This tutorial will show you how to uninstall or reinstall the Dev Home app for your account or all users in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Starting with Dev Home Preview version 0.9, support for Windows 10 was added.
Dev Home is a new control center for Windows providing the ability to monitor projects in your dashboard using customizable widgets, set up your dev environment by downloading apps, packages, or repositories, connect to your developer accounts and tools (such as GitHub), and create a Dev Drive for storage all in one place.
Use the centralized dashboard with customizable widgets to monitor workflows, track your dev projects, coding tasks, GitHub issues, pull requests, available SSH connections, and system CPU, GPU, Memory...
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How to Perform a Point-in-time Restore of Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use the point-in-time restore feature to restore your Windows 11 PC to the exact state it was at an earlier point in time.- Brink
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Enable or Disable "Show more options" context menu
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove "Show more options" on the context menu, or enable or disable having to click on "Show more options" to see the full classic context menu in Windows 11.- Brink
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Customize Context Menu in File Explorer on Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to customize what appears in the context menu in File Explorer for your account in Windows 11.- Brink
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Cloud Rebuild Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to use Cloud rebuild to perform a full clean reinstall of Windows 11 from WinRE without USB media, custom image, or depending on the health of the currently installed OS.- Brink
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Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to disable Windows Update from automatically downloading and installing updates in Windows 10 and Windows 11.- Brink
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Enable or Disable Hidden Feature Flags in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable hidden experimental feature flags in Windows 11.- Brink
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Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media
This tutorial will show you how to create a bootable USB flash drive used to install Windows 11 with UEFI support.- 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
This tutorial will show you step by step on how to clean install Windows 11 at boot on your PC with or without an Internet connection and setup with a local account or Microsoft account.- Brink
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Tutorials
Windows 11 tutorials, tricks, tips, and guides.
This tutorial will show you how to add or remove the Edit with Clipchamp context menu for your account or all users in Windows 11.
A new Clipchamp app has been included starting with Windows 11 build 22572.
Clipchamp is a video editor focused on making video creation easy, fast, and fun. Clipchamp is equipped with all the basic tools you’d expect, like trimming and splitting, as well as more pro-style features like transitions and animated text. For real-time content capture, there are also built-in webcam and screen recorders.
Clipchamp adds a Edit with Clipchamp context menu item when you right click on image and video files.
If wanted, you can remove the Edit with Clipchamp context menu without having to uninstall the Clipchamp...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off sleeping tabs in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Microsoft Edge web browser is based on Chromium and was released on January 15, 2020. It is compatible with all supported versions of Windows, and macOS. With speed, performance, best in class compatibility for websites and extensions, and built-in privacy and security features.
The sleeping tabs feature in Microsoft Edge makes background tabs sleep after two hours of inactivity by default in order to free up resources for active tabs, new tabs, and other applications on your device. Sleeping tabs will fade to indicate they’ve released resources. To resume a sleeping tab, click/tap on it...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off instant updates in Microsoft Edge for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Instant updates setting in Edge is no longer available.
Starting with the Canary and Beta builds of Microsoft Edge, Microsoft is intruding instant updates in preview, which makes getting the latest browser version more effortless than ever. Instant updates is an opt-in feature that restarts your browser to install any pending updates while you're away from your computer. This means that critical security bug fixes will reach you faster, and new features and enhancements will be available to apply earlier. You never have to think about it, and your browsing will be optimized and secure.
Today, many...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable using Writing Assistant on the web feature in Microsoft Edge for your account or all users in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Rewrite with Copilot is now called Writing Assistant in Edge.
Editor is built into Microsoft Edge to help you write with confidence wherever you type online. It offers AI-powered writing assistance—like spelling, grammar, and synonym suggestions—along with text prediction to help you finish sentences faster and stay in your flow. Together, these tools help you write more clearly and efficiently across the web.
References:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge/features/editor?form=MT0160...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the Windows Copilot feature on the taskbar for all or specific users in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
The options in this tutorial will no longer work for the new Copilot app that can be uninstalled instead.
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.
https://www.elevenforum.com/t/uninstall-or-reinstall-copilot-app-in-windows-11-and-windows-10.26200/
Microsoft introduced Windows Copilot for Windows 11 back in...
This tutorial will show you how to find and list all installed Linux distros for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) lets developers install a Linux distribution (such as Ubuntu, OpenSUSE, Kali, Debian, Arch Linux, etc) and use Linux applications, utilities, and Bash command-line tools directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup.
You can easily view all installed Linux distros with a list of distro names and versions.
Reference:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/wsl/basic-commands#list-installed-linux-distributions
Option One: Find All Installed Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) Distros in File Explorer
Option...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off "Keep the Edge window open when closing the last tab" for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
Starting with the latest Microsoft Edge version in the Canary channel, you can now turn on or off "Keep the Edge window open when closing the last tab".
By default, when you close the last tab in a Microsoft Edge window, it will close the window.
If you turn on "Keep the Edge window open when closing the last tab", Microsoft Edge will stay on the New tab page by default instead when you close the last tab.
Option One: Turn on or off "Keep the Edge window open when closing the last tab" in Settings
Option Two: Turn Off "Keep the Edge window open when closing the last tab" from...
This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable the touch screen for your account or all users in Windows 11.
A touch screen, or touchscreen, is an input device that enables you to interact directly with what is displayed, rather than using a mouse, touchpad, or other such devices (other than a stylus, which is optional for most modern touch screens).
If your device (ex: laptop or tablet) has a touch screen, you may want to disable and enable it as needed.
Option One: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users in Device Manager
Option Two: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users in PowerShell
Option Three: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for All Users using REG File
Option Four: Enable or Disable Touch Screen for...
Personalization Change Desktop Background to Spotlight, Picture, Solid Color, or Slideshow in Windows 11
This tutorial will show you different ways to change the desktop background to a picture, solid color, slideshow, or Windows Spotlight image for your account in Windows 11.
You can change your desktop background in Windows 11 to be a picture, solid color, a slideshow, or Windows Spotlight image.
A picture background can apply to all or specific desktops and/or displays.
Solid color, slideshow, and Windows Spotlight backgrounds apply to all desktops on all displays.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.7922 (24H2) and 26200.9822 (25H2), and build 2800.1764 (26H1), you can now set .webp images for your desktop background in Settings > Personalization > Desktop Background.
Starting with Windows 11 build 26100.9550 (24H2), build...
This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off always underline access keys for your account in Windows 11.
An access key is an underlined character in the text of a menu, context menu item, or the label of a control such as a button.
You can press and hold the Shift, Alt, or F10 key while you right click on an item to see available access keys underlined in the context menu. You can then press the underlined letter (access key) as a keyboard shortcut to use/open that menu item.
If you like, you can turn on to always have access keys underlined by default even when not holding Shift, Alt, or F10 key while you right click to open a context menu.
Option One: Turn On or Off Always Underline Access Keys in Settings
Option Two...
This tutorial will show you how to move or restore the default location of the Music folder for your account in Windows 10 and Windows 11.
The Music folder (shell:My Music) is a component of the user profile that is used as a unified location for storing personal data. By default, the Music folder is a shell folder in the user's profile (%UserProfile%) that is used as a default storage location for saved music or audio files.
If you like, you can move the Music folder and its content to a location you want it at instead.
If the current Music folder path is incorrect or is no longer available, you can use the Restore Default option to restore the default path.
Option One: Move Location of Music Folder in Properties
Option Two...
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