Windows offers you many different ways to restart the computer. It can be done with the Win + X menu, with the Start Menu, with the console tool shutdown and even with the classic Shutdown dialog. Let's see one more method. Today, we will see how to restart your computer using PowerShell.
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Test remote network port connection in Windows 10
In Windows 10, there is an ability to check the connection to a certain port on a remote machine. This is possible thanks to PowerShell. So, no third party tools are required and you can do it natively.
Create multiple directories all at once in Windows 10
Sometimes, you need to create multiple folders at once sequentially named. For example, you might want to create directories named dir1, dir2, dir3 ... dirN. Using built-in tools of Windows 10, you can save your time and create them all at once. Here is how it can be done.
How to remove all bundled Modern apps from your user account in Windows 8
Windows 8 has done radical changes to the application distribution model. There are two types of applications or "apps" in Windows 8 - Desktop apps are one type that we all have used for years, and Modern apps are the other, formerly known as Metro apps. Modern apps were created principally for touch screen devices, such as tablets and for simple uses. If you are not a tablet user and do not have a display with touch screen support, or if you are a power user, you may find Modern apps useless.
Even if you click "Uninstall" on the Start screen for the built-in apps, they are not completely removed from your system as they are "Staged" so that Windows can re-create the built-in apps for a new user account. So, they continue to take disk space unnecessarily on your PC, in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps folder.
You might be interested in knowing how to remove these bundled Metro apps from your user account and free up a significant amount of disk space. Read below to see how.
