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Brink · Nov 18, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to pin Android phone apps to the Start menu on your Windows 11 PC using the Phone Link app. You can tap into the power of Phone Link app with Link to Windows integration on select Surface Duo and Samsung devices to instantly access your Android phone’s mobile apps directly from your Windows 10 PC. With Phone Link apps, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more – all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. You can add your Android apps as favorites on your PC, pin them to your Start menu and taskbar, and open them in separate windows to use side-by-side with apps on...

Brink · Dec 12, 2021

This tutorial will show you how to add or remove Android phone apps to the Start menu All Apps list on your Windows 11 PC using the Phone Link app. You can tap into the power of Phone Link app with Link to Windows integration on select Surface Duo and Samsung devices to instantly access your Android phone’s mobile apps directly from your Windows PC. With Phone Link apps, you can instantly access the Android apps installed on your mobile device right on your PC. Using a Wi-Fi connection, Apps allows you to browse, play, order, chat, and more – all while using your PC’s larger screen and keyboard. You can add your Android apps as favorites on your PC, pin them to your Start menu and taskbar, and open them in separate windows to use...

Brink · Jul 3, 2023

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. With...

Brink · Aug 23, 2021

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. References...

Brink · Oct 18, 2023

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. Here's...

Brink · Oct 17, 2021

This tutorial will show you how to change the maximum size of the icon cache to fix slow loading icons in File Explorer for all users in Windows 7, Windows 8, 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. Sometimes you may notice File Explorer loads icons slowly when you open a folder with lots of files. Increasing the size of the icon cache may help. By default, the icon cache is 500 KB. Increasing the icon cache size to 4 MB gives the best results, but you can change the size to what works best for you. Reference...

Brink · Nov 12, 2023

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/...

Brink · Nov 12, 2023

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/...

Brink · Nov 1, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to find the security identifier (SID) of a specific user or all users on your Windows 10 and Windows 11 PC. A security identifier (SID) is a string value of variable length that is used to uniquely identify a security principal or security group. Security principals can represent any entity that can be authenticated by the operating system, such as a user account, a computer account, or a thread or process that runs in the security context of a user or computer account. Each account or group, or each process that runs in the security context of the account, has a unique SID that's issued by an authority, such as a Windows domain controller. The SID is stored in a security database. The system generates...

Brink · Nov 10, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable automatically discard sleeping tabs after 1.5 days of inactivity in Microsoft Edge for 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...

Brink · Oct 4, 2023

This tutorial will show you how to change the order of folders in the File Explorer Gallery collection drop menu for your account in Windows 11. Starting with Windows 11 version 22H2 KB5030310 Build 22621.2361, Microsoft is introducing Gallery, a new feature in File Explorer designed to make it easy to access your photo collection. The content in Gallery is the same as what you see in the All Photos view in the Photos app. Your most recently taken photos appear at the top of Gallery. This includes photos from your phone if you have OneDrive Camera Roll Backup set up. Your Gallery collection is shared between Gallery in File Explorer, Pictures library, and the Photos app. You can manage your Gallery by adding or removing folders from...

Brink · Sep 13, 2022

This tutorial will show you how to turn on or off Sticky Keys and adjust its settings for your account in Windows 11. When Sticky Keys is turned on, you can press a modifier key (SHIFT, CTRL, or ALT) and then another key in sequence rather than at the same time, to enter shifted (modified) characters and other key combinations. Pressing a modifier key once latches the key down until the user presses a non-modifier key or clicks a mouse button. Pressing a modifier key twice locks the key until the user presses the key a third time. References: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/winuser/ns-winuser-stickykeys...

Disable Automatic Windows Updates in Windows 11

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Restore Classic File Explorer with Ribbon in Windows 11

Create Windows 11 Bootable USB Installation Media

Uninstall or Reinstall Copilot app

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Use SFC to Repair System Files in Windows 11

Download Official Windows 11 ISO file from Microsoft

Repair Install Windows 11 with an In-place Upgrade

Clean Install Windows 11

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Phone Pin to Start Android Apps from Your Phone on Windows 11 PC

Phone Add or Remove Android Apps from Your Phone to Start on Windows 11 PC

Apps Open Copilot in Windows 11

Apps Change Default Profile in Windows Terminal app in Windows 11

Apps Turn On or Off Include System Audio when Recording with Snipping Tool in Windows 11

Personalization Change Icon Cache Size in Windows 11

Apps Remove Background of Image in Photos app in Windows 11

Apps Replace Background of Image in Photos app in Windows 11

Accounts Find Security Identifier (SID) of User in Windows 11

Browsers and Mail Enable or Disable Auto Discard Sleeping Tabs in Microsoft Edge

General Change Folder Order in File Explorer Gallery Collection drop menu in Windows 11

Accessibility Turn On or Off Sticky Keys in Windows 11

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