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Pin a Website Shortcut to the Windows 10 Start Menu

Last Updated on: February 22, 2026 by Ramesh

If you’ve been using desktop shortcuts to open your favorite websites, you can instead pin those websites to the Windows 10 Start menu to make your desktop clutter-free.

Moreover, pinning websites to the Start screen helps you get to those sites quickly especially when your Windows 10 device is in Tablet mode, where the Start screen occupies the full screen, covering your desktop. You can pin website shortcuts to the Windows 10 Start screen using Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Google Chrome, or Firefox.Read more

Automatically Clear Temp Files Using Disk Cleanup, Storage Sense or Batch file

Last Updated on: July 13, 2019 by Ramesh

The TEMP directory (%temp%) gets bloated over time as applications store data over there and don’t always remove the files and folders they created. And, software installers extract the contents of the setup packages to the %temp% folder and fail to do the cleanup act when the installation is complete.Read more

How Windows Defender “Block at First Sight” Cloud Protection Feature works?

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

Windows Defender or the Microsoft anti-malware platform protects home computers, servers and online services such as Office 365. With the wealth of threat intelligence and telemetry data, Defender’s cloud backend is an astounding malware protection service.Read more

Switch Program Windows Quickly Without Clicking on Taskbar Thumbnails

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

When Taskbar icons are set to “Combine,” which is the default setting, to switch windows within a Taskbar group, you need to click or hover your mouse pointer over the group icon and then click on the appropriate taskbar thumbnail image. This can be inconvenient especially if you have too many instances of a program running.Read more

Disable Virtual Desktop Switching on Mouse Hover in the Task View Interface

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

Virtual Desktops feature in Windows 10 provides a nice way to keep your program windows organized. You can move a set of work-related programs to a separate virtual desktop, having your entertainment and social networking stuff in another virtual desktop. When required, you can also make a program window or all window instances of a program available on all virtual desktops.Read more

Create Shortcut to Launch the Alt-Tab Switcher (for Mouse users)

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

The most useful and frequently used Alt + Tab keyboard shortcut has been there since the Windows 3.1 era. If you’re are primarily a mouse user and want to open the Alt + Tab switcher screen using shortcut or script, this post tells you how to do that in Windows 7 and higher, which includes Windows 10.Read more

New Ways to Show or Hide Shell Namespace Folders in Windows 10

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

From Windows 2000/XP through Windows 10, you can add custom shell folders as well as hide specific shell folders from appearing in Explorer environment or Desktop using the Registry Editor or with GPOs. There are two new ways to do exactly the same task, in Windows 10.Read more

How to Enable Adware or PUA Protection in Microsoft Security Essentials

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

You can enable PUA or adware protection in Windows Defender using different methods explained in the article How to Enable PUA, PUP or Adware Protection in Windows Defender. But, if you’re still using Windows 7 and relying on Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) for real-time antivirus protection, this post has the info on how to enable adware, PUP or PUA protection in MSE.Read more

How to Enable Scanning for PUA/PUP/Adware in Windows Defender

Last Updated on: January 25, 2022 by Ramesh

Windows Defender can detect and remove malware and viruses, but it doesn’t catch Potentially Unwanted Programs or crapware by default. However, there is an opt-in feature that you can enable to make Microsoft Defender antivirus scan and eliminate adware, PUAs, or PUPs in real-time.Read more

Scanning your PC using Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) and Microsoft Safety Scanner

Last Updated on: May 12, 2019 by Ramesh

Microsoft Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) is a post-infection removal tool which is updated every month and rolled out through the Windows Update channel. Malicious software scanning runs as you install MSRT from Windows Update. You can also initiate scans manually whenever needed by running mrt.exe in the Windows\System32 directory.Read more