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Windows appearance, taskbar, Start, Explorer, and shell behavior.
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds right-click options to scan and fix disk errors with CHKDSK.
Technical Details: Adds right-click options to scan and fix disk errors with CHKDSK.
"Provides quick shortcuts to run disk checks and repairs directly from the desktop context menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the legacy Compress to ZIP option in the context menu.
Technical Details: Restores the legacy Compress to ZIP option in the context menu.
"Brings back the classic file compression shortcut to the standard right-click menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls how add 'Edit or Run with' to PS1 Context Menu behaves for this PC.
Technical Details: Controls how add 'Edit or Run with' to PS1 Context Menu behaves for this PC.
"Controls how add 'Edit or Run with' to PS1 Context Menu behaves for this PC."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds a right-click option to repair the Windows component store image.
Technical Details: Adds a right-click option to repair the Windows component store image.
"Provides a quick shortcut to run DISM restore health operations from the desktop context menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds a right-click option to scan and repair system files.
Technical Details: Adds a right-click option to scan and repair system files.
"Gives you a quick shortcut to run SFC /SCANNOW directly from the desktop context menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds a right-click toggle for file extensions to the context menu.
Technical Details: Adds a right-click toggle for file extensions to the context menu.
"Adds a right-click toggle for file extensions to the context menu."
Risk Level: 🔴 Advanced/High Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds a right-click option to instantly take ownership of files.
Technical Details: Adds a right-click option to instantly take ownership of files.
"This is useful for modifying system files."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows the cloud sync availability status icon next to all files.
Technical Details: Shows the cloud sync availability status icon next to all files.
"This forces File Explorer to always display cloud sync status icons (like OneDrive) next to files in the navigation pane. Disabling this reverts to only showing statuses when explicitly needed."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Forces File Explorer to display generic file icons instead of image previews.
Technical Details: Forces File Explorer to display generic file icons instead of image previews.
"Improves folder loading speeds by skipping thumbnail generation for images and videos. You lose visual previews of your media files."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Forces the classic menu bar to remain visible in File Explorer windows.
Technical Details: Forces the classic menu bar to remain visible in File Explorer windows.
"Permanently displays the File, Edit, View, and Tools dropdown menus at the top of Explorer."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets Windows automatically set your most recently used printer as default.
Technical Details: Lets Windows automatically set your most recently used printer as default.
"Allows the operating system to dynamically manage your default printer based on your usage."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Turns on automatic actions when plugging in drives or media.
Technical Details: Turns on automatic actions when plugging in drives or media.
"This makes Windows automatically open folders or launch apps when inserting removable media. Disabling this stops automatic execution, improving security against malicious USB drives."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the Windows 10 style full right-click context menu.
Technical Details: Restores the Windows 10 style full right-click context menu.
"Bypasses the modern, condensed Windows 11 context menu and defaults to the classic full menu. Requires restarting Explorer."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Cleans thumbnail caches, temporary files, and background logs.
Technical Details: Cleans thumbnail caches, temporary files, and background logs.
"Wipes unnecessary caches and logs to free up space. Disabling restores default storage management policies."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Decreases space between items in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Decreases space between items in File Explorer.
"Restores the denser spacing of files and folders seen in Windows 10 Explorer. Disabling returns to the touch-friendly Windows 11 spacing."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows the active foreground application to control your RGB lighting effects.
Technical Details: Allows the active foreground application to control your RGB lighting effects.
"Gives priority to the currently open app to manage your device lighting instead of background services."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you choose how currency Decimal Symbol behaves.
Technical Details: Lets you choose how currency Decimal Symbol behaves.
"This affects how prices and financial data are formatted system-wide. Select the default option to restore normal behavior. Choices: . (Period): restores the standard Windows behavior for currency Decimal Symbol. , (Comma): uses the , (Comma) behavior for currency Decimal Symbol. (Space): uses the (Space) behavior for currency Decimal Symbol. ' (Apostrophe): uses the ' (Apostrophe) behavior for currency Decimal Symbol."
Options Available:
- . (Period) (Default)
- , (Comma)
- (Space)
- ' (Apostrophe)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Reduces the padding between files and folders in list and detail views.
Technical Details: Reduces the padding between files and folders in list and detail views.
"Shrinks the visual spacing in File Explorer to fit more items on the screen at once."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows the default program icon in the corner of media thumbnail previews.
Technical Details: Shows the default program icon in the corner of media thumbnail previews.
