This post will show you how to hide Office.com files from Quick Access in File Explorer. By default in Windows 10 and Windows 11, File Explorer opens to the Quick Access section. There you can see all the recent files and user folders on your computer. The Quick Access section also includes cloud files the user has opened or created in Office Online (Office.com).
Author: Taras Buria
Taras is here to cover stories about Microsoft and everything around, although sometimes he prefers Apple.
Firefox 97 is getting Windows 11-styled scrollbars
After introducing a major design overhaul for Firefox, Mozilla Foundation now wants to polish some minor bits and pieces in its browser. Firefox 97, currently available in the Nightly channel (where preview builds come the earliest), received redesigned scrollbars.
Opera GX is the latest Chromium browser to hit Microsoft Store
This year, Microsoft introduced a new set of rules for the Microsoft Store. In yet another effort to make the Microsoft Store a single trusted source of apps on Windows 10 and 11, Microsoft allowed publishing third-party browsers, stores, and unpackaged apps. Besides, developers are now free to use their own content delivery networks and payment systems without giving Microsoft a cut (the new fee policies do not apply to games).
Mozilla fixed Firefox crashes in older Windows version with AMD CPUs
On December 7, 2021, Mozilla released Firefox 95 with various improvements and optimizations. Besides, Firefox 95 arrived in the Microsoft Store, allowing Windows 10 and 11 users to get a popular alternative to mainstream Chromium without navigating to Firefox’s website
Web Capture in Microsoft Edge is now available in PDF documents
Web Capture is a neat built-in tool in the Microsoft Edge browser that allows you to take a screenshot of a webpage. Users can annotate captures, share them with other users, or add to collections.
Chrome on mobile gets price tracking features
With the holidays season quickly approaching, Google wants to provide users with more shopping-related features in Chrome on mobile devices. The latest update for Chrome on Android (and soon on iOS) brings price tracking features to help you follow various items and never miss a discount.
Microsoft Edge gets improved “Send tab to self” feature
Microsoft is working on improving a feature that allows sending tabs between your devices with a single Microsoft account. The latest iteration of the “Send tab to self” feature is now available to all users in Edge Canary.
Edge now displays how much RAM sleeping tabs save
Microsoft Edge has a neat performance-improving tool that puts inactive tabs to sleep to reduce memory footprint and reallocate resources. Hovering the cursor over a sleeping tab also shows estimated performance savings.
Control Panel in Windows 11 can no longer uninstall apps and updates
If you used to uninstall apps and updates in Windows using the classic Control Panel, there is bad news for you: Control Panel in Windows 11 can no longer delete apps and remove updates.
The latest cumulative updates for Windows 10 and 11 break EdgeDeflector
Last month, Microsoft released a regular Windows 11 preview build with all sorts of changes and fixes. Microsoft usually provides extensive changelog detailing all improvements and new capabilities in preview builds, but at that time, the company did not mention that an API change breaks a popular third-party tool for bypassing Edge-enforcing policies.
