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How to Restore Old Right-click Context Menu in Windows 11

November 12th, 2021 by Admin

How can I get back the classic full context menu in Windows 11? Windows 11 comes with a new context menu which is drastically simplified. It hides the less frequently used functionalities under a sub-menu named “Show more options“. If you’re already accustomed to the old context menu, you can bring it back easily. In this tutorial we’ll show you how to restore the old right-click context menu in Windows 11.

Updated: Starting with Windows 11 build 22572, you can now hold down the Shift key while you right-click anywhere in File Explorer, it will directly bring up the classic context menu.

How to Restore Old Right-click Context Menu in Windows 11

  1. Right-click on the Start button in the taskbar, and then select “Windows Terminal (Admin)“.

  2. Copy the following command and paste it in the Terminal window, and then press Enter.
    reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32" /f /ve

  3. Close Windows Terminal. Log out of your account and log back in, you’ll find that the old right-click context menu is back, which displays the full list of options directly.

    Whenever you prefer to enable the new right-click context menu again, just open Windows Terminal and run this command:
    reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}" /f

That’s it!

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Most Common Ways to Open Settings App in Windows 11

November 9th, 2021 by Admin

Starting with Windows 11, more Control Panel features are being migrated to the Settings app. In this tutorial we’ll show you the most common ways to open Settings app in Windows 11.

Method 1: Open Windows 11 Settings App Using Keyboard Shortcut

Hold down the Windows Logo key and the I key on your keyboard at the same time, this will open the Settings app directly. This is the quickest way to launch Settings app for fans of keyboard shortcuts.

Method 2: Open Windows 11 Settings App via Search, Start Menu or Taskbar

Click the Search button on the taskbar, type settings in the search field at the top. From the search result, you can then click Open from the right pane to start the Settings app.

Or click “Pin to taskbar” for adding the shortcut of the Settings app to the taskbar.

If you have clicked the “Pin to Start” option, the Settings app will appear under the Pinned section of the Start Menu.

Method 3: Open Windows 11 Settings App via WinX Menu

Right-click on the Start button on the taskbar to open up the WinX menu, and then choose Settings to run the Settings app.

Method 4: Open Windows 11 Settings App from Desktop

Right-click any blank area on your desktop and choose either “Display settings” or “Personalize” from the context menu.

When the Settings app launches, you can use the left navigation pane to find the settings you need.

Method 5: Open Windows 11 Settings App via Run, Command Prompt or PowerShell

Press the Windows key + R together to Open the Run box, type the following command and press Enter to access the Settings app.
ms-settings:

Or run the above command in the Command Prompt, PowerShell or Terminal window.

Method 6: Open Windows 11 Settings App from Quick Settings

Click the battery icon, speaker icon or network icon in the system tray to open Quick Settings panel, next click the gear icon located in the lower-right corner to access the Settings app.

That’s it!

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How to Remove “Recommended” Items on Windows 11 Start Menu

November 8th, 2021 by Admin

The Start Menu in Windows 11 will display a list of recently opened files in the “Recommended” section. You can right-click each recommended item and remove them from the list one by one. In this tutorial we’ll show you a fast way to remove and hide all “Recommended” items from the Start Menu in Windows 11.

How to Remove “Recommended” Items on Windows 11 Start Menu

  1. Right-click on the Start button in the taskbar and select Settings, or press the Windows key + I keyboard shortcut to open the Settings app directly.

  2. Select the Personalization tab on the left pane. On the right side, scroll down almost to the bottom and click on Start.

  3. Turn off the toggle next to “Show recently opened items in Start, Jump Lists, and File Explorer“.

  4. This will prevent the Recommended section from showing any recently opened files.

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Reset Forgotten Windows 11 Password with Utilman.exe Trick

October 29th, 2021 by Admin

Forgot your Windows 11 password? Using your laptop some time ago and can’t remember the password now? If you have previously created a password reset disk, you can get in without much trouble. In this tutorial we’ll show you another method for resetting forgotten Windows 11 password – the Utilman.exe trick, without using any third-party software.

How to Reset Forgotten Windows 11 Password with Utilman.exe Trick

  1. Boot your locked PC from Windows 11 installation media (CD or USB). When you get to the initial setup screen, press the SHIFT + F10 keyboard shortcut to open Command Prompt.

