Windows¶
Application upgrades with winget¶
See winget documentation.
Show which applications can be upgraded:
winget upgrade
Install all available upgrades:
winget upgrade --all
BetterClearTypeTuner¶
This tool allows to adjust ClearType settings in a better way:
See BetterClearTypeTuner at Github.
God mode for Windows 10/11¶
Create a folder with the name GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}.
This will create a symbol without a name, but you can enter the folder and get access to around 200 system settings.
Disable new context menu in Windows 11¶
reg add HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}\InprocServer32 /ve /d "" /f
Disable web search in start menu of Windows 11¶
Open the registry editor (regedit.exe).
Go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows.
Create a new DWORD value with the name DisableSearchBoxSuggestions and the value 1.
Remove gaming services in game bar in Windows 11¶
Uninstall the Xbox gaming overlay and gaming services in an administrative PowerShell:
Get-AppxPackage Microsoft.XboxGamingOverlay | Remove-AppxPackage
get-appxpackage Microsoft.GamingServices | remove-AppxPackage -allusers
Then add the following registry keys to stop the game recorder software which still thinks, that the game bar is present:
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\GameDVR /f /t REG_DWORD /v "AppCaptureEnabled" /d 0
reg add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\System\GameConfigStore /f /t REG_DWORD /v "GameDVR_Enabled" /d 0
Workaround for explorer menu opening in the wrong direction in Windows 11 24H2¶
Also see this post by Born.
Starting with Windows 11 24H2 a bug was introduced which causes the Explorer menu (the menu which appears when you click the "..." button) to open in the wrong direction. Instead of dropping down it will open upwards making it impossible to use when the Explorer window is not moved down first. Also see
A workaround is to use vivetool in an administrative console to disable feature ID 51960011:
vivetool.exe /disable /id:51960011
After this you need to restart Windows.
Windows 11 setup with local user account¶
During setup press Shift+F10 when Windows wants to connect to a network and then enter the following command into the console:
start ms-cxh:localonly
Windows 11 direct access to settings¶
You can enter settings directly by entering their URL in the "Run" dialog which opens with Win+R. Many of these may also work in Windows 10.
| Setting | URL |
|---|---|
| Accounts | |
| Access work or school | ms-settings:workplace |
| Email & app accounts | ms-settings:emailandaccounts |
| Other users | |
| Family & other people | ms-settings:otherusers |
| Family | ms-settings:family-group |
| Set up a kiosk | ms-settings:assignedaccess |
| Sign-in options | ms-settings:signinoptions ms-settings:signinoptions-dynamiclock |
| Sync your settings | ms-settings:sync ms-settings:backup |
| Windows Hello setup | ms-settings:signinoptions-launchfaceenrollment ms-settings:signinoptions-launchfingerprintenrollment |
| Your info | ms-settings:yourinfo |
| Apps | |
| Installed apps | ms-settings:appsfeatures |
| App features | ms-settings:appsfeatures-app |
| Apps for websites | ms-settings:appsforwebsites |
| Default apps | ms-settings:defaultapps |
| Manage optional features | ms-settings:optionalfeatures |
| Offline Maps | ms-settings:maps ms-settings:maps-downloadmaps |
| Startup apps | ms-settings:startupapps |
| Video playback | ms-settings:videoplayback |
| Devices | |
| AutoPlay | ms-settings:autoplay |
| Bluetooth | ms-settings:bluetooth |
| Connected Devices | ms-settings:connecteddevices |
| Default camera | ms-settings:camera |
| Camera settings | ms-settings:camera |
| Mouse & touchpad | ms-settings:mousetouchpad |
| Pen & Windows Ink | ms-settings:pen |
| Printers & scanners | ms-settings:printers |
| Touch | ms-settings:devices-touch |
| Touchpad | ms-settings:devices-touchpad |
| Text Suggestions | ms-settings:devicestyping-hwkbtextsuggestions |
| Typing | ms-settings:typing |
| USB | ms-settings:usb |
| Wheel | ms-settings:wheel |
| Phone Link | ms-settings:mobile-devices |
| Ease of access | |
| Audio | ms-settings:easeofaccess-audio |
| Closed captions | ms-settings:easeofaccess-closedcaptioning |
| Color filters | ms-settings:easeofaccess-colorfilter ms-settings:easeofaccess-colorfilter-adaptivecolorlink ms-settings:easeofaccess-colorfilter-bluelightlink |
