How to Disable Location Services on Windows 10/11 (Registry)
To disable location services on Windows 10 or Windows 11 via the registry, open Terminal as administrator and run three reg add commands that set the ConsentStore location value to…
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How to Disable Automatic Feedback Sampling Windows 10 & 11 (Regedit)
To disable automatic feedback sampling in Windows 10 and 11, open Registry Editor by pressing Windows + R, typing regedit, and navigating to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\DataCollection. Create two DWORD values named DoNotShowFeedbackNotifications…
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How to Set File Explorer to Launch This PC Instead of Quick Access (Regedit)
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…
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How to Enable Classic Context Menu in Windows 11 (Regedit)
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…
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How to Disable Search Box Suggestions in File Explorer on Windows 10 & 11 (Regedit)
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…
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How to Disable Mouse Acceleration on Windows 10 & 11 (Regedit)
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…
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How to Disable Sticky Keys on Windows 11 (Regedit)
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…
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How to Center Taskbar Icons and Start Menu on Windows 10
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…
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How to Have Windows 10 Search Bar on Windows 11
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…
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How to Disable Windows Spotlight on Windows 11
To disable Windows Spotlight on Windows 11, right-click your desktop, select Personalize, go to Themes, and select any theme other than Windows Spotlight. If you already have another theme but…