  2. Type the following commands to launch the diskpart utility and display the partitions on all disks.
    diskpart
    list volume

    You need to determine which volume has the OS on it. The system partition can be identified by its size, and it’s not assigned a letter by default.

  3. To make the system partition accessible, we need to run these commands to assign a drive letter to it. Replace 1 with the volume number of your system partition, and C with an unused drive letter.

    select volume 1
    assign letter=C
    exit

  4. At this point, type the following commands to make backup of your existing Accessibility Manager tool (Utilman.exe), and replace Utilman.exe with cmd.exe.

    copy c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe c:\
    copy /y c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe c:\windows\system32\utilman.exe

  5. Close all open windows and restart the computer without Windows 11 installation media.

  6. After you get to the Windows login screen, click the Accessibility icon in the lower-right corner. It will launch Command Prompt.

  7. You can now reset the forgotten password of any existing user, by using the net user command:
    net user account_name new_password

  8. Close Command Prompt and you can then log in with your new password. To restore the original Utilman.exe, reboot with the installation media that you used earlier, and execute this command:

    copy c:\utilman.exe c:\windows\system32

That’s it!

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How to Fix the Error: This PC can’t run Windows 11

October 14th, 2021 by Admin

When you boot from Windows 11 installation media to begin setup, you may get the error message “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows. For more information, visit https://aka.ms/WindowsSysReq“.

This problem usually happens when your PC doesn’t have a modern CPU, TPM 2.0 chip or enough RAM. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to bypass / fix the error “This PC doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements to install this version of Windows” during Windows 11 setup.

How to Fix the Error: This PC can’t run Windows 11

  1. When you’re greeted with the error “This PC can’t run Windows 11” during installation, press the Shift + F11 keyboard shortcut to open up the Command Prompt window.

  2. Type regedit and press Enter to launch Registry Editor.

  3. Navigate to the location: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup. Right-click on the Setup key and select New -> Key.

  4. Name the newly-created key as LabConfig, next right-click on the right pane and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.

  5. Name the new DWORD as BypassTPMCheck, and then double-click it and change its value data to 1.

  6. Repeat the same process to create other DWORD values: BypassSecureBootCheck,BypassRAMCheck and BypassCPUCheck, and also set their value data to 1.

  7. Close Registry Editor and quit Windows Setup.

  8. It will go back to the first Windows Setup screen and you can proceed with Windows 11 installation.

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Easy Way to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 / 10

September 26th, 2021 by Admin

Microsoft Edge comes preinstalled as the default web browser in Windows 11 and Windows 10. When you try to uninstall Microsoft Edge using either Control Panel or the Settings app, you will find the Uninstall option is missing or greyed out. In this tutorial we’ll show you a simple way to uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 / 10.

How to Uninstall Microsoft Edge in Windows 11 / 10

  1. Right-click on the Microsoft Edge shortcut on your desktop and then select “Open file location” from the context menu.

  2. File Explorer will open to the folder: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft\Edge\Application. Simple double-click the folder which is named with the version number of your Microsoft Edge. In my case, it is 94.0.992.31.

  3. Next, double-click and open the Installer folder.

  4. We’ll later use the setup.exe file for uninstalling Microsoft Edge. To open an elevated PowerShell at this location, click the File menu in the top-left corner.

  5. select Open Windows PowerShell, and then Open Windows PowerShell as administrator. Click Yes if the UAC dialog appears.

  6. When a PowerShell window opens up, type the following command and press Enter. After a while, Microsoft Edge will be removed and uninstalled from your system.

    .\setup.exe -uninstall -system-level -verbose-logging -force-uninstall

    Whenever you need to install Microsoft Edge later, you can download it from https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge.

That’s it!

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Quick Way to Copy Full Path of a Folder / File in Windows

December 13th, 2018 by Admin

Is there a quick way to copy the file path instead of typing it? Just right-click on your selected file and select Properties from the context menu. The path is shown next to the Location header, and you need to append the file name at the end to get the full file path.

However, this method has inherently low efficiency, especially if you need to frequently copy the file path and paste it into a tool like Command Prompt or PowerShell. In this tutorial we’ll show you the fastest way to copy the full path of any folder or file in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7.

