Here's how you can change the default Lid close action on Windows 10. The Lid Close Action setting is a special power option that allows specifying the default action to take when the laptop lid is closed. You can set it to one of the following actions: sleep, hibernate, shut down, or just do nothing.
Add Open in Windows Terminal as Administrator to Context menu
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.
Microsoft Edge Beta is now available on Linux
These days, Microsoft Edge is no longer exclusive to Windows 10. You can use the browser from Microsoft on any modern Windows version (including now-unsupported Windows 7,) macOS, and even Linux. On the latter, though, Microsoft Edge is currently only available as a preview version.
Microsoft Edge includes an enhanced PWA installation experience
You can now enable Web App Post-Install Dialog in Microsoft Edge.
While some developers are ditching progressive web app support in their browsers, Microsoft, Google, and others continue investing in this feature as more and more users embrace PWAs. A few versions back, Microsoft has added to Edge a new flag that slipped under our radars. It is responsible for an enhanced PWA installation experience that gives users a few useful options right after installing a web app.
Disabling Experimentation in Windows 10 also breaks Known Issue Rollback
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.
Microsoft will permanently remove Flash from Windows in July 2021
On January 1, 2021, Adobe finally pulled the plug on Flash and stopped supporting this outdated technology.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.
Enable or Disable Automatic HTTPS for URLs in Microsoft Edge
You can enable or disable Automatic HTTPS for URLs in Microsoft Edge. The browser now includes a special option to control this behavior. There is a new flag that adds the Automatically switch to more secure connections with Automatic HTTPS setting, so you can turn it on/off or further configure it under Settings > Privacy, search, and services.
Windows 10 Device Manager has got ‘Devices by driver’ view mode to quickly find and remove drivers
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.
Microsoft Edge Receives Reverse Image Search in Bing Sidebar
Yet another new feature found its path to Microsoft Edge. Currently available to a small select group of Insiders, it allows the user to search for similar images on Bing right from the context menu of an image on the open page. The result will appear in the sidebar. As you could guess, Edge uses Bing when searching for similar images.
Make Microsoft Edge Remember Pinned State for Downloads, Favorites and History
Here's how you can make Microsoft Edge remember the pinned state for Downloads, Favorites, Collections and History pop-up flyouts.
Recently, Microsoft introduced the pop-up flyouts for Favorites, Collections, Downloads and History in the Edge app. They now appear as menus. Edge allows pinning them, so they will remain visible all the time. There only problem that the browser didn't remember the pinned state for flyouts, so they used to disappear after you restart Edge. This issues has been finally addressed.
