To activate the Ultimate Performance power plan on Windows 10 or 11, open Command Prompt or Terminal as Administrator and run powercfg -duplicatescheme e9a42b02-d5df-448d-aa00-03f14749eb61. The plan will appear in Control…
To zip a file in Windows 10 or 11, right-click the file or folder, choose Compress to > ZIP file. To unzip, right-click the archive and choose Extract All. Windows…
To get the Windows 7 Start menu back on Windows 11, install Open Shell (a free, open-source fork of the classic Classic Shell project), pick the Windows 7 style under…
If you deleted a file in Windows 11 and it is not in the Recycle Bin, stop using that drive, check the folder’s Previous Versions tab and the OneDrive website’s…
Five reliable ways to free up disk space on Windows 10 or 11: uninstall the largest unused apps from Settings → Apps → Installed apps sorted by size, scan with…
To move the Windows 11 taskbar to the top, left, or right of the screen, install ExplorerPatcher from its official GitHub page, right-click the taskbar, open Properties, then set Primary…
Windows Photo Viewer is still present in Windows 10 and 11 but hidden — Microsoft replaced it with the Photos app as the default image viewer. To bring it back,…
To create a bootable USB drive with Rufus, download Rufus from rufus.ie, plug in an 8 GB or larger USB flash drive, select your Windows 10 or Windows 11 ISO…
To optimize Windows 10 for gaming, create a restore point, set your monitor to its highest refresh rate, disable background and startup apps, debloat with Winhance, enable the Ultimate Performance…
To upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 on supported hardware, download the Windows 11 Installation Assistant from Microsoft’s download page and run it — your files, apps, and settings…