"Helps you identify which application will open a file while still viewing its thumbnail preview."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows total folder size in a tooltip when hovering over a folder.
Technical Details: Shows total folder size in a tooltip when hovering over a folder.
"Provides quick information about a folder's contents and size without needing to open its properties. Adding the value back as 0 disables these tooltips."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the complete folder path in File Explorer's title bar.
Technical Details: Displays the complete folder path in File Explorer's title bar.
"This causes the File Explorer window title to display the exact path of the currently open folder instead of just the folder name. Disabling this restores the default behavior of showing only the current folder name."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Automatically expands the navigation pane to the currently open folder.
Technical Details: Automatically expands the navigation pane to the currently open folder.
"This makes the left sidebar in File Explorer automatically scroll and expand to highlight whatever folder you are currently viewing. Disabling this stops the automatic expansion."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you choose how first Day of Week behaves.
Technical Details: Lets you choose how first Day of Week behaves.
"This changes the starting day shown in the taskbar calendar flyout. Select the default option to restore normal behavior. Choices: Sunday: restores the standard Windows behavior for first Day of Week. Monday: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for first Day of Week. Tuesday: uses the Tuesday behavior for first Day of Week. Wednesday: uses the Wednesday behavior for first Day of Week. Thursday: uses the Thursday behavior for first Day of Week. Friday: uses the Friday behavior for first Day of Week. Saturday: uses the Saturday behavior for first Day of Week."
Options Available:
- Sunday (Default)
- Monday
- Tuesday
- Wednesday
- Thursday
- Friday
- Saturday
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Hides removable drives in File Explorer when they contain no media.
Technical Details: Hides removable drives in File Explorer when they contain no media.
"Drives like card readers will not appear in "This PC" unless a memory card is inserted."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Hides the warning prompt when merging folders with the same name.
Technical Details: Hides the warning prompt when merging folders with the same name.
"Windows will silently merge folders when copying or moving them, without asking for your confirmation first."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Increases the system memory allocated for storing file and folder icons.
Technical Details: Increases the system memory allocated for storing file and folder icons.
"Prevents icons from turning blank or flashing by allowing Windows to cache more of them. Choices: Windows default: restores the standard Windows behavior for icon cache size. Large (4,096 icons): turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for icon cache size. Very large (8,192 icons): turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for icon cache size."
Options Available:
- Windows default (Default) (Recommended)
- Large (4,096 icons)
- Very large (8,192 icons)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls when File Explorer underlines icon labels.
Technical Details: Controls when File Explorer underlines icon labels.
"Windows stores single-click versus double-click behavior in additional shell state data, so this tweak now only exposes the reliable underline preference. The default option underlines labels only when pointing at an item. Choices: Underline only when pointing: restores the standard Windows behavior for icon Title Underline. Always underline: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for icon Title Underline."
Options Available:
- Underline only when pointing (Default) (Recommended)
- Always underline
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Opens each File Explorer window in its own independent process.
Technical Details: Opens each File Explorer window in its own independent process.
"If one folder window crashes or stops responding, it won't bring down your other open windows or the desktop taskbar. This consumes slightly more system memory. Disabling this restores the default behavior of grouping them into a single process."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you choose how list Separator behaves.
Technical Details: Lets you choose how list Separator behaves.
"This changes the delimiter used by applications when displaying lists. Select the default option to restore normal behavior. Choices: , (Comma): restores the standard Windows behavior for list Separator. ; (Semicolon): turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for list Separator."
Options Available:
- , (Comma) (Default)
- ; (Semicolon)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you choose how measurement System behaves.
Technical Details: Lets you choose how measurement System behaves.
"This dictates which units are used for distance, weight, and volume across supported apps. Select the default option to restore normal behavior. Choices: Metric: restores the standard Windows behavior for measurement System. U.S. (Imperial): uses the U.S. (Imperial) behavior for measurement System."
Options Available:
- Metric (Default)
- U.S. (Imperial)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you choose how number Decimal Symbol behaves.
Technical Details: Lets you choose how number Decimal Symbol behaves.
"This alters how fractional numbers are displayed system-wide. Select the default option to restore normal behavior. Choices: . (Period): restores the standard Windows behavior for number Decimal Symbol. , (Comma): uses the , (Comma) behavior for number Decimal Symbol. (Space): uses the (Space) behavior for number Decimal Symbol. ' (Apostrophe): uses the ' (Apostrophe) behavior for number Decimal Symbol."