| Display | ms-settings:easeofaccess-display |
| Eye control | ms-settings:easeofaccess-eyecontrol |
| Fonts | ms-settings:fonts |
| High contrast | ms-settings:easeofaccess-highcontrast |
| Keyboard | ms-settings:easeofaccess-keyboard |
| Magnifier | ms-settings:easeofaccess-magnifier |
| Mouse | ms-settings:easeofaccess-mouse |
| Mouse pointer & touch | ms-settings:easeofaccess-mousepointer |
| Narrator | ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator ms-settings:easeofaccess-narrator-isautostartenabled |
| Speech | ms-settings:easeofaccess-speechrecognition |
| Text cursor | ms-settings:easeofaccess-cursor |
| Visual Effects | ms-settings:easeofaccess-visualeffects |
| Gaming | |
| Game bar | ms-settings:gaming-gamebar |
| Game DVR | ms-settings:gaming-gamedvr |
| Game Mode | ms-settings:gaming-gamemode |
| Playing a game full screen | ms-settings:quietmomentsgame |
| Home | |
| Default browser settings | ms-settings:defaultbrowsersettings |
| Mixed reality | |
| Audio and speech | ms-settings:holographic-audio |
| Environment | ms-settings:privacy-holographic-environment |
| Headset display | ms-settings:holographic-headset |
| Uninstall | ms-settings:holographic-management |
| Startup and desktop | ms-settings:holographic-startupandesktop |
| Network and internet | |
| Network & internet | ms-settings:network-status |
| Advanced settings | ms-settings:network-advancedsettings |
| Airplane mode | ms-settings:network-airplanemode ms-settings:proximity |
| Cellular & SIM | ms-settings:network-cellular |
| Dial-up | ms-settings:network-dialup |
| DirectAccess | ms-settings:network-directaccess |
| Ethernet | ms-settings:network-ethernet |
| Manage known networks | ms-settings:network-wifisettings |
| Mobile hotspot | ms-settings:network-mobilehotspot |
| Proxy | ms-settings:network-proxy |
| VPN | ms-settings:network-vpn |
| Wi-Fi | ms-settings:network-wifi |
| Wi-Fi provisioning | ms-settings:wifi-provisioning |
| Personalization | |
| Background | ms-settings:personalization-background |
| Choose which folders appear on Start | ms-settings:personalization-start-places |
| Colors | ms-settings:personalization-colors ms-settings:colors |
| Glance | ms-settings:personalization-glance |
| Lock screen | ms-settings:lockscreen |
| Navigation bar | ms-settings:personalization-navbar |
| Personalization (category) | ms-settings:personalization |
| Start | ms-settings:personalization-start |
| Taskbar | ms-settings:taskbar |
| Touch Keyboard | ms-settings:personalization-touchkeyboard |
| Themes | ms-settings:themes |
| Phone | |
| Phone Link | ms-settings:mobile-devices ms-settings:mobile-devices-addphone ms-settings:mobile-devices-addphone-direct |
| Device Usage | ms-settings:deviceusage |
| Privacy | |
| Accessory apps | ms-settings:privacy-accessoryapps |
| Account info | ms-settings:privacy-accountinfo |
| Activity history | ms-settings:privacy-activityhistory |
| Advertising ID | ms-settings:privacy-advertisingid |
| App diagnostics | ms-settings:privacy-appdiagnostics |
| Automatic file downloads | ms-settings:privacy-automaticfiledownloads |
| Background Apps | ms-settings:privacy-backgroundapps |
| Background Spatial Perception | ms-settings:privacy-backgroundspatialperception |
| Calendar | ms-settings:privacy-calendar |
| Call history | ms-settings:privacy-callhistory |
| Camera | ms-settings:privacy-webcam |
| Contacts | ms-settings:privacy-contacts |
| Documents | ms-settings:privacy-documents |
| Downloads folder | ms-settings:privacy-downloads folder |
| ms-settings:privacy-email | |
| Eye tracker | ms-settings:privacy-eyetracker |
| Feedback & diagnostics | ms-settings:privacy-feedback |
| File system | ms-settings:privacy-broadfilesystemaccess |
| General | ms-settings:privacy or ms-settings:privacy-general |
| Graphics | ms-settings:privacy-graphicscaptureprogrammatic ms-settings:privacy-graphicscapturewithoutborder |
| Inking & typing | ms-settings:privacy-speechtyping |
| Location | ms-settings:privacy-location |
| Messaging | ms-settings:privacy-messaging |
| Microphone | ms-settings:privacy-microphone |
| Motion | ms-settings:privacy-motion |
| Music Library | ms-settings:privacy-musiclibrary |
| Notifications | ms-settings:privacy-notifications |
| Other devices | ms-settings:privacy-customdevices |
| Phone calls | ms-settings:privacy-phonecalls |
| Pictures | ms-settings:privacy-pictures |
| Radios | ms-settings:privacy-radios |
