Windows 10 ships with a Photos app which replaced the Windows Photo Viewer and Photo Gallery. Its tile is pinned to the Start menu. It comes with tight integration with Microsoft's very own cloud solution, OneDrive. A new version of the app allows searching for similar images on Bing directly without opening the browser.
Make Navigation Pane Expand to Open Folder in Windows 10
The Navigation pane is a special area on the left of File Explorer which shows the folders and system places like This PC, Network, Libraries and so on. You can make it automatically expand to the open folder, so it will show the full directory tree.
Find Current System Locale in Windows 10
As you may already know from previous articles, Windows 10 supports changing the display language using language packs. If you are working in a localized user account in Windows 10 which is your native language, you might be interested in learning what language is used for older apps that doesn't support Unicode. Here are a number of methods you can use.
Vivaldi 2.5: Speed Dial tile sizing options, Razer Chroma support
A few days ago, the team behind the innovative Vivaldi browser released version 2.5 of the product. Here are the key features of this release.
Windows 10 Build 18895 (20H1, Fast Ring)
Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 Build 18895 to Insiders in the Fast ring. This update comes with the fixed Your Phone app, along with a number of bugfixes.
Microsoft Edge 76.0.152.0 is in the Dev channel, here are the changes
Microsoft today released a new version of their Chromium-based Microsoft Edge browser. The update hits the Dev channel with version 76.0.152.0.
PowerToys are now open source with Windows 10 support
You may remember PowerToys, a set of tiny handy utilities which were first introduced in Windows 95. Probably, most users will recollect TweakUI and QuickRes, which were really useful. The last version of the classic PowerToys suite was released for Windows XP. In 2019, Microsoft announced that they are reviving PowerToys for Windows and making them open source. Windows 10 powertoys obviously are completely new and different, tailored for the new operating system.
Windows 10 Build 18894 (20H1, Fast Ring)
Microsoft is releasing a new Windows 10 build 18894 to Insiders in the Fast ring. This release represents the upcoming 20H1 branch of Windows 10. It comes with updates made to File Explorer, along with a number of fixes (and issues).
Log Disk Quota Limit and Warning Level Exceeded Events in Windows 10
As you may already know, NTFS, the standard file system of the Windows NT operating system family, supports disk quotas. Quotas help administrators track and control disk space usage by users. If you have enabled quotas for users, you can turn on logging for events like Disk Quota Limit Exceeded and Disk Quota Warning Level Exceeded. Here are various methods you can use to enable the logs.
Here’s how Microsoft Edge Chromium looks on macOS
During Build 2019 Microsoft showcased the initial version of the Chromium-based Microsoft Edge web browser.. Its preview versions are still available exclusively to Windows 10 devices, but that should change soon.
