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However, starting with the October 2018 Update, Windows 10 introduces a new dark mode for File Explorer, which anyone can enable using the “Colors” settings page from the “Personalization” section in the Settings app. The new dark mode coats with different shade of black the background, pane, ribbon and file menus, context menus, and popup dialogs. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to enable the hidden dark mode for File Explorer on Windows 10....

Hibernation is a pretty useful feature, but one thing that you have to keep in mind is that when enabled, Windows will reserve the necessary space in the hard drive to save all the content in memory (RAM) to the file hiberfil.sys; so you should expect to have a hiberfil.sys file as large as the amount of physical RAM memory installed in your computer, that nowadays it could be about 2, 4, 8 or even more Gigabytes....

The company says that there’s a limited number of sits and once filled the option will be closed. If you’re interested, the time is now to enroll your non-primary machine to this branch of the Windows Insider Program. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to skip ahead to the next release of Windows 10. How to enroll in Skip Ahead to test Windows 10 19H2 builds To enroll your device to the Skip Ahead ring using the Settings app, use these steps: Once you completed the steps, soon your device will be moved to the PRERELEASE branch for the next version of Windows 10 (version 1909), which is expected to roll out sometime in October 2019....

The “Replace” option is available on Microsoft 365 (Office 365), Office 2019, Office 2016, and older versions, and in all versions, the feature includes advanced options to narrow down the text that you’re trying to correct. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to find and replace a word or phrase in a Microsoft Word document. How to find and replace text in Word How to find and replace text using advanced options in Word...

If you get this error message, and you’re sure that your device meets the hardware and software requirements, you can try to upgrade downloading the Windows 10 ISO file, or you can create a USB bootable media using the Media Creation Tool on another computer that you can use to perform an in-place upgrade. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to prevent language or edition errors when trying to upgrade to the latest version of Windows 10....

Although the new feature is useful and straightforward to configure, users can run into a number of errors and problems because there are a few limitations and known issues. In this guide, you’ll learn the problems you may encounter using OneDrive folder protection and the steps to resolve them according to Microsoft. How to fix problems using folder protection in OneDrive The following list includes errors that you may encounter during the set up and what you can do to fix them:...

When you experience problems using Windows Hello PIN, the system files responsible for this feature are likely missing or corrupted. Luckily, there’s a workaround that allows for fixing the problem quickly. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to fix the issue that could prevent you from removing, configuring, or using a Windows Hello PIN to log in on Windows 10. Fix Windows Hello PIN problems on Windows 10 To fix Windows Hello PIN when you can’t use, change, remove, or add a PIN to your account, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you can start using your PIN again....

In addition, the command also installs the latest Ubuntu distro by default. If you prefer another distribution of Linux, you can append an option in the command to install any of the supported distros. Alongside the new quick and easy process, you will also find another way to make it easier to update the kernel with only one command. This guide will teach you the easy steps to install the WSL platform on your computer....

Back in 2012 Facebook removed the “Who can look up your Timeline by name?” option for those who weren’t using it and from new accounts. Fast forward to October 2013, the company is taking this one step further and is announcing that is removing the option globally. So, no more hiding out from searches. In a new article the social network giant states that users who opted out from appearing in search results will start seeing a notification alerting about the change....

If you want to avoid mapping problems, you can use a specific command option that will automatically assign a drive letter. This guide will teach you the steps to use Command Prompt to map a network drive without specifying a drive letter. Map network drive assigning letter automatically on Windows 11, 10 To map a network drive on Windows 11 or 10 by assigning a drive letter automatically, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, the network drive will automatically map with the next available drive letter, and the command will let you know the letter the new map is using....

If you’re experiencing no sound on your device, and you’ve covered all your basics like checking the connectivity of those speakers and your audio output settings, Windows 10 offers a tool to quickly fix sound problems on your computer. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to quickly troubleshoot and fix audio problems on Windows 10. How to fix sound problems using Settings On Windows 10, there are at least two ways to access the troubleshooter to fix sound problems automatically using the Settings app....

In this guide, you will learn the steps to reset the password of your Windows 11 account whether you are using a Microsoft account or a traditional local account without a reset disk. The instructions also work to change the password for a standard or administrator account. Reset Microsoft account password on Windows 11 Reset local account password on Windows 11 Reset Microsoft account password on Windows 11 To reset the password of a Microsoft account on Windows 11, use these steps: Once you complete the steps, you will regain access to your account, but changing your password will also change the password you use to check your emails online with the same Microsoft account....

Typically, users may encounter this type of problem when the Windows Update agent-related services stop working, Windows 10 has an issue with the update cache, or some components get corrupted. You can reset Windows Update on Windows 10 to fix most problems in these situations. This guide will teach you how to reset the Windows Update components using the “Windows Update Troubleshooter” utility. Also, you will learn the instructions to use Command Prompt to fix Windows Update manually to get security patches, drivers, and features downloaded again on your computer....

You see, by default, Windows during upgrades does not delete any files, instead it always moves the previous installation files, including users files, to the Windows.old folder. Knowing this it is possible to recover all your files without much complication. Now there are 2 method, both pretty easy: First is by using a small application from Microsoft that automates the process and the second method is recovering those file manually....

In the past, we had different ways to make Android apps run on Windows, such as using an emulator like BlueStack, but now it seems that Google is planning to streamline the process, letting apps run freely on Windows, Mac OS X, and even Linux and the only requirement is to have a Chrome web browser. It’s all part of a new experiment Google calls “ARC” (App Runtime for Chrome), which is an app for Chrome that allows developers to test apps on different platforms — that being on a PC or Mac –, but more importantly, because the app is freely available, anyone can easily setup an environment to run Android apps on their computers....

If you prefer to terminate the Linux distro (Ubuntu, Kali, Debian, Mint, etc.) as soon as you are done using it or have to restart it, use a wsl.exe command-line tool to shut down one or all distributions manually. This guide will teach you the steps to shut down Linux distros running on the WSL2 platform on Windows 10 and 11. Terminate a Linux distro on WSL Terminate all Linux distros on WSL...

One of the caveats with this feature is that your activities must be uploaded to the cloud in order to sync them across devices, and while this data will remain private, there are still privacy concerns among many users. If you don’t like the idea of your activity history being stored in the cloud, Windows 10 includes an option that allows you to stop syncing activities. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to prevent Windows 10 from uploading your activities to the cloud while still being able to use Timeline....

Once you capture the screenshot, you can copy it to the clipboard, save it for later, or you can share it with other people. Also, the interface offers a drawing tool to annotate the capture to highlight important content with any color. The Web capture feature is coming soon to the stable version, but it’s already available in the builds from the Dev and Canary channels. However, at the time of this writing, the ability to take full page screenshots is only available in the Canary channel....

However, if you rarely use the inbox apps, you’re trying to free up some additional space, or you want to remove an app to reinstall it again to fix a particular problem, it’s possible to uninstall inbox modern apps using PowerShell commands. In this guide, you’ll learn the steps to uninstall inbox apps on Windows 10, and any other app that you acquired from the Microsoft Store using PowerShell commands....

If the device was already running version 2004 or version 20H2, you could uninstall the update using the same steps to remove a monthly update. On the other hand, if you are running an older release like version 1909, you will have to use the built-in recovery settings. In this guide, you will learn the steps to uninstall the 21H1 update to revert to the previous version of Windows 10 without losing your files....