| Speech | ms-settings:privacy-speech |
| Tasks | ms-settings:privacy-tasks |
| Videos | ms-settings:privacy-videos |
| Voice activation | ms-settings:privacy-voiceactivation |
| Search | |
| Search | ms-settings:search |
| Search more details | ms-settings:search-moredetails |
| Search Permissions | ms-settings:search-permissions |
| System | |
| About | ms-settings:about |
| Advanced display settings | ms-settings:display-advanced |
| App volume and device preferences | ms-settings:apps-volume |
| Battery Saver | ms-settings:batterysaver |
| Battery Saver settings | ms-settings:batterysaver-settings |
| Battery use | ms-settings:batterysaver-usagedetails |
| Clipboard | ms-settings:clipboard |
| Display | ms-settings:display ms-settings:screenrotation |
| Default Save Locations | ms-settings:savelocations |
| Duplicating my display | ms-settings:quietmomentspresentation |
| During these hours | ms-settings:quietmomentsscheduled |
| Encryption | ms-settings:deviceencryption |
| Focus | ms-settings:quiethours |
| Graphics Settings | ms-settings:display-advancedgraphics |
| Graphics Default Settings | ms-settings:display-advancedgraphics-default |
| Multitasking | ms-settings:multitasking ms-settings:multitasking-sgupdate |
| Night light settings | ms-settings:nightlight |
| Projecting to this PC | ms-settings:project |
| Nearby sharing | |
| Shared experiences | ms-settings:crossdevice |
| Tablet mode | ms-settings:tabletmode |
| Taskbar | ms-settings:taskbar |
| Notifications & actions | ms-settings:notifications |
| Remote Desktop | ms-settings:remotedesktop |
| Phone | ms-settings:phone |
| Power & sleep | ms-settings:powersleep |
| Sound | ms-settings:sound |
| Sound devices | ms-settings:sound-devices |
| Storage | ms-settings:storagesense |
| Storage Sense | ms-settings:storagepolicies |
| Storage recommendations | ms-settings:storagerecommendations |
| Disks & volumes | ms-settings:disksandvolumes |
| Time and language | |
| Date & time | ms-settings:dateandtime |
| Japan IME settings | ms-settings:regionlanguage-jpnime |
| Region | ms-settings:regionformatting |
| Language | ms-settings:keyboard ms-settings:keyboard-advanced ms-settings:regionlanguage ms-settings:regionlanguage-bpmfime ms-settings:regionlanguage-cangjieime ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-wubi-udp ms-settings:regionlanguage-quickime ms-settings:regionlanguage-korime |
| Pinyin IME settings | ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-pinyin ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-pinyin-domainlexicon ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-pinyin-keyconfig ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-pinyin-udp |
| Speech | ms-settings:speech |
| Wubi IME settings | ms-settings:regionlanguage-chsime-wubi |
| Add display language | ms-settings:regionlanguage-adddisplaylanguage |
| Language options | ms-settings:regionlanguage-languageoptions |
| Set display language | ms-settings:regionlanguage-setdisplaylanguage |
| Update and security | |
| Activation | ms-settings:activation |
| Backup | ms-settings:backup |
| Delivery Optimization | ms-settings:delivery-optimization ms-settings:delivery-optimization-activity ms-settings:delivery-optimization-advanced |
| Find My Device | ms-settings:findmydevice |
| For developers | ms-settings:developers |
| Recovery | ms-settings:recovery |
| Launch Security Key Enrollment | ms-settings:signinoptions-launchsecuritykeyenrollment |
| Troubleshoot | ms-settings:troubleshoot |
| Windows Security | ms-settings:windowsdefender |
| Windows Insider Program | ms-settings:windowsinsider ms-settings:windowsinsider-optin |
| Windows Update | ms-settings:windowsupdate ms-settings:windowsupdate-action |
| Windows Update-Active hours | ms-settings:windowsupdate-activehours |
| Windows Update-Advanced options | ms-settings:windowsupdate-options |
| Windows Update-Optional updates | ms-settings:windowsupdate-optionalupdates |
| Windows Update-Restart options | ms-settings:windowsupdate-restartoptions |
| Windows Update-Seeker on demand | ms-settings:windowsupdate-seekerondemand |
| Windows Update-View update history | ms-settings:windowsupdate-history |
| User accounts | |
| Provisioning | ms-settings:workplace-provisioning |
| Repair token | ms-settings:workplace-repairtoken |
| Provisioning | ms-settings:provisioning |
| Windows Anywhere | ms-settings:windowsanywhere |