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Pin and Unpin Items in Clipboard History in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to pin or unpin items copied into the clipboard history for your account in Windows 11. When you copy something on your Windows PC, it’s automatically copied to your clipboard for you to paste. Clipboard History in Windows 10 and Windows 11 lets you save multiple items to your clipboard. Clipboard history also allows you to copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you tend to use all the time and sync your clipboard history to the cloud. Clipboard history size limitations are 4 MB per item. Text, HTML, and Bitmap are supported. Clipboard history is limited to 25 copied entries...
General
Add and Remove Widgets on Lock Screen in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to add and remove widgets on the lock screen for your account in Windows 11. You can stay informed and efficient with dynamic updates that bring weather, finance, sports, traffic, and app notifications right to your lock screen. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.3624 (24H2), build 22631.5261 (RP 23H2), and build 22631.5262 (23H2), support for lock screen widgets (previously referred to as “Weather and more”) arrives on devices in the European Economic Area (EEA). You can add, remove, and rearrange lock screen widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, Traffic, and more. Any widget that supports the small sizing option can be added. To customize your lock screen widgets, navigate to Settings >...
Personalization
Reset and Clear Pinned Items on Taskbar in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to reset and clear all pinned items on the taskbar for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The taskbar in Windows 11 shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store buttons (icons) aligned to the center by default. The taskbar will also show the icon of the app for any window you have open. If you like, you can pin an app to the taskbar to always show the app's icon on the taskbar whether the app is open or not. Pinning an app to the taskbar makes it easier to open the app on demand from the taskbar. EXAMPLE: Pinned items on taskbar Here's How: 1 Open Registry Editor (regedit.exe). 2 Navigate to the key below in the left pane of...
General
Change Number of Taskbar Thumbnails to Show before Stacked as List in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the taskbar thumbnail threshold limit for number of thumbnail previews to show before stacked as list for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The setting in this tutorial no longer works starting with at least Windows 11 version 24H2. The taskbar is a horizontal bar at the bottom of your desktop in Windows 11 that shows the Start menu, Search, Task View, Widgets, Chat, File Explorer, Microsoft Edge, and Microsoft Store icons aligned to the center by default. The taskbar corner includes the notification area icons, Quick Settings (Win+A), and Notification Center (Win+N) with the clock and calendar. When you have one or more windows open for an app, you can hover over or click/tap on the...
Personalization
Replace, Skip, or Keep Both Files in File Name Conflict Dialog in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to replace, skip, or keep both file versions being copied or moved in a file name conflict dialog box for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When you copy or move files/folders from one location to another in Windows and the destination has files with the same names, you will get a file name conflict dialog that allows you to either replace all file name conflicts in the destination location, skip copy/move all file name conflicts to the destination location, or copy/move and keep both versions of files in the destination location. Starting with Windows 11 build 26080 (Canary and Dev), when extracting files, if there is a file name conflict you can now choose to apply your selected action (skip...
General
Change Tab Color in Windows Terminal on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to change the color of tabs in Windows Terminal for your account in Windows 10 and 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. Starting with Windows Terminal Preview version 1.23.10353.0, color indicators are now in the Tab Switch Menu (Ctrl+Tab) for your colored tabs in Windows Terminal. If a tab has the default background color, then the...
Apps
Add or Remove Shield Icon on Title Bar of Windows Terminal in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off displaying a shield in the title bar when Windows Terminal is running as Administrator for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. Starting with Windows Terminal Preview version 1.23.10353.0, in the Appearance setting, Microsoft added an option to let users control whether a shield icon displays in their title bar when Windows Terminal runs as Admin. Reference: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/commandline/windows-terminal-preview-1-23-release/#appearance EXAMPLE: Shield icon in title bar when Windows Terminal is running as Administrator Here's How: 1 Open Windows Terminal. 2 Click/tap on the down arrow button on the top bar, and click/tap on Settings Ctrl + , (comma). (see...
Apps
Rearrange Widgets on Lock Screen in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to rearrange widgets on the lock screen for your account in Windows 11. You can stay informed and efficient with dynamic updates that bring weather, finance, sports, traffic, and app notifications right to your lock screen. Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.3624 (24H2), build 22631.5261 (RP 23H2), build 22631.5262 (23H2),and build 27982.1 (Canary), support for lock screen widgets (previously referred to as “Weather and more”) arrives on devices in the European Economic Area (EEA). You can add, remove, and rearrange lock screen widgets such as Weather, Watchlist, Sports, Traffic, and more. Any widget that supports the small sizing option can be added. To customize your lock screen widgets, navigate to...
Personalization
Enable or Disable Search and Service Improvement in Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off search and service improvement to "Help improve Microsoft products by sending the results from searches on the web" in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11. In order to improve your experience in Microsoft Edge, Microsoft Bing, Microsoft News, and other Microsoft services, Microsoft collects and use data from your web searches in Microsoft Edge by default. Microsoft will use your search results activity to make everyone’s web and search experience better, more relevant, and useful. The data Microsoft collects is from searches you do across the web, including sites Microsoft doesn’t own or operate. Microsoft Edge will scrub and de-identify the data by removing...
Browsers and Mail
Hide or Show Users on Sign-in Screen in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to hide or show users on the sign-in screen when a user locks the computer in Windows 10 and Windows 11. When a user locks the computer and dismisses the lock screen, the sign-in screen will show all users on the bottom left corner to select to switch user from. If wanted, you can choose to hide all users to have a Switch user button instead on the bottom left corner of the sign-in screen when a user locks the computer. You can still click/tap on the Switch user button to be taken to the lock screen to dismiss and then see all users on the bottom left corner to select to switch user from. Hiding all users on the sign-in screen when you lock the computer can be useful if you only want to see all users...
Accounts
Enable or Disable Bluetooth LE Audio in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off using Low Energy Audio (LE Audio) when available instead of Classic Audio for Bluetooth devices that support both for all users in Windows 11. Bluetooth Low Energy Audio (LE Audio) is a new technology that allows audio streaming over Bluetooth Low Energy. Unlike Classic Audio, which uses Classic Bluetooth profiles such as A2DP or HFP, LE Audio uses modern Bluetooth profiles such as the Telephony and Media Audio Profile (TMAP). Bluetooth LE Audio provides numerous benefits over Bluetooth Classic Audio, including increased battery life and voice call quality. It also supports new capabilities that don't exist with Classic Audio, such as support for LE Audio hearing aids. In December...
Devices
Enable or Disable Search Filters in Address Bar of Microsoft Edge
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable search filters in the Microsoft Edge address bar for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11. The Edge address bar allows you to get fast responses simply by typing on many quick searches including conversions, prices, quick info and more. There's no need to hit the 'Enter' key to get a quick response. Microsoft Edge allows you to filter search autosuggestions by work, history, favorites, and tabs. Simply select your preference from the bottom of your address bar while searching. You can turn on or off showing search filters in the Edge address bar autosuggestion dropdown if wanted. Reference: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/address-bar?form=MA13FJ...
Browsers and Mail

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