Options Available:
- . (Period) (Default)
- , (Comma)
- (Space)
- ' (Apostrophe)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Changes the default starting location when you open File Explorer.
Technical Details: Changes the default starting location when you open File Explorer.
"Allows you to choose whether File Explorer opens to This PC, Home, Downloads, or OneDrive. Restoring the default option reverts to the standard starting location. Choices: Home: restores the standard Windows behavior for open File Explorer to. This PC: uses the This PC behavior for open File Explorer to. Downloads: uses the Downloads behavior for open File Explorer to. OneDrive (If Available): turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for open File Explorer to."
Options Available:
- Home (Default)
- This PC (Recommended)
- Downloads
- OneDrive (If Available)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Automatically reopens your previously open folders after you restart Windows.
Technical Details: Automatically reopens your previously open folders after you restart Windows.
"Any File Explorer windows you left open before shutting down will automatically launch when you log back in. This can slightly increase your login time. Disabling this prevents folders from restoring automatically."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Changes the format used for short dates across Windows.
Technical Details: Changes the format used for short dates across Windows.
"This alters how dates are displayed in the taskbar and file explorer. Select the default option to restore the standard format. Choices: M/d/yyyy: restores the standard Windows behavior for short Date Format. dd/MM/yyyy: uses the dd/MM/yyyy behavior for short Date Format. yyyy-MM-dd: uses the yyyy-MM-dd behavior for short Date Format. yyyy/MM/dd: uses the yyyy/MM/dd behavior for short Date Format. dd MMM yyyy: uses the dd MMM yyyy behavior for short Date Format."
Options Available:
- M/d/yyyy (Default)
- dd/MM/yyyy
- yyyy-MM-dd
- yyyy/MM/dd
- dd MMM yyyy
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Removes the small arrow overlay from shortcut icons.
Technical Details: Removes the small arrow overlay from shortcut icons.
"Hides the arrow overlay on desktop and folder shortcuts by replacing it with a transparent image. You will no longer have a visual indicator distinguishing shortcuts from actual files. Choices: Show arrow icon: restores the standard Windows behavior for shortcut Arrow Icon. Remove arrow icon: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for shortcut Arrow Icon."
Options Available:
- Show arrow icon (Default)
- Remove arrow icon (Recommended)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Removes the '- Shortcut' text when creating new shortcuts.
Technical Details: Removes the '- Shortcut' text when creating new shortcuts.
"Prevents Windows from automatically appending '- Shortcut' to the names of newly created shortcuts. Choices: Keep '- Shortcut' suffix: restores the standard Windows behavior for shortcut Naming. Remove '- Shortcut' suffix: uses the Remove '- Shortcut' suffix behavior for shortcut Naming."
Options Available:
- Keep '- Shortcut' suffix (Default) (Recommended)
- Remove '- Shortcut' suffix
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Forces Windows to display the .lnk extension on shortcut files.
Technical Details: Forces Windows to display the .lnk extension on shortcut files.
"All shortcuts on your desktop and in folders will explicitly show the ".lnk" extension at the end of their names. Reverting this adds the value back, restoring the default behavior of hiding shortcut extensions."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the Windows Terminal option to the right-click menu.
Technical Details: Restores the Windows Terminal option to the right-click menu.
"Controls whether the Open in Windows Terminal option appears when you right-click inside a folder. Disabling this adds the GUID to the blocked extensions list to hide the menu item."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays all system folders within the File Explorer navigation pane.
Technical Details: Displays all system folders within the File Explorer navigation pane.
"This reveals hidden system locations, such as the Control Panel and Recycle Bin, directly in the sidebar. Disabling this hides these extra folders again."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds the auto-login checkbox back to the User Accounts menu.
Technical Details: Adds the auto-login checkbox back to the User Accounts menu.
"This allows you to configure Windows to automatically log in without entering a password. Disabling this restores the default requirement to enter a password or PIN."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides the Control Panel icon on your desktop.
Technical Details: Shows or hides the Control Panel icon on your desktop.
"Controls the visibility of the legacy Control Panel shortcut on your desktop."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Desktop folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Desktop folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Desktop folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Desktop folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Desktop folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Desktop folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Documents folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Documents folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Documents folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Documents folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Documents folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Documents folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Downloads folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Downloads folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Downloads folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Downloads folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Downloads folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Downloads folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls how drive letters like C: and D: are displayed in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Controls how drive letters like C: and D: are displayed in File Explorer.
