Articles tagged: Windows 10 Tips

Taskbar Buttons

Tip of the Day: Manage Taskbar Icons

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Tip of the Day: Executable Program Properties

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Tip of the Day: The Empty Start Menu

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shell:AppsFolder

Tip of the Day: More “Shell:” Shortcuts

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Reboot!

Tip of the Day: When In Doubt, Reboot

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Repair Option

Tip of the Day: Remember to Use Application Repair

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Taskbar

Tip of the Day: View the Full Taskbar Notification Area

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Run as administrator

Tip of the Day: Run As Administrator

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Storage

Tip of the Day: Get a Quick Disk-Space Summary in Windows 10 and 11

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CTRL+ALT+DEL

Tip of the Day: CTRL+ALT+DEL

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Mouse Selection Techniques

Tip of the Day: Mouse Selection Techniques

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Get Help

Tip of the Day: Get Help in Windows

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Old Task Switcher

Tip of the Day: ALT+ALT+Tab to Switch Programs

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Windows ALT+F4

Tip of the Day: Exit Windows Using ALT+F4

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Tracert

Tip of the Day: Tracert

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Horizontal Scrolling with the Mouse Wheel

Tip of the Day: Horizontal Scroll With the Mouse Wheel

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nslookup and ping

Tip of the Day: Resolve IP Addresses in Command Prompt

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Run: shell:startup

Tip of the Day: Add Your Own Auto-Start Programs

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Copy as path.

Tip of the Day: Copy as Path

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Dragging filename.

Tip of the Day: Drag and Drop Full Paths into Command Prompt

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Zoom in File Explorer

Tip of the Day: Zoom in Windows File Explorer

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Control Panel

Tip of the Day: Open (Old) Control Panel in Windows 10 & 11

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XCOPY

Tip of the Day: Copy Only Updated Files Using XCOPY

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Clicking the icon to minimize and restore an app

Tip of the Day: Minimize and Restore Programs Quickly Using the Taskbar

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Calculator

Tip of the Day: Windows Calculator

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DriverQuery

Tip of the Day: List All Drivers

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Airplane Mode

Tip of the Day: Airplane Mode Is for More Than Airplanes

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UNC Connections

Tip of the Day: Use Remote Files Without Connecting First

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File Extensions in Windows File Explorer

Tip of the Day: File Extensions

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SHIFT+Right click

Tip of the Day: SHIFT+Right-click

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Snap a window to the left

Tip of the Day: Side-by-Side Windows

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Multiple Desktops

Tip of the Day: Explore Multiple Desktops

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CTRL+A, CTRL+A. CTRL+V

Tip of the Day: CTRL+A, CTRL+C, CTRL+V

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Disk platters with bits.

Tip of the Day: Realize What a Windows Log-in Password Is and Is Not

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CD /D

Tip of the Day: Change Directory and Change Drive in Command Prompt

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Windows 10 in high contrast

Tip of the Day: Using High Contrast Display Settings

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Touch Keyboard

Tip of the Day: Use the Virtual Keyboard

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The Echo command

Tip of the Day: the Many Uses of Echo

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SendTo

Tip of the Day: Clean Up “Send To”

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Startup Items

Tip of the Day: Review Startup Items

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Piping

Tip of the Day: Redirection and Piping

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Mouse Pointer Options

Tip of the Day: Find Your Mouse Pointer

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Don't hide extensions

Tip of the Day: Never Hide Extensions

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Multi-file selection.

Tip of the Day: Multiple Item Selection

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Checkboxes!

Tip of the Day: Use Checkboxes to Select Files

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Ctrl+C In Action

Tip of the Day: Abort Command Prompt Programs with Ctrl+C

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Icons or Thumbnails?

Tip of the Day: Icons Versus Thumbnails

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Update History

Tip of the Day: View Installed Updates

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Opening an ISO

Tip of the Day: Mount an ISO File in Windows

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Tip of the Day: Save a Webpage Shortcut to the Start Menu in Edge

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