyboard layout for your account in Windows 11. Windows 11 includes a touch keyboard you can click/tap on to enter text. This can be handy if you have a PC with a touchscreen without a physical keyboard. There are four different layouts you can use when inputting text with the touch keyboard. Select the keyboard settings icon in the upper-left corner of the touch keyboard to view and switch between options. Select the icons just below the layout options to dock and undock your keyboard. This allows you to keep it in a stationary position or move it to a different place on your screen to best fit your workstyle. Starting with Windows 11 build 25179 and now for all in Windows 11...
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Move Libraries Above or Below This PC in Navigation Pane in Windows 11

Personalization Move Libraries Above or Below This PC in Navigation Pane in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to move Libraries to show above or below This PC in the navigation pane of File Explorer 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...
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Add Permanently Delete to Context Menu in Windows 11

Personalization Add Permanently Delete to Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add Permanently delete to the context menu of files and folders for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a drive, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin and the Recycle Bin icon changes from empty to full. If you delete a file or folder that's larger than the set maximum storage size of the drive's recycle bin, a This file is too big to recycle. Do you want to permanently delete it? confirmation dialog will always display. You can manually permanently delete a file without sending it to the Recycle Bin by selecting the file and pressing the Shift + Delete keys. You can set to always don't...
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Add or Remove Properties on Recycle Bin Context Menu in Windows 11

Personalization Add or Remove Properties on Recycle Bin Context Menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Properties on the Recycle Bin context menu for all or specific users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Recycle Bin provides a safety net when deleting files or folders. When you delete any of these items from a drive, Windows places it in the Recycle Bin and the Recycle Bin icon changes from empty to full. The Recycle Bin properties page allows users to select a Custom maximum size or Don't move files to the Recycle Bin. Remove files immediately when deleted, and turn on or off to Display delete confirmation dialog. If wanted, you can remove Properties from the Recycle Bin context menu to prevent opening the Recycle Bin properties page. You must be signed in as an administrator to...
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Add or Remove Drive Space Indicator Bar in Windows 11

Personalization Add or Remove Drive Space Indicator Bar in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the drive space indicator bar for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The drive space indicator bar gives you a visual display of available free space for each drive shown on This PC in File Explorer. The drive space indicator bar is blue until free space gets below 10%, then the bar turns red to help let you know the drive is low on free space. If wanted, you can remove the drive space indicator bar to no longer show on drive tiles. You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the drive space indicator bar for all drives. The drive space indicator bar will only show while using either the Tiles or Content layout view in This PC. EXAMPLE: Add and remove drive...
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Change Task Manager Theme in Windows 11

Personalization Change Task Manager Theme in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to change the Task Manager app theme to light mode, dark mode, or use system setting for your account in Windows 11. Task Manager can be used to view and manage your processes, performance statistics, app history, startup apps, users, processes details, and services in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 build 22621.1344, Microsoft has added the ability to use your preferred theme in Task Manager regardless of the active theme in Windows. You can select to use a light, dark, or system setting app theme for Task Manager. Here's How: 1 Open Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Esc). 2 Click/tap on Settings on the bottom left side of Task Manager. (see screenshot below) 3 Under App theme, select (dot) Light...
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Enable or Disable Taskbar Context Menus in Windows 11

Personalization Enable or Disable Taskbar Context Menus in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable context menus on the taskbar for all or specific users in Windows 11. The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu :win:, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store icons aligned to the center by default. The taskbar corner includes the notification area icons, Quick Settings (Win+A), and Notification Center (Win+N) with the clock and calendar. The taskbar context menus include: Right click on taskbar for Taskbar settings. Right click on the Start button or press Win+X to open the Win+X Quick Link Menu. Right click on an icon on the taskbar to open its Jump List. Shift + Right click...
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Add or Remove "Open in New Process" context menu in Windows 11

Personalization Add or Remove "Open in New Process" context menu in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Open in new process context menu for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. You can right click on a drive, folder, or library, click/tap on Show more options (Shift+F10), and click/tap on Open in new process to open the drive, folder, or library in its own new separate process. Opening drives, folders, and libraries in their own new separate explorer process can improve the stability of the explorer shell. By default, all File Explorer windows, including the desktop shell, run in a single explorer.exe process. If one File Explorer window hangs or crashes, it will cause all File Explorer windows running in the same process to hang or crash until the process restarts. While you...
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Delete Sound Theme in Windows 11

Personalization Delete Sound Theme in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to delete a sound theme for your account in Windows 11. A sound theme is a set of sounds applied to events in Windows and programs. After you change your system sounds, you can save it as a sound theme to have available to select as a sound scheme. If you decide you no longer want the saved sound theme, you can delete it. Here's How: 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on the Personalization on the left side, and click/tap on Themes on the right side. (see screenshot below) Open Themes settings 3 Click/tap on Sounds at the top. (see screenshot below) You can also open Run (Win+R), copy and paste rundll32 shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL mmsys.cpl,,2 into Run, and click/tap on OK to directly open...
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Enable or Disable Change Theme in Windows 11

Personalization Enable or Disable Change Theme in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable changing the theme for all or specific users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers. You must be signed in as and administrator to enable or disable changing the theme. Option One: Enable or Disable Change Theme for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor Option Two: Enable or Disable Change Theme for All Users using REG file EXAMPLE: Change theme disabled Enable or Disable Change Theme for All or Specific Users in Local Group Policy Editor The Local Group Policy Editor is only available in the Windows 10/11 Pro, Enterprise, and Education editions. All...
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Save Custom Theme in Windows 11

Personalization Save Custom Theme in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file in Windows 11. A theme is a combination of the desktop background, lock screen background, colors, sounds, and mouse pointers. You can save your custom theme to a .theme or .deskthemepack file. When you save your custom theme to a .theme file, it is saved to the %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes folder for the current user. The saved theme will now be available to select when changing your theme. A .deskthemepack file can be used as a backup and for sharing your custom theme. The person you shared the .deskthemepack file with can double click/tap on the .deskthemepack file to save and apply the theme to their account. Option One...
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Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Windows 11

Personalization Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Windows 11

This tutorial will show you how to allow or prevent themes to change desktop icons for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Windows includes the common This PC (aka: Computer), User's Files, Network, Recycle Bin, and Control Panel shortcuts that you can add or remove as icons on your desktop. Changing your theme can also change your desktop icons to what's included in the theme. Option One: Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Desktop Icon Settings Option Two: Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons using REG file EXAMPLE: desktop icons Allow or Prevent Themes to Change Desktop Icons in Desktop Icon Settings 1 Open Settings (Win+I). 2 Click/tap on Personalization on the left side, and click/tap...
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