Customizing Shell UI Elements Beyond the Basics Task View & Experimental WinUI Styling
Windows has always offered ways to personalize the desktop experience—wallpapers, accent colors, and themes are the basics. But if you’re willing to dig a little deeper into the built-in Settings app and system menus, you can shape how the shell UI looks and feels beyond just the surface. In this guide, we’ll walk through what you can do today with Windows 11’s built-in features to tweak Task View and explore the WinUI-based styling already integrated into the OS. https://dellenny.com/customizing-shell-ui-elements-beyond-the-basics-task-view-experimental-winui-styling/Storage Sense and Disk Cleanup Tips in Windows 11
Running out of storage on your PC can slow things down, cause update errors, and make everyday tasks frustrating. Luckily, Windows 11 comes with powerful built-in tools—Storage Sense and Disk Cleanup—to help you reclaim space and keep your system running smoothly. https://dellenny.com/storage-sense-and-disk-cleanup-tips-in-windows-11/Unlocking Hidden Superpowers in Windows 11 You Didn’t Know You Had
When people think of Windows 11, the first things that come to mind are its sleek design, better productivity features, or seamless integration with Microsoft services. But tucked away beneath the surface are powerful accessibility tools designed not just for users with disabilities, but for anyone who wants to interact with their computer in new, futuristic ways. Today, we’ll dive deep into three gems that often go unnoticed: Speech Access, Eye Control, and Voice Access. https://dellenny.com/unlocking-hidden-superpowers-in-windows-11-speech-eye-and-voice-access-tools-you-didnt-know-you-had/How to Reconfigure the Hidden Context Menu and Unlock Power Tweaks in Windows
Windows has always tucked away powerful features behind menus and toggles that most people never discover. One of the handiest—but often overlooked—is the “Show hidden items” toggle in File Explorer. Pair that with customizing the new Windows 11 context menu, and you can speed up your workflow dramatically. https://dellenny.com/how-to-reconfigure-the-hidden-context-menu-and-unlock-power-tweaks-in-windows/Top 10 Windows 11 Tips Every Beginner Should Know
Windows 11 brings a fresh design, powerful productivity features, and subtle changes that can feel overwhelming if you’re just getting started. Whether you recently upgraded from Windows 10 or bought a new device with Windows 11 pre-installed, learning a few tips can help you get the most out of your PC. Here are 10 Windows 11 tips every beginner should know: https://dellenny.com/top-10-windows-11-tips-every-beginner-should-know/.PSPimage thumbnails not showing in file explorer, but...
In file explorer: In file explorer, in a folder: My *.PSPIMAGE files will not show thumbnails, but rather the icon for it. 2) However, in file explorer in "Recent files" the thumbnails show up. This is a real productivity killer. How can I get the PSPIMAGE file thumbnails to show up in all folders? I have already made sure the box is unchecked in settings.What is the best way to download YouTube videos in 2025?
I am looking for an easy and direct way to download YouTube videos.Most of the online downloaders are riddled with ads, malware risks, and frustrating limitations (low resolution caps, throws errors or limited number of downloads per day ) A tool that can download in full resolutions ( 1080p, 4k or even 8k ), do fast downloads, no limits on video length, ad-free and for it to be reliable and consistent enough.for daily use. What online tools do you recommend to use to download YouTube videos? What is your experience?
Copy to clipboard very slow with the snipping tool
I had this issue that with windows 11, for some reason the windows copy to clipboard took a while, like a two or three second delay between the screenshot was taken and it being copied, and I was looking for a solution, and so far nobody had a real solution but I think I found a good one to fix this without disabling snipping tool.Using Windows passkey to log into sites
I have a desktop PC, a travel laptop and a stationary laptop. All share the same Windows account and passkey to log into Windows. All 3 machines can login fine. For web sites however, only the travel laptop will log into the sites. For the other 2 machines, I get: "there was a problem signing in with your passkey" I have to do it the old way using a credentials list that I keep on a memory stick. An example is Amazon, where it logs out from time to time, which is probably for security as I have more than 1 device. Looking up the error message on Google gives me Reddit and Microsoft support users who can't sign into Windows with their passkey, which isn't my issue because the passkey works fine for Windows logon. I also searched here and can't find any thread titles matching "passkey". Anyone got any ideas, or is a 3rd party password manager the way forwards? It does seem a waste for me though if Windows can already do it fine on one of my machines.
