The recent Windows 10 version features new icons for your OneDrive locations pinned to the navigation pane of File Explorer. The new icons reflect the synchronization state of the folder along with its on-demand state. If you are not happy to see these extra icons, it is easy to disable them.
Category: Windows 10
How to Reset Game Mode Settings in Windows 10
As you may already know, Windows 10 includes a special Game Mode feature, which boosts game performance for some games under certain circumstances. With recent updates, it is possible now to quickly reset Game Mode. This is useful when the feature doesn't work as expected.
Find if You Have Sets Enabled in Windows 10 Build 17063
Windows Timeline and Sets are two of the most exciting features of the upcoming Windows 10 "Redstone 4" update. As you may already know, the Sets feature is currently available to a small select group of Insiders. Microsoft is performing A/B testing with this feature in Windows 10 Build 17063. Here is how you can find if you have Sets in this build.
Microsoft is killing HomeGroup
If you are a fan of the HomeGroup feature, here is bad news for you. Starting with the recently released Windows 10 Build 17063, Microsoft is retiring the HomeGroup feature. It is no longer fully functional and will be removed in the near future.
Remove the Product Alert Button from Microsoft Paint
In Windows 10, Microsoft recently made a change to Microsoft Paint. In addition to the extra button "Edit with Paint 3D", the app shows a new Product Alert button. When you click it, it shows a hint that the days of the Paint app is over. It will be moved to the Store soon, leaving Paint 3D as the only built-in Paint version for Windows 10. The majority of Paint users are not happy with this change.
How to Disable Timeline in Windows 10
The recent builds of Windows 10 feature a new Timeline feature, that allows users to review their activity history and quickly return to their previous tasks. If you find no use for this feature, let's see how to disable it.
How to Enable and Use Timeline in Windows 10
Timeline is a feature that allows users to review their activity history and quickly return to their previous tasks. It shows a list of your recently used apps, documents and web pages. With the help of Cortana, your activities from all devices running under the same Microsoft Account can also be shown! Here is how to use this feature.
How To Disable MyPeople Suggested Apps in Windows 10
In recent builds of Windows 10, Microsoft made a change to MyPeople feature. The People flyout now shows app suggestions, like the Start menu does. It recommends apps which can be installed and integrated with the People bar. Let's see how to get rid of those recommendations.
Windows 10 Build 17063 Released
Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17063 for PC is released to Windows Insiders in the Fast ring and for those who opted in to Skip Ahead. Windows 10 build 17063 represents the upcoming feature update to Windows 10, codenamed "Redstone 4". Let's see what's new.
How to Find the Windows Update Log in Windows 10
One of the changes in Windows 10 is to the format of the log file of Windows Update. Instead of maintaining a plain text log file like all earlier releases of Windows, the Windows Update service now writes a number of Event Tracing for Windows logs (ETL files) under the location C:\Windows\logs\WindowsUpdate\. Here is how to get the good old log file for Windows Update in Windows 10.
