This tutorial will show you how to show or hide the details pane in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.
The details pane in File Explorer shows you the most common properties associated with the selected file. File properties provide more detailed info about a file, such as the author, the date you last changed the file, and any descriptive tags you might have added to the file.
Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft is introducing a modernized details pane in File Explorer designed to help you easily access related content, stay up to date with file activity, and collaborate without even opening a file. When a user selects a file in File Explorer and enables the pane, a modern pane will...
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Transfer Files and Settings to New Windows 11 PC using Windows Backup app
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11
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Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to rearrange columns for a folder (directory) when in details view in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
When you are using a details layout view for a folder, all items in the folder will be displayed by details in columns.
You can rearrange these detail columns to any order you want them for a folder (directory).
Option One: Rearrange Columns in File Explorer using Drag and Drop
Option Two: Rearrange Columns in File Explorer using More > Choose Details Menu
Rearrange Columns in File Explorer using Drag and Drop
1 Open File Explorer (Win+E).
2 Open the folder or directory you want to rearrange columns for.
3 Drag and drop columns (ex: "Name") by the header left or...
This tutorial will show you how to manually reset and rebuild the search index for accurate search results in Windows 11.
Indexing the content of your PC helps you get faster results when your searching it for files, emails, or other local content.
The search index only includes your selected locations by default. These locations can be filtered for what file types (extensions), file properties, and file contents you want indexed.
You can choose to use Classic or Enhanced search indexing mode for where your PC will search for files.
The index uses the Windows Search service and runs as the Searchindexer.exe process in the background. The index will automatically rebuild and update for changes made to the included locations since the...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable AutoSuggest for the Run and File Explorer address bar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
As you type (ex: path) in the address bar of File Explorer (Win+E) or Run (Win+R), AutoSuggest will automatically show you a list of suggested matches of what you are typing in a drop down menu based on your address bar history. This way you can select the suggestion to autocomplete instead of having to fully type it out.
AutoSuggest is enabled by default, but you can disable it if wanted.
Disabling AutoSuggest does not clear your address bar history.
Disabling AutoSuggest appears to no longer work in Windows 11 23H2 and higher.
EXAMPLE: AutoSuggest enabled and disable in Run...
This tutorial will show you how to restore any missing default Send to context menu items for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Send to context menu allows you to quickly send a copy of items (ex: files, folders, libraries) to Bluetooth device, Compressed (zipped) folder, Desktop (create shortcut), Documents, Mail recipient, and removable and network drives.
To move an item instead of copy and item, you can right click or press and hold on a file or folder, click/tap on Show more options, click/tap on Send to, press and hold the Shift key, and click/tap on a drive or folder location in the Send to context menu.
EXAMPLE: Send to context menu
Here's How:
1 Click/tap on the Download button below to download the...
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...
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 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...
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