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With the advent of Windows 11, Microsoft made significant shifts in the interface and user experience compared to Windows 10. One such change is the introduction of hover cards for taskbar applications, which displays a preview of the app when the user hovers over its icon. While some users may...

The user interface in Windows 11 has undergone several changes, and one of the significant shifts is in the taskbar functionality. Recent updates have introduced a mouse hover feature that can often annoy users, especially when it leads to unintended actions such as revealing jump lists from...

Ever found yourself staring at a cluttered Command Prompt (CMD) screen and wished you could clear it up quickly? You're not alone. Many Windows users often encounter the challenge of a messy CMD interface. Fortunately, this guide will explore straightforward methods to clear the CMD screen on...

The latest “Simply Windows” video is now available, focusing on tips for organizing your tabs in Microsoft Edge. If you’re new to Windows 10 or want to learn more about how to get the most out of it, this video series can help you get up to speed. And as writers in the series have had to work...

Working at an office probably wasn’t something you expected to miss in 2020. I know I didn’t. But if you’re reading this from home due to the global health crisis, it’s understandable that you might miss impromptu hallway conversations over the news ticker running through your head while working...

Assume I have multiple windows open (browser, WinExplorer, Word,...). Is there a way to hide all these windows at once to show only desktop, then double click on one of the icons on desktop to start another prgm and finally re-show the previously hidden windows again? Peter

Here I have put together a list of all the Chrome OS keyboard shortcuts, if any shortcuts are missing feel free to post them. I hope these will help you guys out! TAB AND WINDOW NAVIGATION Ctrl+N - Open a new window Ctrl+Shift+N - Open a new window in incognito mode Ctrl+T - Open a new tab...

Using Firefox All open excel 2010 workbooks are placed into the single excel window on the task bar Is there a way to open up another, or multiple, excel windows on the task bar, like in XP. Thanks in advance.

Keyboard shortcuts are very important to my computer use, which brings up a small but annoying problem I've been having in Windows 7. In XP I was able to place a shortcut to a program or even to a particular file on my Start Menu. If I then renamed the shortcut on the start menu with a...

In Word 2010 I want to create keyboard shortcuts for frequently used words, such as "awa" for "as well as". I could do that in Word 2003 but I don't how to do it in 2010. would appreciate some handholding.

Several times each week under Vista, I would search 4 of 16 folders under a master data folder for all files that were modified in those 4 folders on one specific day. This was an easy one-step operation using Vista's Advanced Search capability. I selected the four folders with the Browse...