"Choose the display mode for drive letters in 'This PC' and navigation panes. Choices: Show drive letters after labels (Default): restores the standard Windows behavior for show drive letters. Show network drive letters before labels, local after: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for show drive letters. Hide drive letters completely: uses the Hide drive letters completely behavior for show drive letters. Show all drive letters before labels: uses the Show all drive letters before labels behavior for show drive letters."
Options Available:
- Show drive letters after labels (Default) (Default)
- Show network drive letters before labels, local after
- Hide drive letters completely
- Show all drive letters before labels (Recommended)
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Removes duplicate removable drive icons from the File Explorer navigation pane.
Technical Details: Removes duplicate removable drive icons from the File Explorer navigation pane.
"This prevents USB drives from appearing twice in the sidebar (once under This PC and once at the root level). Undoing this restores the duplicate entries."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Highlights compressed or encrypted files with a different text color.
Technical Details: Highlights compressed or encrypted files with a different text color.
"Files and folders that use NTFS compression or encryption will display their names in blue or green text instead of the standard black. Disabling this restores the default black text for all items."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the file extension for all file types in Explorer.
Technical Details: Displays the file extension for all file types in Explorer.
"You will see the extensions (like .txt or .exe) at the end of every filename, helping you identify file types easily. Disabling this hides known file extensions, which is the default Windows behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the extension of known file types in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Displays the extension of known file types in File Explorer.
"Makes it easier to identify the exact type of a file (e.g., image.png instead of image). Security experts recommend enabling this."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays your cloud-based Microsoft Office documents in File Explorer Quick Access.
Technical Details: Displays your cloud-based Microsoft Office documents in File Explorer Quick Access.
"Integrates your recent online Office.com files directly into the File Explorer interface. Adding the value back as 0 hides these cloud documents."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Pins your most accessed folders to the Quick Access view automatically.
Technical Details: Pins your most accessed folders to the Quick Access view automatically.
"Dynamically tracks and displays folders you visit often for faster navigation."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds the Gallery folder back into File Explorer's navigation pane.
Technical Details: Adds the Gallery folder back into File Explorer's navigation pane.
"This displays the Gallery folder in the sidebar of File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder again."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Reveals files and folders marked as hidden in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Reveals files and folders marked as hidden in File Explorer.
"You will be able to see files and directories that have the hidden attribute enabled. This clutters your view with system-created files that are normally invisible. Disabling this hides those items again, returning to the default view."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Reveals items marked as hidden in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Reveals items marked as hidden in File Explorer.
"Allows you to see files and folders that are normally hidden from view. Disabling hides them again."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds the Home folder back into File Explorer's navigation pane.
Technical Details: Adds the Home folder back into File Explorer's navigation pane.
"This displays the Home folder in the sidebar of File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder again."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Libraries folder within the File Explorer navigation pane.
Technical Details: Displays the Libraries folder within the File Explorer navigation pane.
"This adds the Libraries section back into the sidebar of File Explorer. Disabling this hides the Libraries section."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Music folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Music folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Music folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Music folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Music folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Music folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides the Network icon on your desktop.
Technical Details: Shows or hides the Network icon on your desktop.
"Controls the visibility of the Network shortcut on your desktop."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Pictures folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Pictures folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Pictures folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Pictures folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Pictures folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Pictures folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Enables hover tooltips with information for files and folders.
Technical Details: Enables hover tooltips with information for files and folders.
"When you rest your mouse cursor over an item, a small pop-up box will appear showing details like file size and date modified. Disabling this turns off these hover descriptions."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Enables previewing file contents directly in the Explorer preview pane.
Technical Details: Enables previewing file contents directly in the Explorer preview pane.
"You can view the contents of documents, images, and other supported files without opening them when the preview pane is active."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Reveals hidden critical system files in File Explorer.
Technical Details: Reveals hidden critical system files in File Explorer.
"Critical operating system files like boot.ini or pagefile.sys will become visible in your file manager. You risk accidentally deleting or modifying files that are essential for Windows to run. Disabling this hides them again for safety."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays your recently opened files in Quick Access and the Start menu.
Technical Details: Displays your recently opened files in Quick Access and the Start menu.
"Keeps a history of your recently used files visible for quick retrieval in Explorer. Setting the values to 0 hides this history from view."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.
Technical Details: Shows or hides the Recycle Bin icon on your desktop.
"Controls the visibility of the Recycle Bin shortcut on your desktop."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the status bar at the bottom of File Explorer windows.
