To extract images from the Thumbs.db file, download and install the free Thumbs Viewer utility. Then open the file in the app and check out the stored thumbnails. You may need to retrieve images from Thumbs.db to restore accidentally removed images.
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To change the network adapter priority in Windows 11, you need to open the Network connections folder, and open the adapter properties. Then click advanced properties for TCP/IP, and specify the wanted priority. Let’s review these steps in detail.
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You may need to create a file of a certain size in Windows when testing the writing speed of disks, checking quotas on the size of transferred or stored data. Usually such files are dummy files representing a continuous block of zeros. They can have any extension or not have it at all. The latter is unimportant, the main thing is that they occupy a given amount of disk space. Continue reading “How to create a file of a certain size in Windows”
You may want to WSL to another disk in Windows 11 after installing a huge number of apps. Given the number of installed applications, the size of the WSL environment can take up a lot of disk space. Continue reading “How to move the WSL Linux subsystem to another disk or partition”
Nowadays in Windows 11, you may rarely need to remove pending downloaded Windows Update files. Updates are relatively stable and fast. Monthly patches no longer cause crippling headaches; they are much faster and more reliable than ever before. Still, Windows is Windows, and it is far from perfect. Windows Update may still hang or throw an unexpected error. You may want to delete Windows Update files in Windows 11 to start over in such a case. Continue reading “Remove pending downloaded Windows Update files in Windows 11”
WSATools is a freeware app that you can use to install Android apps from APK files on WSA . While Windows 10 can run Linux apps using the WLS subsystem, Windows 11 can also run Android apps using the WSA subsystem. The subsystem available in the Microsoft Store includes the Amazon Appstore. Sadly, the Amazon Appstore doesn’t include as many apps as Google Store has.Other applications and games can be installed from APK files using the command line or PowerShell. Continue reading “Install Android apps from APK files on WSA with WSATools”
The maximum screen resolution available in Windows does not exceed the physical resolution of the monitor. However, the software of modern video cards allows you to bypass this limitation. Such an opportunity is available for AMD and NVIDIA video cards via their drivers. Continue reading “How to set screen resolution higher than supported by monitor”
For security reasons, Windows does not expose tools and options to take a screenshot of the login screen and the lock screen. This is understandable, since there are certain restrictions on capture when the screen is locked and the user logs out. Continue reading “How to take a screenshot of the login screen in Windows 11 or 10”
Sometimes you need to copy URLs from all tabs in Google Chrome. It may be necessary to quickly share links to all open web pages. But the problem is that Chrome has not option to do this directly and quickly. The browser has no option to batch copy website addresses in open tabs. However, there is a very simple workaround. Continue reading “How to copy URLs from all tabs in Google Chrome”
One of the new features of Windows 11 are widgets. It is a set of mini-apps, united by the interface of the “Widgets” panel. You can open that panelby clicking on the corresponding icon on the taskbar or by pressing the ⊞ Win + W key combination. The Widget panel includes a weather forecast, calendar, news, as well as boxes to show stocks and sports. Continue reading “How to Completely Uninstall Widgets in Windows 11”
