PowerToys already solves dozens of small-but-annoying Windows problems for power users, and the five wishlist items proposed by the community capture practical, high-impact improvements that could make the suite even more indispensable.
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PowerToys began life as a set of...
Windows 11 hides a surprisingly powerful shortcut: create a single specially named folder and you unlock a master list of system controls, administrative tools, and rarely-used settings that normally live buried across Settings, the legacy Control Panel, and assorted management consoles — a...
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Windows has tucked a surprisingly powerful administration shortcut behind a single folder name for more than a decade, and creating that folder — the community’s beloved God Mode — can replace many of the trips you make to Control Panel and the Settings app by surfacing an aggregated, searchable...
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Windows 11 still feels like two operating systems glued together when you hunt for settings, and the old community trick known as God Mode remains the fastest practical way to make sense of the mess.
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Windows has been migrating decades of Control Panel functionality into the...
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Microsoft’s PowerToys is about to plug one of Windows 11’s most persistent annoyances: a built‑in way to automatically switch between Light and Dark modes on a user-defined schedule — delivered as a PowerToys module rather than via the core Settings app.
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Tooltips — those little pop-up text boxes that appear when you hover over files, folders, desktop shortcuts, or taskbar icons — are designed to give quick context, but for many Windows 11 users they become intrusive and disruptive; this guide explains every practical method to delay, disable, or...
Windows 11’s so-called “God Mode” is not a magic key to the operating system’s internals — it’s a pragmatic, little-known shortcut that collects hundreds of Control Panel and administrative tasks into a single folder, and for many power users it has become a daily productivity tool that beats...
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Microsoft has quietly started theming Windows 11’s long-neglected legacy file-operation dialogs to respect Dark Mode, turning the previously blinding white copy/move/progress and error pop-ups into a darker, less jarring experience for users running the system theme set to Dark.
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i am looking for script for all shows desktop icons windows 11 versions
Control Panel, Desktop, Documents, Downloads, Gallery, Home, Music, Network, Pictures ,Recycle bin ,This PC ,User's Files
as well as other icons explorer, defrag, write cleanup, cmd, task manager
On my GMKTEC M7 I have two USB ports. USB pen drives work fine but NVME USB enclosures do not, drive not seen in disk management or explorer. I have tried several drives with several enclosures, they don't show on my PC but do on other PCs. If I assign a drive letter in Diskpart the drive is...
Windows enthusiasts, get ready for a breath of fresh air – Windows 11 is about to get even better! With several new features on the horizon, builds on the Developer and Beta channels are already showcasing enhancements that will soon be part of the upcoming 24H2 update. Whether you’re a power...
Ah, the Windows Start menu—the nerve center of your operating system. It's there when you need to launch apps, access settings, or search for files buried somewhere in your digital closet. But when it stops working, it feels like someone cut your lifeline to Windows itself. Relax! Microsoft has...
Recently, Microsoft has rolled out an important update for Windows 11, specifically targeting issues related to the Windows Explorer component. This update is especially relevant to those enrolled in the Insider Program and aims to address long-standing problems that have afflicted many users...
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I have got a program that lööks into some configuration files when it starts. The program and the configuration files are located on a network server. If I use the explorer, I can open the files.
This program is used cince a long time. It worked well. After an...
Windows Server 2022. No puedo hacer clic ni arrastrar elementos del escritorio, incluidos accesos directos, iconos y ventanas (como las ventanas del explorador).
Se agradece cualquier idea sobre esto.
Is it possible to force Winexplorer to have the files in the same place when I reopen the same window when I put them in my own order before? I tried it according to this tutorial - How To Disable Auto Arrange In Folders On Windows 10, but it only works 50% - after reopening the same folder, the...
Microsoft has released a security update for Windows 11 version 22H2, which addresses various security vulnerabilities present in the operating system. The update, named KB5023706 (OS Build 22621.1413), includes improvements to Distributed Component Object Model (DCOM) hardening, Active...
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At some point, very recently, my go-to folders (downloads, documents, pictures) found themselves in the path of onedrive. So instead of Users/Me/Downloads it's Onedrive/RandomDirectoryFrom3YearsAgo/Downloads. What's worse is now I have a mix. Documents has onedrive in the path, but videos is in...