Overview of Windows tips and tricks
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Overview of Windows tips and tricks

Martin Jud
21.12.2023
Translation: Eva Francis

In our «Windows tips» series, we regularly introduce handy functions and tricks for the Microsoft operating system. Here’s an overview of all our tips from 2023.

Since mid-2023, the Editorial Team’s been regularly providing you with tips for Windows 11. Most of them work on Windows 10, too. Our tips are designed to remind you of handy functions or show you new ones. In this article, I’ve listed all of them by topic. I’ll add new ones as soon as they’re published.

Display and usability tips

  • Guide

    Windows tip: scale and text size

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: talk, don’t type

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to disable ads

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: add Delete to Alt + Tab

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to get the most out of your screenshot key

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: get your windows organised quickly

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: shake one window to minimise all others

    by Martin Jud

Desktop and taskbar tips

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how multiple desktops work

    by Florian Bodoky

  • Guide

    Windows tip: use the Power User menu

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: launch Web applications from the taskbar

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: start programs with a batch file

    by Florian Bodoky

Hardware tips

  • Guide

    Windows tip: improving battery life and processor power

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to find missing device drivers

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to find out which processor you have

    by Kevin Hofer

Dangerous tip

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to disable virus protection for specific files, folders or processes

    by Martin Jud

Command line tip (command prompt, console, PowerShell)

  • Guide

    Windows tip: use console commands systemwide

    by Martin Jud

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to efficiently filter and save data records with a script

    by Florian Bodoky

Context menu tips

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to add any command to the context menu

    by Florian Bodoky

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to get the old context menu back

    by Florian Bodoky

Organising and backup tips

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to "unclutter" Windows 11

    by Florian Bodoky

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to delete nasty partitions on USB sticks

    by Florian Bodoky

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to use system restore points

    by Florian Bodoky

Windows search tip

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to get better search results in Windows

    by Florian Bodoky

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to remove web results from your Windows 11 search

    by Florian Bodoky

Clipboard tip

  • Guide

    Windows tip: how to use your clipboard history

    by Florian Bodoky


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