do you think it gives linux vibes or just update which will not make the official update.

and this search bar is only for the local file search in place of the previous global web search

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Instead of doing the alt+0150 and alt+0151 for en and em dashes respectively, you can use these shortcuts:

En Dash (–): Win + Minus (-)

Em Dash (—): Win + Shift + Minus (-)

This was added about a year ago, in Windows 11 25H2. This is a lot like how I've been typing them on Mac (Option + Minus & Option + Shift + Minus). I think this is much more intuitive and should have been implemented decades ago, since they're such common characters.

EDIT: Apparently this function is exclusive to some number keyboard layouts. Here are the ones it’s so far known to work on:
-US layout
-NZ Aotearoa layout

It's been 4 years since I announced the first version of Wintoys here. A lot has happened since then and a lot has changed. Windows 11 is now a different operating system and Windows 10 is out of support, but there is one constant, Wintoys is still the safest app you can use for both to control the way you experience Windows.

There are so many improvements and new features over the years that I could talk about, but today I will focus on version 3.0. Since this update is the biggest one yet, I wrote an article about it, detailing all the new features, explaining how they work or why it took so long for some of them to appear, but for those of you who would like a teaser, this update includes, among others:

• profiles, the most-requested feature since launch, with which you can import and export your current configuration of settings

• configuration mode, a feature to properly sync settings with Group Policy Editor, being a premiere for Windows utilities and something I hope system administrators in particularly will appreciate

• a new dedicated artificial intelligence section to control what features run on your system (only visible if your hardware supports those features)

• some new performance and privacy tweaks (with the new AI components option I was able to free ~6 GBs of RAM on my ARM Surface, for example)

• refined dialogs for restoration or pending actions (you'll now see the settings that might require a restart or settings that can be restored)

• and a ton of other changes and bug fixes

I really do encourage you to read the blog post as it has some very interesting behind the scenes, including screenshots. I am looking forward to your feedback, feature requests or any questions you might have.

I moved my Windows taskbar to the top of the screen, but notifications (including the clipboard history) still show up in the bottom-right corner.

Is there a way to make notifications appear at the top as well, or is this just a Windows limitation?

W10 Power mode quick change snapshot attached

Hello guys. I have been a macOS user, but switched to windows due to some reasons why i HATED macOS. I have been using windows 11 since some time now, but i find the time displayed on the taskbar rather than above near the camera weird. The menu bar used to be pretty useful, and while editing and stuff it becomes tough to find the time because i forget its on the taskbar. any way out? i also want some shortcuts there just like macOS did. Please help.

Hi Folks,
I came across this feature on Win11 called DevDrive. On the face of it, Dev drive looks like just another partition, except it is ReFS (Resilient File System) and not the usual NTFS.
Curious as I am, I created a 50GB DevDrive. But, I dont completely understand its use case and it just exists like another drive.

This link says its recommended to add cache and project files. I primary code in Python and use pip and uv to install and manage packages.

I could try this on my own but my existing workflow settings are already too messy to move to a different drive altogether.

Are DevDrives actually optimized for developer scenarios as MS calls it? Has anyone used it and noticed the difference whether its a gimmick or is actually useful and fast for developers?

Thanks Windowers!

Hello! Thank you for your time and im sorry to bother you guys but I'm really curious on what you all think of product? I'm looking for a new laptop/ tablet and I really love this one! The only problem is, is that I have no idea what Snapdragon is or does but I know people dont like it :/ I'll be using this mainly for my job (real estate agent) and maybe some writing on the side, is this a good product/ is it worth the buy? Thank you again for reading :)

Took awhile but here we are!

Microsoft recently rolled out RCS messaging for Phone Link, but it is currently locked down exclusively to select Samsung devices running Samsung Messages. For those of us using standard Android hardware or Google Messages as our default SMS/RCS client, we are still restricted to standard SMS/MMS.

Bringing full, universal RCS support and Google Messages integration to the Link to Windows ecosystem would completely bridge this gap for the rest of the Android user base.

