Starting with the Windows 10 anniversary update, you can show the lock screen wallpaper in the login or sign-in screen as well. However, with the wallpaper option enabled for the sign-in screen, there appears a problem where the lock screen shows up with a black background instead of a Windows Spotlight image or a wallpaper.Read more
Disk Cleanup Bug : 3.99 TB Used by Windows Updates [Fixed]
After installing a Cumulative Update, when you run Disk Cleanup (cleanmgr.exe) as administrator to cleanup system files, it may incorrectly show 3.99 TB as being occupied by older versions of Windows Updates.Read more
Customize and Backup Quick Access Toolbar Settings in File Explorer
The Quick Access Toolbar (QAT), part of the Ribbon framework, is located in the title bar of File Explorer and Office applications. You can add your frequently used ribbon commands to the Quick Access Toolbar for easy access — so that you don’t need to switch tabs each time to use a particular command.Read more
Get Old Registry Editor in Windows 10 Creators Update
In Windows 10 Creators Update, the Registry Editor status bar has been removed, as it now has an address bar at the top. The status bar doesn’t appear even if you turn off the address bar in Regedit. Another change is that you can modify the default font face, weight and style in the new the Registry Editor.Read more
Enable Warning on Closing Multiple Tabs in Microsoft Edge
By default, Microsoft Edge doesn’t issue a warning if you close your Microsoft Edge browser window with multiple tabs open. Sometimes we may accidentally close the browser window and wondering how to restore the session back.
You can press Ctrl + Shift + T to reopen the tabs closed during the last browser session.
Additionally, you can force Microsoft Edge to warn you when you attempt to close the browser window accidentally with multiple open tabs. Here’s how to do that.Read more
OneNote 2016 Screen Clipping Shortcut Key – How to Change?
Windows 10 Creators Update replaces OneNote’s popular screen clipping shortcut: Win + Shift + S. Starting with the Creators Update, this shortcut will be a global hotkey — an Operating System feature. Win + Shift + S will capture a screen region from any application and copy it to clipboard — powered by Snipping Tool’s new "/CLIP" command-line.Read more
Snipping Tool Command-line to Capture Screen Region
Windows 10 (Creators Update and higher) and Windows 11 includes the capability to capture a screen region using Win + Shift + S shortcut key, as mentioned in the article Screenshot a Portion of the Screen [Winkey+Shift+S].Read more
Make Taskbar Translucent or Fully Transparent in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a hidden, built-in setting to increase the taskbar transparency using the UseOLEDTaskbarTransparency registry value, as you may have already known. Here are two new third-party portable tools using which you can make your taskbar translucent, set gradient color, or make it fully transparent.Read more
Screenshot a Portion of the Screen in Windows 10/11 [Winkey+Shift+S]
Starting with the Windows 10 v1703 (also known as Creators Update), OneNote’s popular screenshot feature has been made an Operating System feature — you can capture a specific region of your screen to the clipboard using the Win + Shift + S shortcut key.Read more
Remove Amazon Drive from Explorer Navigation Pane
The client software provided by cloud storage providers like OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive would add or pin their entries in the left pane of Explorer. If you had been using Amazon Drive and later uninstalled it, the “Amazon Drive” entry may still remain in Explorer navigation pane.Read more