Steps to Copy Full Path of Folders/Files

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the files or folders whose path you want to copy. Once you are there, hold the SHIFT key and right-click the desired folders/files, then select “Copy as path” from the context menu. If you’re running Windows 11, you don’t need to hold down the SHIFT key.

Next, you can paste the full location of the selected folders/files anywhere including NotePad, Command Prompt or PowerShell.

That’s it! Hope you found this tip useful.

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How to Delete Custom or Built-in Power Plan in Windows

August 23rd, 2018 by Admin

How do I delete a power plan that I no longer need? Windows allows you to use the built-in power plans (Balanced, Power Saver, and High Performance) or create a new power plan from scratch. This tutorial will show you 2 methods to delete custom or built-in power plan in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7.

Method 1: Delete Custom Power Plan Using Control Panel

  1. Press the Windows and R keys together to open the Run dialog box. Type powercfg.cpl and press Enter to access one of the Control Panel applets – Power Options.

  2. To delete a custom power plan, you first have to choose another power plan as the active one. Then click on the link “Change plan settings” next to the custom power plan you want to delete.

  3. In the next window, click on Delete this plan link at the bottom.

  4. Click OK to confirm the operation.

  5. After deleting the power plan, it will disappear from the Power Options window.

Method 2: Delete Custom or Built-in Power Plan Using Command Prompt

In addition to deleting custom power plan, this method also allows you to delete built-in power plans in Windows 10 / 8 / 7. Follow these steps:

  1. Open the Command Prompt as administrator. Run the powercfg /list command and it will list all existing power plans in your system along with their GUIDs.

    If the power plan you want to delete is active, then you have to set another plan as active by running this command:
    powercfg -setactive GUID

  2. Now, you can delete the desired power plan using the following command.
    powercfg -delete GUID

  3. When it’s done, the selected power plan is deleted and you cannot use it anymore.

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How to Create a Power Plan in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7

August 22nd, 2018 by Admin

A power plan lets you customize how long it takes your computer to turn off monitor / hard drive, or go into sleep after your computer is idle. In this tutorial we’ll walk you through the steps to create a power plan in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7 to customize how your computer uses power.

How to Create a Power Plan in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7?

  1. Press the Windows key + R to bring up the Run dialog, type powercfg.cpl and press Enter to open the Power Options window.

  2. Click the “Create a power plan” link in the left navigational menu.

  3. Select an existing power plan as the base for your new plan, type in a plan name you want and click Next.

  4. Choose how long before your monitor turns off and how long before your computer goes to sleep. You can either set a certain amount of time, or set it to never. Finally click on Create.

  5. When you come back to the Power Options window, you can see that new power plan is automatically set as active.

That’s it!

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Disable Right-Click Context Menu on Taskbar in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7

May 28th, 2018 by Admin

Is there a way to disable the right-click context menu on the Windows 10 taskbar using group policy? In this tutorial we’ll show you 2 simple ways to disable right-click context menu on the taskbar in Windows 11 / 10 / 8 / 7. This is really useful if you want to prevent inexperienced users to delete or add any apps in your taskbar.

Method 1: Disable Right-Click Context Menu on Taskbar Using Group Policy

  1. Press Windows + R hotkey to open Run Command. Type gpedit.msc and press Enter key.

  2. In the left side of Local Group Policy Editor, navigate to User Configuration > Administrative Templates > Start Menu and Taskbar, then double-click the “Remove access to the context menus for the taskbar” policy in the right side.

  3. Select the Enable radio button. Click Apply and then OK.

    Now you have successfully disabled taskbar right-click context menu in Windows 10 / 8 / 7.

Method 2: Disable Right-Click Context Menu on Taskbar Using Registry Editor

  1. Press Windows + R hotkey to open Run Command. Type regedit and press Enter key.

  2. Navigate to the following key in the Registry Editor window:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

    If the Explorer subkey is not available, right-click on Policies key and select New -> Key, then name the new key as “Explorer”.

  3. Now right-click on blank area in the right pane, and select New -> DWORD (32-bit) Value.

  4. Give it the name NoTrayContextMenu and click OK. Then double-click the name and set the value data as 1.

  5. Log off or reboot for these changes to take effect. The next time you right-click on the taskbar, it won’t show up the context menu any longer.

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