In Windows 10, when you hover over a taskbar button of a running app or group of apps, a thumbnail preview appears on the screen. For a single window it shows a single thumbnail, and for multiple windows it shows a number of thumbnail previews in a row. If you wish to disable these thumbnails in Windows 10, I will explain how it can be done with a simple Registry tweak.
Category: Windows 10
How to search in Windows 10 Start menu with search box disabled
In Windows 10, you can get rid of the search box from the taskbar.
Many users are getting confused when they turn off the search box because they don't know where to type to search for an app or a document. This is definitely possible in Windows 10.
Add the Show Desktop button next to Start in Windows 10
In Windows versions prior to Windows 7, there was a button which minimized all opened Windows and showed the desktop. In Windows 10, there is no such button. Instead, to minimize all open windows and show the Desktop, you need to move the mouse pointer to the right edge of the taskbar (or the bottom edge if your taskbar is vertical) and click a tiny invisible button. In this article, I would like to share how you can add the classic Show Desktop button next to Start in Windows 10.
How to re-install Windows 10 default apps
In Windows 10, it is possible to re-install default apps with a Powershell command. Once you have uninstalled some of the default apps, you might want to get them back later. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
How to uninstall and remove Contact Support in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a set of bundled apps which are installed for all users by default. Some of them like Calculator or Photos are intended to replace classic Windows apps. Others are new to Windows 10 and provide various online and offline services. One such app is the Contact Support app. If you found no use for this app, you might want to delete it. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
How to uninstall and remove Feedback in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a set of bundled apps which are installed for all users by default. Some of them like Calculator or Photos are intended to replace classic Windows apps. Others are new to Windows 10 and provide various online and offline services. One such app is the Feedback app. If you have no plan to leave Feedback about Windows 10, you might want to delete the built-in Feedback app. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
How to uninstall and remove Cortana in Windows 10
Microsoft added a digital assistant in Windows 10 called Cortana which can recognize your voice and do some things for you like giving you information or automating some tasks. But while it is nice to have for fun, it is far from being a seriously useful, powerful tool compared to what you can do by manually searching the web. Not every user finds Cortana useful. Many users are looking for a way to remove it, but Microsoft does not allow uninstalling Cortana in Windows 10. In this article, we will see how it can be done.
What is new in Windows 10 build 10532
As you may already know, Microsoft has rolled out a new build of Windows 10. Windows Insiders who are on the Fast Ring are getting Windows 10 build 10532. If you are interested in learning what is new in this build, then read the rest of this article.
Get the Preview context menu item for Photo Viewer in Windows 10
Some time ago, we covered how to get the Photo Viewer app back in Windows 10. While that trick works perfectly, the only thing missing was the "Preview" context menu verb in File Explorer. In previous Windows versions, you were able to right click an image in Explorer and pick "Preview" to see it quickly. Today, we will revive this option for Windows 10. The benefit of adding a Preview verb is that even if you use some other image viewer as the default, you can quickly open any image in Windows Photo Viewer whenever required.
