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You can add Open in Windows Terminal as Administrator to Context menu in Windows 10 File Explorer, so this entry will allow you to open the app elevated from the right-click menu in the current folder.
When you have Windows Terminal installed, it add the Open in Windows Terminal entry to the right-click menu of folders in File Explorer. In addition, you can add a new administrative menu command, so you can have the app open in the folder of your choice running elevated.
Not so long ago, Microsoft provided detailed information about a neat feature called "Known Issue Rollback" or KIR. This tool helps Microsoft prevent widespread stability issues and bugs hitting more than 1.3 billion devices running Windows 10.
On January 1, 2021, Adobe finally pulled the plug on Flash and stopped supporting this outdated technology. Since then, different companies have been removing Flash from their browsers, operating system, etc. In the upcoming month, Microsoft will release a Windows update to hammer the last nail into the Flash's coffin. The company has quietly updated its blog, providing more details about the final stage of the Flash removal from Windows. It is a significant change, considering that more than 1.3 billion devices are running Windows 10 only. Soon, billions of computers will get rid of the old technology.
Microsoft has done a useful change to Device Manager tool which make it easier to see what hardware is using which drivers. A new option in the View menu allows you to arrange devices by the drivers they use.
You can add Disk Cleanup the the drive context menu in Windows 10 to quickly remove temporary files. When performing daily tasks, your computer downloads, creates and uses temporary files to keep the system and apps running. Most of the time, Windows 10 gets rid of these files in due time. Still, sometimes temporary files get stuck and fill up your system drive. Thus, almost every Windows 10 user knows that it is necessary to perform regular disk cleanups.
Microsoft released a new stable version of their PowerToys suite. PowerToys 0.37, while doesn't include the Video Conference Mute tool yet, comes with various fixes and enhancements made to the included apps.
You can add the Settings app to the Classic Control Panel in Windows 10 for your convenience.
Since very first version of Windows 10, released in July 2015, Microsoft is actively trying to migrate the Classic Control Panel options to the new Settings app. After six years, many users still prefer the old Control Panel. Nevertheless, lots of the Windows 10 settings are now available exclusively in the new Settings app. Thus, Microsoft makes users to use both Control Panel and Settings.
Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 21370 to Windows Insiders in the Dev Channel. While it doesn't include a lot of changes, it finally groups plenty of Bluetooth endpoints into one device and detects the correct endpoint automatically.
Today, Microsoft is releasing its monthly Preview updates for Windows 10 2004 and version 20H2. The updates share the change log, since both Windows versions share the code base, and the only difference is the set of enabled features by default in the releases.
Microsoft today announced the marketing name of the upcoming feature update for Windows 10. It is May 2021 Update, version 21H1. The Redmond software giant considers build 19043.928 final, so it is likely that it will be distributed to regular users at the time of the update release. You can download the ISO image of this build now by following this instructions.
