When Microsoft started rolling out Windows 10 build 14986 for Windows Insiders on the Fast Ring, almost instantly some of the program members noticed a difference in how the OS renders some of the classic applications on high DPI screens, including Surface tablets. This change wasn't mentioned in the original blog post for the release, but a few days later the company has updated it with details about what's changed in DPI scaling.
How to create small sized PNGs with GIMP
GIMP is a popular open source freeware image editor. It is available for all major Desktop platforms including Windows and Linux. If you are using GIMP to edit and save your PNG images, you might find it useful to optimize them before saving them so that the final size becomes really small.
uBlock Origin is now available for Microsoft Edge
Since the launch of Windows 10 Anniversary Update with support for extensions in Microsoft Edge, there hasn't been many of them released in the Windows Store. One of the reasons for that is that Microsoft isn't allowing individual developers to publish them, only partnering with the ones they find interesting. From the start, there were already two ad blocking extensions — AdBlock and AdBlock Plus, and now there's finally a third option available: uBlock Origin has made its way to the Windows Store.
Open Printer Queue With a Shortcut in Windows 10
If you have a local or network printer connected to your Windows 10 PC, you may need to open its queue or printing status window occasionally to remove print jobs which have got stuck or pause printing. You can create a special shortcut with a rundll32 command which will allow you to access the printing queue directly with one click.
Create System Sleep Diagnostics Report in Windows 10
Windows 10 comes with a nice feature to create a system sleep diagnostics report. Using the data provided in that report, you can get a lot of useful information about intervals when the system was idle for the last three days, and learn how the operating system entered the sleep state.
Add Command Prompt to Context Menu in Windows 10 Creators Update
Starting with Windows 10 build 14986, Microsoft enabled PowerShell by default in the context menu in File Explorer. The good old command "Open command window here" was removed. You can get the command prompt back in the context menu of File Explorer in Windows 10 Creators Update with a simple Registry tweak.
Download Command Prompt Context Menu for Windows 11 and 10
Command Prompt Context Menu for Windows 11 and 10
Add the Command Prompt context menu command in File Explorer in Windows 11 and Windows 10.
Windows 10 build 14986 replaces Command Prompt with PowerShell everywhere
As you may already know, Microsoft is going to replace the classic Command Prompt console with Windows PowerShell as the default in every place in the UI. In the recently released Windows 10 build 14986, the context menu entries in File Explorer now point to PowerShell.
Insiders on the Fast Ring are getting updated Skype and Sticky Notes
If you are a Windows 10 Insider on the Fast Ring, then Microsoft has prepared a surprise for you. Two built-in apps, Sticky Notes and Skype Preview, got updates today.
The new Share Pane in Windows 10 build 14986
As you may already know, a new Share UI is coming to Windows 10. You could enable it with a Registry tweak in Windows 10 build 14971 and above. In the recently released Windows 10 build 14986, the new share pane shows app icons properly.
