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...
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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
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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11
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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
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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.
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 rebuild the icon cache to clear and reset it for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The icons that display for files in Windows are saved in an icon cache so they can be displayed quickly instead of having to manually scan and slowly load them each time.
The icon cache can sometimes become corrupted causing the icons of files to display incorrectly or distorted. When this happens, the icon cache needs to be deleted to reset and automatically recreate it.
Rebuilding the icon cache will not help with the following icon issues:
The icon of a shortcut not displaying properly due to the target source of the shortcut was moved or deleted. You may need to recreate a new shortcut directly from the...
This tutorial will show you how to find and list all currently assigned shortcut keys (hotkeys) in use by shortcuts for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
A shortcut is a link to an item (such as a file, folder, or app) on your PC.
You can assign a shortcut key (aka: keyboard shortcut) to use to open a shortcut on your desktop, taskbar, and Start menu.
Here's How:
1 Download the ListHostKeys.zip file below originally from winhelponline on GitHub.
https://www.elevenforum.com/attachments/listhostkeys-zip.22764/
2 Save the ListHostKeys.zip file to your desktop.
3 Unblock the ListHostKeys.zip file.
4 Extract (drag and drop) the ListHostKeys.vbs file from the ListHostKeys.zip file.
5 Run the ListHostKeys.vbs file.
The...
This tutorial will show you how to restore deleted default libraries for your account in Windows 11.
Libraries are virtual containers for users' content. A library can contain files and folders stored on the local computer or in a remote storage location. In File Explorer, users interact with libraries in ways similar to how they would interact with other folders.
Including a folder in a library doesn't physically move or change the storage location of the files or folders; the library is a view into those folders. However, users interacting with files in a library are copying, moving, and deleting the files themselves, not copies of these files.
The Camera Roll, Documents, Music, Pictures, Saved Pictures, and Videos folders are...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off automatically expand to current folder in the navigation pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
The navigation pane is the far left pane in File Explorer used to find files, folders, and drives on your PC or network.
When you have a folder or drive open in File Explorer (Win+E), you can press the Ctrl + Shift + E keys to expand the current folder or drive in the navigation pane on demand.
You can turn on Expand to current folder to have the navigation pane automatically expand to the current folder or drive as you open them in File Explorer.
Option One: Turn On or Off Automatically "Expand to current folder" in Navigation Pane in File Explorer
Option Two: Turn On or...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing preview handlers in the the preview pane of File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The preview pane in File Explorer shows you the contents of a file, such as image or text files, without having to open it with an app.
Preview handlers show the content of text files (ex: .bat, .cmd, .html, .ps1, .reg, .txt, etc...) in the preview pane.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/shell/preview-handlers
Option One: Enable or Disable Show Preview Handlers in Preview Pane of File Explorer in Folder Options
Option Two: Enable or Disable Show Preview Handlers in Preview Pane of File Explorer using REG file
Option Three: Enable or Disable...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off showing encrypted or compressed NTFS files in color for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The NTFS file system volumes support file and folder compression on an individual file basis. The file compression algorithm used by the NTFS file system is Lempel-Ziv compression. This is a lossless compression algorithm, which means that no data is lost when compressing and decompressing the file, as opposed to lossy compression algorithms such as JPEG, where some data is lost each time data compression and decompression occur.
The Encrypted File System, or EFS, provides an additional level of security for files and folders. It provides cryptographic protection of individual files on...
This tutorial will you show to change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
In Windows, you can change the default action when typing into list view in File Explorer to either Automatically type into the Search Box or Select the typed Item in the view.
Automatically type into the Search Box - When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically be typed into the Search Box to give search results from within the currently open folder or drive.
Select the typed Item in the view - This is the default setting. When you type in File Explorer in list view, it will automatically jump to and select the first file name in sort by order that begins with what...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable showing folder merge conflicts for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
If you copy or move a folder into a destination that already contains a folder with the exact same name, Windows will automatically replace the destination folder by default. If any files have the same names, you will still be asked if you want to replace those files with a file merge conflict dialog.
If you like, you can enable to show folder merge conflicts to confirm if you want to replace (merge) the destination folder instead of automatically by default.
Enabling or disabling folder merge conflicts will not affect file merge conflicts like below.
Option One: Enable or Disable Folder Merge...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sync provider notifications in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
Sync provider notifications are designed to help you by providing quick, easy information and suggestions about things you can do or new features you can try to have a better experience with Windows 11.
It has been reported that sync provider notifications started showing up in Windows 11 build 22572.100.
Option One: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer in Folder Options
Option Two: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer using REG file
Option Three: Enable or Disable Sync Provider Notifications in File Explorer in Registry Editor
EXAMPLE: sync provider...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Restore previous folder windows at logon" for your account in Windows 11.
You can have Windows automatically restore previous folder windows at sign in when you sign out, restart the computer, or shut down the computer.
Starting with Windows 11 build 22635.4580 (Beta) and build 27788.1000 (Canary), when “Restore previous folder windows at logon” is enabled in File Explorer, Windows will also now restore all the extra tabs which you previously had open in each File Explorer window. As part of this work, Microsoft has also updated the logic for the “Automatically save my restartable apps and restart them when I sign back in” setting via Settings > Accounts > Sign in options, so that...
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