In Windows 10 Redstone 2 build and higher, you can move the Cortana search text box to the top, change the text box border color and thickness. Also, you can add a search glyph and submit button near the text box with some registry tweaks.Read more
Windows 10
This category contains posts about Microsoft’s latest Operating System – Windows 10.Windows 10’s always been interesting, as every new major update will usually include additional features.
Change Registry Editor Font Face in Windows 10 Creators Update
Registry Editor in Windows 10 Redstone 2 Preview build 14942 has got an Address bar as we saw earlier. The Redstone 2 Preview build introduces another minor feature addition to the Registry Editor. You can change the default Registry Editor font, without having to change the global font settings – that is, without affecting other areas of the Windows Shell.Read more
Replace Settings with Control Panel in Win+X Menu in Windows 10 Build 14942
Starting with Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 14942, the Win+X menu items (the menu which appears when you right-click on Start) which were pointing to the classic Control Panel applets are now directing to corresponding pages in the modern Settings app. Also, the entry “Control Panel” is now replaced by “Settings” in the Group 2 section of the Win+X menu.Read more
Open Cortana Web Search Results in Google and Default Browser
Clicking on a web search result in Cortana would always launch Microsoft Edge regardless of your default browser. However, you can configure Cortana web search links to open with your default web browser. Additionally, you can automatically redirect the search query to Google search instead of Bing.
In April 2018, Microsoft announced that Edge would be the browser that would launch when searching from Cortana, no matter what your default web browser or https protocol association setting is.
While the user interface doesn’t have an option to change the search engine or browser, there is still a way to make Cortana search using Google instead of Bing, using the new microsoft-edge: URL protocol.Read more
How to Show Seconds in Taskbar Clock
You can now configure Windows 10 or 11 to display seconds in the taskbar’s notification area clock without using a third-party program. This is possible using a hidden registry setting in Windows 10, and it’s a built-in GUI option in Windows 11.Read more
Registry Editor Gets the Address Bar Feature in Windows 10
Windows 10 Insider Preview 14942 has a interesting new feature which Microsoft didn’t document. Registry Editor (Regedit.exe) in Insider Preview build 14942 gets the super useful Address Bar feature.Read more
[Fix] Search Results defaults to Content View in Windows 10
When you search for files using Windows 10 File Explorer, the search results page may default to “Content” view every time which some users don’t like. Although you can change the view to Details, or any other view setting manually, the change affects only that folder. Sometimes, search results view settings may not stick at all.
This happens when searching for files in a folder optimized for “General items”. Whereas when you search for files in the Pictures and Videos folders, the search results view defaults to icons view.
This article tells you how to set the Search Results folder default view mode to Details, for all folder types.
Show Process ID in File Explorer Title Bar in Windows 10
There is a hidden registry setting in Windows 10, which when enabled shows the explorer.exe Process ID (PID) in File Explorer title bar, and tells if a folder window is running under the shell process, or as a separate process.Read more
Windows 10 Mail App Background Color or Image – How to Change?
Windows 10’s Mail app comes with some stock images and preset solid colors from which you can choose one for the background. However, if you want to set a custom background color, such as plain white, you can do so by creating an image file using Paint.Read more
Windows Photo Viewer Previous & Next Buttons and Arrow Keys do not work
If the Windows Photo Viewer the navigation buttons (previous and next) or left and right arrows, and the slideshow button don’t work, this post tells you why this happens and how to fix the problem.Read more