How to Open Folder Options in Windows 10
Folder Options is a dialog box that allow you to configure settings and change preferences for File Explorer of Windows 10. It comes with three tabs – General, View, and Search, that include options that can be applied to all folders, or to the currently open folder only.
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How to Change Notification Timeout in Windows 10 and Make It Last Longer
The Action Center has been updated in Windows 10, featuring a new notification system. Windows 10 has replaced all kinds of notifications including the classic balloon tooltips with flat toast notifications. They appear for all events and activities you do on your PC, e.g. when you insert a flash drive. By default, notifications are visible for 5 seconds before they hide into the Action Center. Here is how to change the notification timeout to make notifications last longer. Continue reading “Change Notification Timeout in Windows 10”
How to Find if You Are Running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10
Sometimes, users may get confused which version of Windows 10 they have installed, because they can’t tell if they are running 32-bit Windows or 64-bit. To check whether you’re using a 32-bit or 64-bit version of Windows 10, you need no third-party apps. Continue reading “Find if You Are Running 32-bit or 64-bit Windows 10”
How To Switch App Windows Directly in Windows 10 Taskbar Without Clicking on Thumbnails
In Windows 10, the taskbar button grouping feature is turned on by default. In this mode, clicking on a group button makes it show a list of window thumbnails. You can make the taskbar switch to the last active program window in the group with a single click.
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Microsoft today released the first preview of the revived Windows PowerToys apps. It is a new branch of the good old PowerToys product which is optimized for Windows 10.
A new information reveals that Microsoft is in process of making new colorful icons for its first-party Windows 10 apps, ending the era of black and white and blue Metro icons.
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How to Disable a Network Adapter in Windows 10
In Windows 10, the modern Settings app still doesn’t allow to quickly disable a network adapter. Here are the alternative ways to disable a network adapter in the OS.
This post explains various methods you can use to defragment a drive in Windows 10, including the graphical tool ‘MMC’, the console defrag command, and PowerShell.
Windows 10 File Explorer opens by default to the new Quick Access folder, which wasn’t available in previous versions of the operating system. It includes two main sections: Frequent folders and Recent files. This post explains how to pin Frequent folders to the Start or taskbar in order to open it directly with one click.
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In Windows 10, Microsoft reduced the size of application icons on the taskbar to 24 x 24. Many users want the have larger icons with size of 32 x 32, similarly to what they were in Windows 7 and 8. Here is a bit of good news – it is can be done with a small freeware tool. Continue reading “Make Taskbar Icons Bigger in Windows 10”
