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Turn On or Off Ask to Save Edited Screenshots for Snipping Tool in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off ask to save edited screenshots in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11. The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps. You can turn on or off to have Snipping Tool ask to save edited screenshots if unsaved when you close the Snipping Tool app. Screenshots taken by the Snipping Tool are temporarily cached in the %LocalAppData%\Packages\Microsoft.ScreenSketch_8wekyb3d8bbw\TempState folder for the current user. You may be able to recover missing screenshots from this folder location if they haven't yet been...
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Turn On or Off Add Screenshot Border for Snipping Tool in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off add border for each screenshot in Snipping Tool for your account in Windows 11. The Snipping Tool app includes a built-in screen recorder and allows you to quickly take and annotate screenshots, photos and other images with your pen, touch, or mouse and save, paste or share with other apps. You can turn on or off to add a border to each screenshot taken by the Snipping Tool app. You can select a custom color and thickness for the border. Here's How: 1 Open the Snipping Tool app. (see screenshot below) 2 Click/tap on the See more (3 dots) button, and click/tap on Settings. (see screenshot below) 3 Do step 4 (on) or step 5 (off) below for what you want. Turn on add border for...
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Enable or Disable Open Widgets Board on Hover in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off show widgets on hover for your account in Windows 11. Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage. Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance throughout your day. Say goodbye to constantly switching between apps, devices and websites—now you can...
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Enable or Disable Cortana in Windows 11
⚠️ Starting with Windows 11 build 25967 (Canary), the Cortana app has been removed. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/end-of-support-for-cortana-d025b39f-ee5b-4836-a954-0ab646ee1efa This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable Cortana for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Cortana is a personal productivity assistant in Microsoft 365, helping your users achieve more with less effort and focus on what matters. The Cortana app in Windows 10 and Windows 11 helps users quickly get information across Microsoft 365, using typed or spoken queries to connect with people, check calendars, set reminders, add tasks, and more. Cortana is still included in Windows 11, but will no longer be included in the first boot...
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Enable or Disable Show Announcement Updates from Widgets on Taskbar in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off whether live Widget content on the taskbar shows more than weather for your account in Windows 11. Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage. Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance throughout your day. Say goodbye to constantly switching...
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Enable or Disable Startup Apps in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable startup apps for your account or all users in Windows 11. Startup apps are the apps that start automatically when you sign in to Windows 11. References: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/change-which-apps-run-automatically-at-startup-in-windows-9115d841-735e-488d-e749-9ba301d441e6 https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/configure-startup-applications-in-windows-115a420a-0bff-4a6f-90e0-1934c844e473 You must be signed in as an administrator to enable or disable startup apps for all users, but not for only your account (current user). Option One: Enable or Disable Startup Apps in Task Manager Option Two: Enable or Disable Startup Apps in Settings Option Three: Enable...
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Allow or Block Devices to Project to This PC in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to allow or block devices to project to your PC for only your account in Windows 11. You can use the Projecting to this PC feature to have apps and content from another device show on your PC screen. Projecting to this PC uses the Wireless Display app to wirelessly project (mirror) a phone, PC, or Android device to the screen on your PC, and use its keyboard, mouse, and other devices too. When you project to your PC from a device, you can select to Always allow, Allow once, Block once, or Always block the device to connect when asked to project to this PC. If you select Always allow, the device gets added under Allowed Devices in the "Device Access List" for the Wireless Display app. If you set Ask to...
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Check for Updates in Microsoft PowerToys app
This tutorial will show you how to manually check for updates for the Microsoft PowerToys app in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Microsoft PowerToys is a set of utilities for power users to tune and streamline their Windows experience for greater productivity. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/ https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/powertoys/install https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases Here's How: 1 Open the PowerToys app. 2 Open PowerToys Settings. (see screenshot below) 3 In PowerToys Settings, click/tap on General in the left pane, and click/tap on Check for updates. (see screenshot below) 4 If PowerToys is up to date, you are done. (see screenshot below) 5 If An update is...
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See Impact of Startup Apps in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to see what the startup impact is for your startup apps on your Windows 11 PC. Startup apps are the apps that start automatically when you sign in to Windows 11. You can have any app, shortcut, folder, drive, file, script, etc.. items automatically open or run at startup. Windows 11 includes functionality to ensure you are always in control of the apps that run on your systems. Settings and Task Manager shows a list of startup apps, along with controls that allow users to disable startup apps. To help users determine what to disable, Settings and Task Manager displays a measure of each startup app’s impact. Impact is assessed based on an app’s CPU and disk usage at startup. Reference...
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Download and Install Media Feature Pack for Windows 11 N Editions
This tutorial will show you how to download and install the Media Feature Pack for N editions of Windows 11. N editions of Windows include the same functionality as other editions of Windows, except for media-related technologies, Windows Media Player, and certain preinstalled media apps (Groove, Movies & TV, Voice Recorder, and Skype). The Media Feature Pack provides a way for you to restore these excluded technologies. These technologies include, but are not limited to, the following features: Windows Media Player application: Enables Windows Media Player features, such as the ability to play media files and audio CDs, manage media in a library, create a playlist, provide metadata (including album art) for media, create an audio...
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Get updates for apps and games in Microsoft Store in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to manually check for app and game updates to download and install in the Microsoft Store for your account in Windows 11. Microsoft redesigned the Microsoft Store from the ground up in Windows 11, making space for more content, keeping the user experience simple and responsive. It will help you discover and install the best apps, games, movies and even special offers – like unique movie discounts for Xbox Game Pass members. All the content in the Microsoft Store is tested for security, family safety and device compatibility. Starting with Windows 11 Insiders in the Canary and Dev Channels, Microsoft is moving the list of updates and downloads in the Microsoft Store app from the top section of the...
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Expand and Collapse Widgets Board Full Screen View in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to expand and collapse the widgets board view for your account in Windows 11. Widgets are small cards that display dynamic content from your favorite apps and services on your Windows desktop. They appear on the widgets board, where you can discover, pin, unpin, arrange, resize, and customize widgets to reflect your interests. Your widgets board is optimized to show relevant widgets and personalized content based on your usage. Open the widgets board from the left corner of your taskbar where you see the live weather icon.  Widgets help you stay on top of what’s important to you by bringing together personalized content from your favorite apps and services so you can have the latest info at a glance...
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