As you may already know, there is a built-in Game DVR tool in Windows 10 which allows capturing screenshots and recording gameplay videos for games you play in the OS. By default, this content is saved on the system drive under your user profile. Here is how to change the Game DVR Capture Folder's location in Windows 10.
Category: Windows 10
How to Restore Power Plan Default Settings in Windows 10
By default, Windows 10 come with three power plans: High Performance, Balanced, and Power Saver. These plans are designed to quickly let you switch a group of hardware and system power settings (like display, sleep, etc). Your PC can have additional power plans defined by its vendor. These power settings affect how long your battery lasts and how much power your PC consumes. It is possible to customize these power plan settings. In this article, we will see how to revert your customizations and restore the power plan defaults in Windows 10.
How To Remove Pin to Quick Access Context Menu in Windows 10
The Quick Access location is a new folder in Windows 10's File Explorer. It is where Explorer opens by default instead of This PC. Quick Access shows recent files and frequent folders in a single view. You can also pin various locations inside Quick Access. There is a special context menu command "Pin to Quick Access" available for certain file types. It allows the user to pin them to the appropriate folder for faster access. If you find no use for Quick Access, you can remove the context menu.
Always Connected PCs are first Windows 10 ARM Devices
Along with OEM vendors like ASUS and HP, Microsoft announced a new generation of PCs. Powered by energy efficient ARM SoC Snapdragon 835, they run Windows 10 and can last up to 20 hours without charge according to Microsoft. Real world performance and battery usage under heavy conditions remains to be seen. Also, how Windows performs on ARM compared to iOS and Android is also an important benchmark.
Microsoft Releases Whiteboard Preview App for Windows 10
Microsoft today announced a preview version of their innovative Whiteboard app for Windows 10. It is a new Office app for freeform digital canvas whiteboarding which brings real-time collaboration to Windows 10 devices.
How to Add or Remove Bluetooth Taskbar Icon in Windows 10
In this article, we will review different methods to add or remove the Bluetooth icon from the taskbar in Windows 10. If your device comes with Bluetooth, a special icon appears in the notification area (system tray). You can hide it in order to keep the system tray less cluttered, or add it for faster access to the feature if you use the Bluetooth options frequently.
How to Clear Recent Colors in Windows 10 Settings
If you have changed your Windows 10 taskbar and window color several times, the colors you have used will be shown on the Change your color page in Settings. If you want to clear previously used accent color history, Windows 10 provides no option for this task! In this article, we will see how to remove previously used colors in Windows 10.
Track Windows Insider Builds with Flight Hub
Microsoft is continuously releasing preview builds to Insiders on several Rings of updates for different devices running Windows. It can be complicated to keep your eye on things, and remember which build is the most recent for each branch. Flight Hub is a new helpful tool to solve this task.
Microsoft might be working on a new design for Cortana
If you have been following Winaero regularly, you might be familiar with a new floating Cortana feature available in recent Windows 10 builds. Reportedly, a new UI for the taskbar flyout of Cortana is coming to the OS.
WSL Has Got Background Task Support
Starting with Windows 10 build 17046, Windows Subsytem for Linux (WSL) has got support for long-running background tasks, similar to how the Windows subsystem has Services. This is a really impressive change for users of WSL who work with servers like Apache or apps like screen or tmux. Now they can run in the background like regular Linux daemons. The ability to run daemons was missing and was highly requested by users.