Technical Details: Displays the status bar at the bottom of File Explorer windows.
"A bar will appear at the bottom of the window showing the number of items in the folder and the size of currently selected files. Disabling this hides the status bar for a cleaner look."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows notifications from cloud sync providers like OneDrive in Explorer.
Technical Details: Allows notifications from cloud sync providers like OneDrive in Explorer.
"You will see banner ads and status updates from Microsoft regarding OneDrive directly inside your File Explorer windows."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides the This PC icon on your desktop.
Technical Details: Shows or hides the This PC icon on your desktop.
"Controls the visibility of the This PC shortcut on your desktop."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides your user profile folder icon on the desktop.
Technical Details: Shows or hides your user profile folder icon on the desktop.
"Controls the visibility of your personal user folder shortcut on your desktop."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Videos folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
Technical Details: Displays the Videos folder in File Explorer's sidebar.
"This makes the Videos folder visible in the File Explorer navigation pane. Disabling this adds the restrictions back to hide the folder."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Videos folder within the This PC view.
Technical Details: Displays the Videos folder within the This PC view.
"This adds the Videos folder shortcut back into the This PC view in File Explorer. Disabling this hides the folder, restoring the default Windows 11 behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows snap layouts when hovering over the maximize button.
Technical Details: Shows snap layouts when hovering over the maximize button.
"Allows quick window snapping by hovering over the maximize button of any window. Disabling it removes the flyout."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows Windows to process file paths longer than 260 characters.
Technical Details: Allows Windows to process file paths longer than 260 characters.
"This removes the traditional 260-character limit for file and folder paths, preventing errors when nesting many directories. Disabling this restores the default length limit."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the classic Windows Photo Viewer for viewing image files.
Technical Details: Restores the classic Windows Photo Viewer for viewing image files.
"This allows you to select the older, faster Windows Photo Viewer from the "Open with" menu for your pictures instead of the modern Photos app."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds selection checkboxes next to files and folders in Explorer.
Technical Details: Adds selection checkboxes next to files and folders in Explorer.
"You can select multiple items by clicking small checkboxes next to their icons, without needing to hold down the Ctrl key. Disabling this removes the checkboxes, restoring standard selection behavior."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the classic, full right-click context menu in Windows 11.
Technical Details: Restores the classic, full right-click context menu in Windows 11.
"Disables the new Windows 11 simplified context menu, forcing File Explorer to always show the expanded legacy menu. You lose the modern design, but instantly access all third-party options."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows Windows to control RGB lighting on connected peripheral devices.
Technical Details: Allows Windows to control RGB lighting on connected peripheral devices.
"Enables native dynamic lighting controls for compatible RGB mice, keyboards, and accessories."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Restores the classic Notepad instead of the newer tabbed version.
Technical Details: Restores the classic Notepad instead of the newer tabbed version.
"Text files will open in the older, non-tabbed version of Notepad that shipped with earlier versions of Windows. You lose the modern tabbed interface and auto-save features. Reverting restores the modern Notepad experience."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Enables the simplified Sharing Wizard when sharing files on a network.
Technical Details: Enables the simplified Sharing Wizard when sharing files on a network.
"Windows will use a guided wizard interface to help you set up network sharing and permissions for folders."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Changes how the All Apps list is displayed.
Technical Details: Changes how the All Apps list is displayed.
"Customizes the visual presentation of installed applications in the Start Menu, allowing you to choose between alphabetical lists, grids, or grouped categories. Revert restores the default list view. Choices: Category: restores the standard Windows behavior for all apps view. Grid: uses the Grid behavior for all apps view. List: uses the List behavior for all apps view."
Options Available:
- Category (Default)
- Grid
- List (Recommended)
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Toggles web search results when searching from the Start Menu.
Technical Details: Toggles web search results when searching from the Start Menu.
"Controls whether Start Menu searches include Bing web results. Disabling this speeds up local file searches and prevents web queries, but you can no longer search the internet directly from the Start Menu. Reverting restores the default values."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Cleans default pins, suggested apps, and cloud shortcuts from the Start menu.
Technical Details: Cleans default pins, suggested apps, and cloud shortcuts from the Start menu.
"Removes sponsored and promotional items from the Start menu for a cleaner look. Disabling restores default Start menu behavior."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Hides the Recommended section from the Start Menu.
Technical Details: Hides the Recommended section from the Start Menu.
