Here are my top 10 Windows 10 tips and tricks. Windows 10 has been around for awhile and there's been several updates released, including the fall 2017 creators update. I'm going to cover several tips and tricks that I found useful all the way through early 2018. I hope you'll find them useful too. Here are my top 10 in no particular order.
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Number 1 - Edge Reading View.
Windows 10 has replaced Internet Explorer with Edge but did you know that
Edge has a reading view option? If you look at this page there's a number of
graphics and advertisements mixed within the text but if you click this Reading
View option it makes it into a nice readable format and eliminates a lot of
the other junk.
Number 2 -System Restore Point.
To avoid having to reset your PC as I shown earlier it's a good idea to create a system restore
point. Go to the Start menu, type in Restore and click on this Create a Restore Point. Now at the bottom click Create and type the name and hit the Create button. This creates a system
restore point if you have any problems with Windows updates or other damage to Windows files. To restore you can click on this System Restore button, click Next and you can select from the list of previous restore points. Hit next and your computer will be restored to the state
it was in at that point. When I have a good clean working copy of Windows I go ahead and make a restore point so that I'll be able to recover back to that at a later date if I run into
problems.
Number 3 - Hidden Start menu.
Did you know Windows has a hidden Start menu? All you have to do is right-click on the Start menu and it brings up a number of options mostly from your system settings but it also
gives you the File Explorer and some other options for shutting down or
signing out. It's a handy little quick menu.
Number 4 - Default Apps.
Have you ever had the wrong application load when clicking on a file? Windows 10 has moved the location of default app settings.Click on Start, go to Settings, choose Apps, and select Default Apps. The most common apps are listed with their associated defaults. Just click on the app that you want to change and select a different one from the list
or if it's not listed you can look it up in the App Store. The default apps are
listed here but if you don't see the one that you want to change you can choose Default Apps by File Type. This brings up hundreds of known file extensions with their associated default app and you can change one just by clicking on it and selecting from the list in the same manner. So if the wrong app opens when you click on a file this is how you
fix it.
Number 5 - Download Maps.
If you intend to go offline with a mobile device running Windows 10 it's a good idea to download
your maps before you do that. Click on Start, Settings, and go into Apps and
choose Offline Maps. Click this to choose an area that you want to download and it will download that map and make it available when you're offline.
Number 6 -Notifications.
In the bottom right corner of your screen is the Notification Action Center which gives you quick access to commonly used settings and notifications. You can customize this area by going to Start, Settings, System,
and click on Notifications & Actions.Modify the list by holding down and
dragging these icons around and you can rearrange them however you want. You can
also change the notifications coming from apps by turning on and off these different settings here and you can select individual apps and turn them on or off for notifications. So if you have a bunch of pesky notifications coming up just turn these off.
Number 7 - Startup Programs.
When Windows 10 boots some applications load automatically at
startup. Over time you may have made changes that leave unwanted applications in the startup. To speed up your computer and clear these unwanted apps go down to the taskbar, right-click and run the Task Manager. In the window click the Startup
tab. You'll notice there are several apps loading at startup. Take a look at this list and right-click on any that you want to disable. That reduces the load at startup and makes your computer boot much better.
Number 8 - God Mode.
As you've seen in this video several settings and windows are divided between the Control Panel, the Start menu, and the Settings menu. With each new version of Windows we
often see changes to menus and it's not always easy to find them. God Mode is the answer. Just create a new folder on your desktop and copy and paste this information and hit enter. This creates an icon that connects you to the program tasks list. Open it up and you'll see all
of those menu items in one big long list. That's God Mode
Number 9 - Advanced Performance.
Windows 10 has added animated controls, animations, translucent
windows, and a host of other features to improve the look and feel of the system.
If you're looking for peak performance and don't care about those improvements,
you can crank up the system performance by going into the Control Panel, click on
System, and go to Advanced System Settings. From the Advanced Menu click on Settings. Change this from Let Windows Choose What's Best for my Computer to
Adjust for Best Performance. That eliminates a lot of those settings and speeds up your system. Give it a try and see if you notice the difference.
Number 10 - Virtual Desktops.
An advanced feature in Windows 10 is Virtual Desktops. With Virtual Desktops
you can create multiple, separate desktops with different apps and windows
allowing you to organize distinct desktops for each purpose. It's represented by this Task View button on your taskbar. When you click it, it comes
up with the open applications on your desktop and there's an option in the
bottom right corner to create a New Desktop. If you hit that, it creates a
desktop 1 and a desktop 2 and you can now move applications into each one
of those. So for example, I can take this Word document and drag it over to the desktop 2 and now I have different applications between those two locations. Now you can open up windows in your new location, click the task view, switch over to another desktop, and you have a
separate set of windows and applications located there. Click the Windows-Tab
buttons to select between those desktops rather than clicking the task view. You
can also switch between them with Ctrl-Windows-Left-Arrow and Right-Arrow. You can create as many virtual desktops as you would like but I
recommend using them as temporary work spaces to help you get organized.
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