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Microsoft has pushed Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27950 to the Canary Channel with a tight, targeted set of bug fixes aimed at smoothing a handful of visual and installation problems that have frustrated Insiders — most notably fixes for taskbar preview misalignment after display resolution...

Winaero Tweaker can turn Windows 11 from a one-size-fits-most OS into a personalized desktop with one-click rollbacks of Microsoft’s design choices — and the six changes described in the XDA piece are a solid starter pack for reclaiming control. Background Winaero Tweaker is a well-established...

If the new “Ask Copilot” entry in Windows 11’s right‑click menu has landed on your system and you’d rather not see it, you can remove it quickly — either by blocking the File Explorer shell extension that adds the menu item or by uninstalling/disabling Copilot entirely. The tweak is...

Microsoft is quietly folding AI-powered image editing and Bing visual search directly into the File Explorer right‑click menu as part of Insider testing, a move that turns the once‑simple file manager into a micro‑workflow gateway for quick edits and visual lookups. Background Microsoft’s...

Microsoft’s latest Insider whispers fold AI deeper into the Windows shell: right‑click a picture in File Explorer and you may now see an “AI actions” submenu offering Bing Visual Search, background blur, object erase, and background removal — a small set of micro‑workflows that signal a broader...

Microsoft’s latest Canary‑channel experiment pushes intelligence deeper into the Windows shell: a new AI actions submenu in File Explorer lets you right‑click images to run Bing Visual Search, blur or remove backgrounds, and erase objects — all without opening a full editor. This context‑aware...

Microsoft has shipped Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27938 to the Canary Channel, and the headline feature worth immediate attention is the introduction of AI actions in File Explorer — a right‑click context menu that brings image editing, web visual search, and document summarization into the...

Microsoft’s push to fold generative AI into everyday file management just moved a major step closer to most Windows users: Microsoft 365’s Copilot is now integrated with OneDrive inside Windows, letting subscribers invoke Copilot actions from File Explorer and the OneDrive Activity Center on the...

If you’ve ever poked around Windows’ innards, you probably stumbled on the Windows Registry — the sprawling hierarchical database that quietly governs countless system behaviors. What many users don’t realize is that the Registry is part museum piece, part power tool: it’s older than most of the...

The Windows 11 Desktop in the 25H2 era is familiar territory with a careful polish: it behaves like Windows 10’s Desktop in the essentials, but Microsoft has refreshed iconography, simplified the right‑click context menus, added a daily Windows Spotlight wallpaper with a “Learn about this...

Microsoft's File Explorer is getting a practical, productivity-focused facelift that pushes more commands and AI into the surface users already interact with — hover-activated quick-action buttons for Home items, an experimental AI Actions menu and deeper Copilot integration — even as the app...

Microsoft appears to be adding hover-activated quick-action buttons to File Explorer in Windows 11, putting commonly used commands — including Open file location, Ask Copilot, and a More actions (three-dot) menu — one mouse movement away on the Home page and in Recent/Favorites/Shared lists, a...

Microsoft’s File Explorer in Windows 11 is being outfitted with a fresh set of quick-action buttons and context-level shortcuts that aim to cut clicks, speed up common workflows, and fold AI-powered tasks directly into the shell — changes that show Microsoft is treating File Explorer as more...

Windows 11 hides a surprising amount of useful functionality behind simple toggles and keyboard combos — the kind of small discoveries that turn a pleasant OS into a genuinely efficient workspace. Background / Overview Windows 11’s design refresh brought a centered Taskbar, rounded corners, and...

Microsoft is quietly aligning Notepad’s right‑click experience with Windows 11’s modern context‑menu language, rolling a refreshed menu into the Windows Insider channels that places the most common editing actions up front while preserving Notepad’s growing set of AI and formatting features...

Microsoft has quietly rolled out a redesigned right‑click menu for Notepad in Windows 11, bringing the long-familiar text editor into alignment with the modern, streamlined context‑menu style that Microsoft has been applying across the OS. rty has long been defined by speed, simplicity, and...

Mozilla’s quiet move to add a native “Search Image with Google Lens” entry in Firefox’s context menu closes a long-standing usability gap with Chrome and Edge while reopening familiar privacy and platform questions for Windows users and IT administrators alike. The change—visible today in...

Windows 11 just picked up a file‑automation superpower: AI‑driven “actions” built directly into File Explorer that let you right‑click any supported file and instantly summarize documents, remove image backgrounds, erase objects, or launch a Bing Visual Search—no manual app juggling required...

Microsoft’s Copilot artificial intelligence has rapidly become a centerpiece of the Windows 11 experience, but the company’s aggressive push to integrate the AI assistant into nearly every corner of the operating system is inspiring backlash among a sizable portion of the user base. One...

Here is a summary of the official changes and new features in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27898 (Canary Channel) as announced by Microsoft: Highlights & New Features 1. Taskbar Icon Scaling Taskbar icons now automatically scale down when the taskbar becomes crowded, allowing more apps to...