"Hides the recommended apps and files area at the bottom of the Start Menu. You lose quick access to recently opened files. Choices: Show: restores the standard Windows behavior for recommended section. Hide: uses the Hide behavior for recommended section."
Options Available:
- Show (Default)
- Hide (Recommended)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Toggles account alerts and prompts on your Start Menu profile picture.
Technical Details: Toggles account alerts and prompts on your Start Menu profile picture.
"Controls whether Microsoft account warnings and backup prompts appear on the user profile icon in the Start Menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Enables or disables tracking and displaying your most used applications in the Start menu.
Technical Details: Enables or disables tracking and displaying your most used applications in the Start menu.
"Controls whether Windows tracks your app launches to populate frequent app lists. Disabling blocks app tracking."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides recently installed apps in the Start Menu.
Technical Details: Shows or hides recently installed apps in the Start Menu.
"Controls whether newly installed applications appear at the top of the Start Menu app list."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Toggles tips, shortcuts, and app recommendations in the Start Menu.
Technical Details: Toggles tips, shortcuts, and app recommendations in the Start Menu.
"Controls whether Microsoft displays contextual tips and app suggestions in the Start Menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides your recently opened files in Start and Jump Lists.
Technical Details: Shows or hides your recently opened files in Start and Jump Lists.
"Controls whether recently opened files appear in the Start Menu and taskbar Jump Lists."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Toggles app recommendations and promotional suggestions in the Start Menu.
Technical Details: Toggles app recommendations and promotional suggestions in the Start Menu.
"Controls whether Windows displays ads and app suggestions within the Start Menu."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adjusts the balance of pinned apps versus recommendations.
Technical Details: Adjusts the balance of pinned apps versus recommendations.
"Changes the layout of the Windows 11 Start Menu to allocate more vertical space to pinned apps or recommended files. Choices: Default: restores the standard Windows behavior for start layout. More pins: uses the More pins behavior for start layout. More recommendations: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for start layout."
Options Available:
- Default (Default)
- More pins (Recommended)
- More recommendations
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays every active program icon in the system tray.
Technical Details: Displays every active program icon in the system tray.
"Removes the hidden icons menu and forces all notification area icons to remain visible on the taskbar. This can severely clutter your taskbar if many background apps are running. Revert hides inactive icons behind the overflow chevron."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows or hides the Chat (Teams) button on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Shows or hides the Chat (Teams) button on the taskbar.
"Displays a quick access button for Microsoft Teams Chat. Disabling removes the button."
Risk Level: 🔴 Advanced/High Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Unpins all apps from your taskbar.
Technical Details: Unpins all apps from your taskbar.
"Removes all pinned applications from your taskbar for a clean slate. You will lose your customized pinned shortcuts. This action cannot be automatically undone."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls when taskbar buttons group together and hide text labels.
Technical Details: Controls when taskbar buttons group together and hide text labels.
"Changes how open windows of the same app are grouped on the primary taskbar. Revert restores the default grouping behavior. Choices: Always: restores the standard Windows behavior for combine taskbar buttons and hide labels. When taskbar is full: uses the When taskbar is full behavior for combine taskbar buttons and hide labels. Never: turns this behavior off for combine taskbar buttons and hide labels."
Options Available:
- Always (Default) (Recommended)
- When taskbar is full
- Never
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls when buttons group together on secondary monitor taskbars.
Technical Details: Controls when buttons group together on secondary monitor taskbars.
"Changes how open windows of the same app are grouped on multiple monitor taskbars. Revert restores the default multi-monitor taskbar grouping. Choices: Always: restores the standard Windows behavior for combine taskbar buttons on other taskbars. When taskbar is full: uses the When taskbar is full behavior for combine taskbar buttons on other taskbars. Never: turns this behavior off for combine taskbar buttons on other taskbars."
Options Available:
- Always (Default) (Recommended)
- When taskbar is full
- Never
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows the Copilot companion app icon on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Shows the Copilot companion app icon on the taskbar.
"Pins the Copilot companion button to your taskbar, providing integrated AI assistance alongside your workflow. Disabling this removes the icon from the taskbar."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Windows Copilot AI button on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Displays the Windows Copilot AI button on the taskbar.
"Pins the Copilot assistant icon to your taskbar for quick access to AI features. Disabling this removes the button but does not uninstall Copilot."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Pins the Copilot Progressive Web App to the taskbar.
Technical Details: Pins the Copilot Progressive Web App to the taskbar.
