The Quick Access Toolbar is now part of the Windows File Explorer app. That toolbar is very handy because it allows you to access your frequently used commands with one mouse click! In this tutorial, we will learn how to add any Ribbon command to the Quick Access toolbar in Windows 8.1.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
How to create a shortcut to open the Power and Sleep options in Windows 8.1
Power and sleep options is a setting inside the modern Control panel, there you can set up when your PC will go into sleep mode. Also you can specify, how long your screen will be active when you do not use your PC or Tablet.
It is possible to create a shortcut to open those settings in Windows 8.1. This is a really easy task.
How to create a shortcut to open PC Info in Windows 8.1
PC Info is a special page of the PC Settings application inside the "PC and Devices" category. It allows you to view basic information about your PC like OS version and edition, CPU type and clock, the RAM size and some other details. Besides that, using the PC Info settings page you can change your PC name or Windows product key.
Did you know that Windows 8.1 allows you to create a shortcut to open PC Info directly with one click? Let's discover this ability!
How to remove the shortcut arrow in Windows 8.1 or replace it with a custom icon
If you find the default Windows 8.1 shortcut icon too large and ugly, or are bored with that blue arrow overlay, then you might want to change it or disable it completely. It's easy to do that. I have developed a tool for you to change the shortcut arrow with just one click! It's unfortunate that Windows 8.1 has no settings for this. In the past, we had TweakUI for Windows which allowed changing it. Well, let's fix it for Windows 8.1 right now!
Windows Shortcut Arrow Editor
Windows Shortcut Arrow Editor allows you to remove the shortcut arrow in Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Vista or set it to the nice custom icon. It works properly in both x86 and x64 editions of Windows and does not require to be installed.
I saw many users requests about shortcut arrow removing and editing in Windows 8.x, so I decide to create this tool:
Warning! The latest verion is 1.0.0.2, it contains several bugfixes, please UPGRADE NOW.
Do you know all these shutdown options in Windows 8.1?
When Windows 8 was released, many users who installed it got confused: there was no Start menu, and shutdown options were buried several clicks inside the Charms (which also is hidden by default). Unfortunately, Windows 8.1 is not a significant improvement in this regard, but it has some improvements to usability. Let's discover all the possible ways to shutdown, reboot and logoff in Windows 8.1
How to create a shortcut to open Notifications in Windows 8.1
Notifications is a set of settings inside the PC Settings application which allows you to change the Notifications toasts behavior in Windows 8.1. You can specify quiet hours, enable or disable notifications for selected apps, turn off sounds, disable notifications for the Lock screen and many other things.
To change these preferences, it is required to go through PC Settings: Open the Charms bar -> Settings -> PC Setitngs -> Apps and Search -> Notifications. This is very long path with several taps/clicks.
Let's improve the usability of Windows 8.1 and create a shortcut to open Notifications in Windows 8.1 directly with one click!
How to create a shortcut to open Lock Screen Apps in Windows 8.1
Lock Screen, which was introduced in Windows 8, exists in Windows 8.1 too. Some of its options can be customized via the PC Settings application, and some of them are deeply hidden (thankfully, we have Lock Screen Customizer to control them). One of the features of the Lock Screen is Lock Screen Apps. It allows you to place some apps directly on the Lock Screen to see their notifications even if your Tablet or PC is locked (the Mail app for example). This is a very handy option, especially on a Tablet which is a portable device.You can save your time and not miss the important things.
I would like to share with you how to create a shortcut to open the Lock Screen Apps settings with one click. This also can save you time if you customize them very often.
How to create a shortcut to the Mouse and Touchpad settings in Windows 8.1
Mouse and Touchpad settings is an applet of Modern Control panel which allows you to change:
- the behavior of your mouse: you can define your primary button and swap left and right buttons;
- wheel options and scrolling settings
Actually, this applet is just a simplified version of the classic "Mouse and Pointers" applet which is still located in the Desktop Control panel. Anyway, it can be handy for Tablet users because it is very friendly for the touchscreen. In this article, we will look how we can create a shortcut to open the Mouse and Touchpad settings in Windows 8.1 directly, with one tap/click.
How to create a shortcut to open Sign-in options in Windows 8.1
In this tutorial, we will learn how to create a shortcut to open Sign-in options in Windows 8.1. Sign-in options is a part of the PC Settings application, which allows you
- to change your password
- to set the picture password
- to set up the PIN access feature
It it definitely useful to have one-click access to those settings. Let's get it!
