The Master List (W10)
Here's the index page of all the Quick Tips we've run to help you improve your Windows 10 experience.
Quick Tip: Clearing Browser Cache and Using Back Button Browsing History in Microsoft Edge — We have already told you about using the Paste and Go & Paste and Search features plus How to Customize Favorites Bar and Pin Tabs and today we want to make sure you know about two other options for your browsing in Microsoft Edge.
Quick Tip: How to Use Paste and Go & Paste and Search in Microsoft Edge — It is also nice to see a few smaller tweaks make it into the browser that are not earth shattering in their complexity but add a little convenience to the experience. Here's how to use them.
Quick Tip: How to Customize Favorites Bar and Pin Tabs in Microsoft Edge — Two other tweaks for customization that are included in the latest version of Microsoft Edge include the ability to pin tabs so they are persistent between browser sessions and the option to display favorites in your Favorites Bar by just showing their favicon instead of an icon and the shortcuts name/title.
Quick Tip: Customize the Microsoft Edge Start Screen and Tabs in Windows 10 — One feature that has actually been in Microsoft edge since the early days is the ability to customize your Start Page and New Tabs that you open while browsing.
Quick Tip: How To Customize Mobile Notifications on Your Desktop — This new capability between Cortana and the updated Action Center in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update now pushes notifications from your mobile device running the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
Quick Tip: How To Pick Default Storage Locations in Windows 10 Anniversary Update — You can select the default locations for many of the data types that you manage on your Windows 10 system.
Quick Tip: Locate Action Center & Windows Ink Icons in Windows 10 Anniversary Update — Microsoft changed two key things about the Taskbar and System Tray for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update as it relates to the Action Center and Windows Ink Workspace.
Quick Tip: How to Complete Upgrades Without Logging in on Windows 10 Anniversary Update — If you have ever upgraded Windows 10 in the past to a new major update then you know after your system reboots following the install process there are still items to be updated after you log back into the system after the upgrade. This new setting in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update deals with that delay.
Quick Tip: How to use Windows Defender Offline in Windows 10 Anniversary Update — There is now an option in the latest update to Windows 10 which allows you to scan your system when it restarts to help remove some malicious software.
Quick Tip: How to Turn on Dark App Mode (Theme) in Windows 10 Anniversary Update — Microsoft has included a new Dark App Mode that will display your first party apps and system pages in a dark theme instead of the default white color.
Quick Tip: How To Disable Cortana in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update — Cortana does not have an On/Off switch in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update but you can disable her tracking features by signing out of your Microsoft Account in Cortana's Notebook.
Quick Tip: How To Remove Your Email Address from the Lock Screen in Windows 10 — Did you know that anyone could walk up to your locked Windows 10 PC or tablet and quickly grab your email address? If you head into Windows Settings>Accounts>Sign-in options and then scroll down to Privacy near the bottom of the settings page you can remove it very quickly.
Quick Tip: How To Turn Off Recently Used Files & Folders Display in Quick Access — There is a customizable feature in File Explorer called Quick Access and it allows you to pin shortcuts to folders from your local system, OneDrive and network directories for quick access in File Explorer.
Quick Tip: Use the Maps App in Windows 10 to Easily Measure Distances — The updated official Maps app on Windows 10 integrates one of the big new features in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update, Inking, into its set of tools and one of those options is the ability to draw a line between two points and find out what that distance is.
Quick Tip: Control Sync Options Between Windows 10 Devices — Sync Settings are all on by default if you log in with your Microsoft Account. There is a however, a master switch to turn all syncing on or off plus the ability to control six different areas for devices you want to share those settings.