"Adds a dedicated shortcut for the Copilot web application to your taskbar. Disabling this removes the pinned shortcut."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Reduces the height of the taskbar and its icons.
Technical Details: Reduces the height of the taskbar and its icons.
"Shrinks the taskbar and uses smaller icons for pinned apps and open windows to maximize screen space. Small icons can be harder to click on touch screens. Revert restores the default taskbar size."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Pins the Windows Recall feature icon to the taskbar.
Technical Details: Pins the Windows Recall feature icon to the taskbar.
"Adds a shortcut to Windows Recall on your taskbar, allowing quick access to your snapshot history. Disabling this removes the shortcut without disabling the Recall feature itself."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Hides the Skype Meet Now icon from the taskbar system tray.
Technical Details: Hides the Skype Meet Now icon from the taskbar system tray.
"Removes the integrated Skype video conferencing button from the notification area. You will need to open Skype manually to start or join meetings. Revert restores the Meet Now icon to the system tray."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls the appearance of the search button on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Controls the appearance of the search button on the taskbar.
"Choose between hiding search, showing an icon, a search box, or an icon with label. Choices: Hide: uses the Hide behavior for search. Search icon only: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for search. Search box: uses the Search box behavior for search. Search icon and label: restores the standard Windows behavior for search."
Options Available:
- Hide
- Search icon only
- Search box
- Search icon and label (Default)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Configures the taskbar search box preference.
Technical Details: Configures the taskbar search box preference.
"Select the desired visual style for the Windows search feature on your taskbar. Choices: Hide: uses the Hide behavior for search in Taskbar. Search icon only: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for search in Taskbar. Search icon and label: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for search in Taskbar. Search box: restores the standard Windows behavior for search in Taskbar."
Options Available:
- Hide (Recommended)
- Search icon only
- Search icon and label
- Search box (Default)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows you to quickly share a window in video calls.
Technical Details: Allows you to quickly share a window in video calls.
"You can share an app window directly into a Microsoft Teams call by hovering over its taskbar icon. Reverting removes this quick-share button."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows notification counters on taskbar icons.
Technical Details: Shows notification counters on taskbar icons.
"Apps like Mail will display a small badge showing the number of unread messages. Reverting hides these notification badges."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Lets you click the far-right corner of the taskbar to show your desktop.
Technical Details: Lets you click the far-right corner of the taskbar to show your desktop.
"Adds an invisible button to the bottom right of your screen that minimizes all windows. Reverting removes this button."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Allows background apps to flash their taskbar icon.
Technical Details: Allows background apps to flash their taskbar icon.
"Apps needing your attention will pulse with an orange color on the taskbar. You may find the flashing distracting. Reverting stops background apps from flashing."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Shows the taskbar on your secondary monitors.
Technical Details: Shows the taskbar on your secondary monitors.
"Your taskbar will appear at the bottom of all connected displays, not just the primary one. Reverting restricts the taskbar to your main display."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the News and Interests widget on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Displays the News and Interests widget on the taskbar.
"Enables the taskbar weather and news flyout in Windows 10. Disabling this stops background data fetching for feeds and frees up taskbar space. Reverting restores the default News and Interests icon."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays seconds on the taskbar clock.
Technical Details: Displays seconds on the taskbar clock.
"Shows live seconds on the taskbar. Note that enabling this may slightly increase power consumption."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls whether taskbar buttons use smaller icons to save space.
Technical Details: Controls whether taskbar buttons use smaller icons to save space.
"Adjusts the size of the taskbar and its icons, either always, never, or only when crowded. Smaller icons provide more vertical screen real estate but can be harder to tap on touchscreens. Revert restores the default sizing behavior. Choices: Always: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for show smaller taskbar buttons. When taskbar is full: restores the standard Windows behavior for show smaller taskbar buttons. Never: turns this behavior off for show smaller taskbar buttons."
Options Available:
- Always
- When taskbar is full (Default) (Recommended)
- Never
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Task View icon on the Windows taskbar.
Technical Details: Displays the Task View icon on the Windows taskbar.
"Pins the Task View button to the taskbar, allowing quick access to virtual desktops and open windows. Reverting removes the button from the taskbar, though Task View remains accessible via Win+Tab."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls which taskbar shows your open app icons on multiple monitors.
Technical Details: Controls which taskbar shows your open app icons on multiple monitors.
