To disable background apps in Windows 10 and 11 using the Registry Editor, press Windows + R, type regedit, and navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\AppPrivacy. Create a new DWORD (32-bit) value named…
To set File Explorer to open This PC instead of Quick Access, open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R and typing regedit, then navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced. Create a new…
To enable the classic right-click context menu in Windows 11, open Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Terminal as admin and run this command: reg add “HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32” /f /ve. Restart Windows Explorer…
To disable search box suggestions in File Explorer on Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R, typing regedit, and navigating to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer. Create a new…
To disable mouse acceleration in Windows 10 or 11, open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R, type regedit, and navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Mouse. Change the values for MouseSpeed to…
To disable Sticky Keys on Windows 10 or 11 using Registry Editor, navigate to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Accessibility\StickyKeys, change the Flags value to 506, create a new string value named KeyboardPreference, and…
To make your Windows 10 taskbar transparent using OpenShell, you need to download and install OpenShell from GitHub, then enable the “Customize taskbar” option in its settings and set the…
To center taskbar icons and the Start menu on Windows 10, download and install ExplorerPatcher from GitHub. Once installed, right-click your taskbar, select Properties, change the Start button style to…
To get the Windows 10 search bar on Windows 11, install ExplorerPatcher from its GitHub page and configure it to use Windows 10 taskbar style. The search box will then…
What the hell is going on with Windows Update? That’s the question I’ve been asking myself lately. Last week, Microsoft released the January 2026 update for Windows 11 (KB5074109), and…
