This tutorial will show you different ways to open Copilot in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Windows is the first PC platform to provide centralized AI assistance to you. Together with Microsoft Copilot (formerly Bing Chat), Copilot in Windows helps you get answers and inspirations from across the web, supports creativity and collaboration, and helps you focus on the task at hand. Do more with Copilot in Windows.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22631.3810 and Windows 10 build 19045.4593 (RP and Beta) Microsoft is evolving the Copilot** experience on Windows as an app that will be pinned to the taskbar. This enables users to get the benefits of a traditional app experience, including the ability to resize, move, and snap the window.
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to change the default shell profile to use when you open the Windows Terminal app for your account in 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.
Windows Terminal uses Windows PowerShell as the default shell profile when you open the Windows Terminal app.
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off include system audio by default when a screen recording starts with the Snipping Tool app 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.
Snipping Tool app version 11.2307.44.0 introduces support for optionally recording your PC audio and voice overs using a microphone. New app settings let you configure the default audio recording settings for new screen recordings, and if you have multiple recording devices, you can select your preferred recording device before you start recording.
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This tutorial will show you how to remove the background of any image using the Photos app in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
Microsoft is adding an option to remove the background of an image in the Photos app starting with version 2023.11110.8002.0 rolling out to all Windows Insiders.
References:
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/17/windows-photos-gets-background-remove-and-replace-along-with-other-improvements/...
This tutorial will show you how to replace the background of any image with a solid color using the Photos app in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
Microsoft is adding an option to replace the background of image with a solid color in the Photos app starting with version version 2023.11110.8002.0 rolling out to all Windows Insiders.
References:
https://blogs.windows.com/windows-insider/2023/11/17/windows-photos-gets-background-remove-and-replace-along-with-other-improvements/...
This tutorial will show you how to disable an app's uninstall entry in both "Settings > Apps > Installed Apps" and "Control Panel > Programs and Features" for your account or all users in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
You can disable the ability to uninstall an app in Settings > Apps > Installed Apps and Control Panel > Programs and Features without removing the app's uninstall entry. This way the app is still listed, but its "Uninstall" option is disabled (grayed out).
You must be signed in as an administrator to disable uninstall entries for apps for all users.
This will only apply to uninstall entries for desktop apps/programs.
This does not apply to Microsoft Store apps.
Option One: Disable Uninstall Entries for App(s)
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This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing a confirmation dialog when deleting items or folders in the Photos app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
You can choose Do not show this message again for the delete confirmation dialog when deleting items (ex: images) or folders in the Photos app.
Option One: Turn Off Delete Confirmation in Photos app from Confirmation Dialog
Option Two: Turn On or Off Delete Confirmation in Photos app from Settings
EXAMPLE: Confirmation...
This tutorial will show you how to change the zoom preference when you open and view photos and videos that are smaller then the Photos app window for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
You can choose to zoom to fit window or view at actual size by default when you open and view photos and and videos that are smaller then the Photos app window.
EXAMPLE: Image open in Photos app
Here's How:
1 Open the Photos app.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon at the top. (see screenshot...
This tutorial will show you how to change the mouse wheel behavior when viewing a singe image in the Photos app for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Photos app included in Windows is a rich media experience that empowers you to do more with your photos and videos. View, organize, and share photos from your PC, OneDrive, iCloud Photos and other devices all from one gallery.
You can choose to have the mouse wheel either zoom in or out or view next or previous items when viewing a single image opened in the Photos app.
Ctrl + mouse wheel will still always zoom in or out.
EXAMPLE: Image open in Photos app
Here's How:
1 Open the Photos app.
2 Click/tap on the Settings (gear) icon at the top. (see...
This tutorial will show you how to manually refresh the content of all Widgets for your account in Windows 11.
Widgets in Windows are interactive elements that display dynamic content and provide quick access to various apps and features. You can view your location's current weather conditions directly on the taskbar and hover over the icon to see concise, scannable information on topics like sports, stocks, local news, and breaking headlines. Widgets are designed to help you staying informed and organized by presenting personalized information at a glance.
Widgets are displayed on the Widgets board, which contains a collection of cards, each representing a widget with relevant information and actions related to an app. On the Widgets...
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Open with to the context menu of BAT files for all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A .bat file is a batch file that consists of a series of commands to be executed by the command line interpreter, stored in a plain text file.
BAT files do not include Open with in their context menu by default in Windows.
If you like, you can add Open with to the context menu of .bat files that allows you to choose an app to open the BAT file with just once.
You must be signed in as an administrator to add or remove the "Open with" context menu for BAT files.
EXAMPLE: "Open with" context menu for BAT files
You will need to click/tap on Show more options first by default, then click/tap on Open...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Let Copilot use content from Microsoft Edge" for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The Copilot setting in this tutorial is no longer available.
Microsoft introduced Windows Copilot for Windows 11 back in May 2023 at the Build conference.
Starting with Windows 11 build 23493 (Dev), build 22631.2129 (Beta), and build 25982 (Canary), Microsoft is offering an early look of Windows Copilot to Windows Insiders. This first preview focuses on our integrated UI experience, with additional functionality coming down the road in future previews.
A preview of Copilot in Windows will start rolling out with the next wave of continuous innovation in Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build...
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