"Determines if open windows show their icon on all monitors or only the monitor they are currently on. Reverting restores the default behavior. Choices: All taskbars: restores the standard Windows behavior for show taskbar apps on. Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open: uses the Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open behavior for show taskbar apps on. Taskbar where window is open: uses the Taskbar where window is open behavior for show taskbar apps on."
Options Available:
- All taskbars (Default) (Recommended)
- Main taskbar and taskbar where window is open
- Taskbar where window is open
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Displays the Windows Widgets button on the taskbar.
Technical Details: Displays the Windows Widgets button on the taskbar.
"Enables the widgets board on the taskbar, providing access to weather, news, and stock updates. Disabling this saves background resources but removes quick access to the widgets feed. Reverting restores the default widgets button behavior."
Risk Level: 🟡 Medium Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Controls whether the taskbar overflow menu hides system tray icons.
Technical Details: Controls whether the taskbar overflow menu hides system tray icons.
"Bulk updates your notification area preferences to either show every app icon on the taskbar or hide them all behind the expand chevron. Showing all icons can clutter the taskbar. Revert restores standard individual icon visibility settings. Choices: Show all icons: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for system tray icons. Hide all icons: turns this behavior on and makes Windows enforce it for system tray icons."
Options Available:
- Show all icons (Recommended)
- Hide all icons
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Moves your start button and taskbar icons to the left or center.
Technical Details: Moves your start button and taskbar icons to the left or center.
"Changes the horizontal position of your taskbar icons. Reverting restores the default taskbar alignment. Choices: Left: uses the Left behavior for taskbar alignment. Center: restores the standard Windows behavior for taskbar alignment."
Options Available:
- Left (Recommended)
- Center (Default)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: Yes
Overview: Changes how fast the taskbar appears when you hover over it.
Technical Details: Changes how fast the taskbar appears when you hover over it.
"Adjusts the delay before a hidden taskbar slides up when you move your mouse to the edge of the screen. Reverting restores the default 400ms delay. Choices: 1ms (Instant): uses the 1ms (Instant) behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay. 10ms (Very Fast): uses the 10ms (Very Fast) behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay. 50ms (Fast): uses the 50ms (Fast) behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay. 100ms (Moderate): uses the 100ms (Moderate) behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay. 200ms: uses the 200ms behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay. 400ms (Default): restores the standard Windows behavior for taskbar Auto-Hide Hover Delay."
Options Available:
- 1ms (Instant) (Recommended)
- 10ms (Very Fast)
- 50ms (Fast)
- 100ms (Moderate)
- 200ms
- 400ms (Default) (Default)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Makes the Windows taskbar fully transparent or solid opaque.
Technical Details: Makes the Windows taskbar fully transparent or solid opaque.
"Changes the visual styling of the taskbar by forcing it to be completely see-through or completely solid. Choices: Windows default: restores the standard Windows behavior for taskbar Transparency. Transparent: uses the Transparent behavior for taskbar Transparency. Opaque: uses the Opaque behavior for taskbar Transparency."
Options Available:
- Windows default (Default) (Recommended)
- Transparent
- Opaque
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Adds an option to force close apps from the taskbar.
Technical Details: Adds an option to force close apps from the taskbar.
"Adds an 'End task' button to the right-click jump list of open apps on the taskbar, bypassing the Task Manager. Accidentally terminating critical apps can cause data loss. Revert removes the quick kill option."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Applies your accent color to the Start menu and taskbar.
Technical Details: Applies your accent color to the Start menu and taskbar.
"Makes your taskbar and Start menu colorful instead of dark or light. Note: Only works when Windows is in Dark Mode."
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Applies your accent color to window title bars and borders.
Technical Details: Applies your accent color to window title bars and borders.
"Highlights the active window by coloring its title bar and border with your system accent color."
Risk Level: 🔴 Advanced/High Risk | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Switches Windows and apps between light and dark visual themes.
Technical Details: Switches Windows and apps between light and dark visual themes.
"Changes the color scheme of your start menu, taskbar, and supported applications. Reverting restores the default visual mode. Choices: Light Mode: restores the standard Windows behavior for choose your mode. Dark Mode: uses the Dark Mode behavior for choose your mode."
Options Available:
- Light Mode (Default)
- Dark Mode (Recommended)
Risk Level: 🟢 Safe | Requires Restart: No
Overview: Enables translucent backgrounds for windows and the taskbar.
Technical Details: Enables translucent backgrounds for windows and the taskbar.
"Windows will render a blurred glass effect on certain surfaces like the Start menu. This requires slightly more GPU power. Reverting makes backgrounds solid."