If you run into this same limitation and want to see Microsoft expand this feature, you can check out and upvote the official submission I logged on the Feedback Hub here:

👉Feedback Hub Submission Link

installed KB5132061 :)

Last week, I installed tiny 11 26h2 on my test PC using the tiny builder. I want to see how it performs on a relatively low-end hardware, here are my specs:

• RAM: 4GB

• Storage: 60GB

• CPU: AMD Ryzen 5

So far, I have tested the basic settings, such as startup, File Explorer, Windows Updates, recovery.

Surprisingly, all seems running smoothly without any lag! Well, I haven't installed or tested any third-party software yes. I'm still pretty impressed🤣. Has anyone here tried Tiny11 26H2 on similarly low-spec hardware? How does it perform after installing your usual apps?

I am a power user and I have a lot of things start up with windows (30 apps, ~6 AHK scripts, a bunch of other start-up services). A long time ago I was on Windows 10 and my app startup time was fast (I have high spec'd PC). For a long time suddenly noticed my apps were slow to start on bootup, Windows itself would load rapidly but the apps seems to load bit by bit with long delay periods in between.

I thought the issue may be my BIOS or an unoptimized app but I never figured out the issue. I did performance testing with Windows Performance Toolkit and it showed large idle periods but no single app being "slow" at start-up.

Today I finally resolved the issue, reducing my entire app boot time from 2m 30s to 30s flat.

tl;dr Windows 11 can intentionally delay start-up apps while the system settles. The idea is to keep CPU/Memory low while everything loads in. This might be useful on weaker machines but on mine it just slows things down for no good reason.

How to fix it:

1. Create the key `HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Serialize`

2. Add `DWORD (32-bit)` values set to `0` for `StartupDelayInMSec` and `WaitForIdleState`

This issue has been raised before but I created this PSA to maybe share awareness with others who might be dealing with this annoyance.

Device Name DESKTOP-AEAN12F

Processor AMD Athlon 300U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx 2.40 GHz

Installed RAM 8.00 GB (5.88 GB usable)

Storage 466 GB SSD CT500MX500SSD1

Graphics Card AMD Radeon(TM) Vega 3 Graphics (2 GB)

Device ID 43E68FC8-B5FE-4830-8389-D66DBD8DA7DE

Product ID 00325-81409-52405-AAOEM

System Type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Well, Windows is designed for keyboard and mouse. Without some tweaks, it's weird using touch.

Here's my setting:
1️⃣GestureSign V2 (Microsoft Store)
- Disable 3 and 4 fingers gestures in Windows Setting
- Setup my own multi-fingers gestures:
+ 8 fingers up: Touch Keyboard (just like Huawei Harmony OS)
+ 3 fingers down: 2 actions [Start menu] and [Touch keyboard]
+ 4 fingers down: Action Center
+ 4 fingers up/left/right: Maximize/Snap Left/Snap Right
+ ....

2️⃣Windhawk: I use alot but here's some useful suggestions:
- MacOS dock animation: Have fun swiping fingers through pinned app on taskbar
- Windows 11 Start Styler: Tinted Glass would be nice
- Windows 11 Accent Window Border: Make it easier to focus on windows
- Start Menu Size: I limit height to 550 so it would not crop using touch keyboard. Combine with Gesture Sign V2 3 fingers is so good.
- Mobile Open Animation: Super cool animation, looks pretty close to mobile OS
- Center Window: Whenever you start an app, it appears in the center of the screen. I also resize to 1600x1000 to make it always the same size.
- Siri launchpad (Optional): It would spawn a Siri Quick search bar with nice animations => If you setup Gesture Sign V2 like me, you can swipe -> ready to type your command like a pro
- Click on empty taskbar space: I use Top taskbar, so whenever i double tab the taskbar, it virtually press Home so I can go to the top of pages just like iPad
- File Explorer WinUI-like Content animation: Turn on Fade + Motion animations + Staggered item reveal to see the magic
- Lock Screen Live Wallpaper and Lock Screen Clock Styler: the names say it all.

3️⃣ASUS ScreenXpert
- Reorganize the buttons
- Enable Window Flicker and App Switcher under Window Management so I don't need Windows snap layout any longer

4️⃣Blip
This app connect all my devices so I can "airdrop" any content between them.

5️⃣Power Toys
Well, play with it, you'll have a lot of fun

6️⃣Windows Setting
- Disable 3 and 4 fingers gestures
- Disable touch edge gestures
- Set everything in Additional touch settings to 0 so touch would be responsive