This tutorial will show you how to organize and group your pinned apps on the Start menu into folders for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The Start menu contains shortcuts of all your apps, settings, and files.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22557, you can now customize your pinned apps on the Start menu by organizing them into folders. You can add more apps to a folder, rearrange apps within a folder, and remove apps from a folder.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22567, when you hover one pinned app icon over another, there will now be a small animation to hint that this will create a folder.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22579, you can now name your...
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Use ViVeTool to Enable or Disable Hidden Features in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use ViVeTool to enable or disable hidden features in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to restore the classic File Explorer with Ribbon for your account or all users in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
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Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app
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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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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to run the System File Checker (SFC) tool to repair missing, corrupted, and modified system files in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- 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
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to rearranged pinned items on the Start menu to the order you want for your account in Windows 11.
The Start menu is comprised of three sections: Pinned, All apps, and Recommended.
The section at the top of the Start menu is called the Pinned section. This section consists of pins arranged in a grid. The items in this section are a subset of all the apps installed on the PC; not all installed apps are included in this section by default. The number of rows and items in this view are consistent across device panel sizes.
You can rearrange your pinned items on the Start menu to the order you want them in.
Option One: Rearrange Pinned Items on Start Menu using Drag and Drop
Option Two: "Move to front"...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable password expiration for an account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you enable password expiration for an account, the user will be forced to change their password the next time they sign in when it expires.
A local account password will expire when a maximum (42 days by default) and minimum ( 0 days by default) password age has been reached by default.
A Microsoft account password will expire every 72 days by default.
Option One: Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account in Local Users and Groups
Option Two: Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account in Command Prompt
Option Three: Enable or Disable Password Expiration for Local Account in...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable launch folder windows in a separate explorer process by default for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Each process running in Windows is assigned a unique decimal number called the process ID (PID) to identify an active process. This number is used to specify the process when for example attaching a debugger to it.
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.
You are able to use the Open in new process context menu to manually open folder windows (File...
General Remove "Your searches might be slow because the index is not running. Click to turn on the index." in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to remove the "Your searches might be slow because the index is not running. Click to turn on the index." message banner at the top of File Explorer when searching for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when your searching it for files, emails, or other local content.
When you disable Search Indexing, you will see a Your searches might be slow because the index is not running. Click to turn on the index. message banner at the top of File Explorer when searching by default.
You can permanently disable the message without having to enable Search Indexing.
Option One: Remove "Your searches might be slow because the index is not...
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 Install (add) the Notepad (system) option feature if not already installed. (see screenshot below)...
This tutorial will show you how to update your security questions for your local account in Windows 11.
When you set up a local account with a password via Settings, you are required by default to select and answer security questions.
Security questions provide an extra layer of protection for your local account in case you forget your password. These security questions are used to verify who you are so you can reset the password of your local account on the sign-in screen if needed.
Available security questions for a local account:
What was your first pet's name?
What's the name of the city where you were born?
What was your childhood nickname?
What's the name of the city where your parents met?
What's the first name of your oldest...
This tutorial will show you how to change when to show small icons on the taskbar for your account in Windows 11
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.4484 (24H2), Microsoft is gradually rolling out taskbar icon scaling. The taskbar now resizes icons to fit more apps when space runs low, keeping everything visible and easy to access. You can adjust how icons appear in settings—reduce icon size only when the taskbar is full (default), keep icons at their original size at all times by selecting Never, or use smaller icons all the time by selecting Always.
You can choose when Windows will show smaller taskbar buttons:
When taskbar is full: By default, taskbar icons will automatically turn smaller when the taskbar is full. This helps you...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable letting apps access diagnostic info about other apps for your account or all users in Windows 11.
Apps in Windows are carefully isolated so that they don’t interfere with each other. However, there are scenarios where it’s useful for one app to see certain types of information about other running apps (for example, it’s useful for diagnostic tools to be able to get a list of running apps). This is especially useful during app development, or for apps like Task Manager that report simple information about running apps. Some people worry about an app getting information about any other apps, but the settings in Windows always give you control over which apps can get this kind of...
This tutorial will show you how to reset Windows 11 and Remove everything or Keep my files.
You can reset Windows 11 when your PC isn’t working well and it’s been a while since you installed an app, driver, or update.
Resetting reinstalls Windows 11, but lets you choose whether to keep your files or remove them, and then reinstalls Windows.
Option
What it does
Keep my files > Change settings > Preinstalled apps On
Reinstalls Windows 11.
Keeps all user accounts and personal files in C:\Users.
Removes apps and drivers you installed.
Removes changes you made to settings.
Restores any apps your PC manufacturer installed if your PC came with Windows 11.
Keep my files > Change settings > Preinstalled apps Off
Reinstalls Windows...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove "Copy To folder" and "Move to folder" to the context menu for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
When you press and hold or right click on selected file(s) and folder(s), click/tap on Show more options, and click/tap on Copy To folder, it will copy them to a location you select immediately.
When you press and hold or right click on selected file(s) and folder(s), click/tap on Show more options, and click/tap on Move to folder, it will remove them from their current location and move them to a location you select immediately.
To also Copy file(s) regardless of the source and target destination, hold down the CTRL key while you drag and drop the file(s).
To also...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the WMIC command as an optional feature for all users in Windows 11.
The WMI command-line (WMIC) utility provides a command-line interface for Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMIC is compatible with existing shells and utility commands.
The WMIC tool is deprecated in Windows 10, version 21H1, and the 21H1 General Availability Channel release of Windows Server. This tool is superseded by Windows PowerShell for WMI. Note: This deprecation only applies to the command-line management tool. WMI itself isn't affected.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22572, WMIC is now available as an optional feature that can be uninstalled or reinstalled via Settings > Apps > Optional Features...
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