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Disable Chromium Microsoft Edge From Running in The Background
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The new Microsoft Edge based on Chromium is the new browser from Microsoft. And similar to Google Chrome, depending on the extensions you have installed, they may continue to run in the background after closing it. That is the default setting after installing Edge. The browser may continue to run in the background to display…
Toggle Camera On or Off Tweak
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From a privacy point of view, you may want to disable Camera in Windows 10/11. We will review two methods of how it can be done. Almost all modern portable devices come with a camera these days. Laptops and tablets come with webcams and 2-in-1s like Surface come with dual cameras. Windows 10/11 ships with a Camera app for all essential…
Add ‘Restart Explorer’ Context Menu in Windows 10 & 11
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The explorer.exe process is the user shell for Windows, and is used by such items as the desktop, File Explorer, Start menu, notification area, and taskbar. Restarting the explorer.exe process is to stop and start it to effectively refresh explorer.exe. When the explorer.exe process has been stopped (aka: "end task"), you will see a blank…
Turn System Protection Off in Windows 10 & 11
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System protection is a feature that allows you to undo unwanted system changes by being able to do a System Restore. System Restore enables users, in the event of a problem, to restore their computers to a previous state (restore point) without losing personal data files.
Right-Click “Open with Notepad”
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The default method of opening unknown files is to see a list of known applications already installed on our PC. Unfortunately we usually do not know which is the most appropriate program to open a certain file, in other cases notepad is sufficient, as in the case of text or backup files. For this reason it is convenient to…