17 Computer Tips You'll WISH You Knew Sooner

Most of the time you don't need to type the file extension to run it.

Wait, why run cmd if shutdown is a command line program? Just use a higher number for time.

"@" also works well. "~" to force it to end.

Use Windirstat, or actually Wiztree (bunch faster) if you're out of storage. You'll be surprised how much you can delete after you know this godsend program😊

Disable sticky keys. Especially for gamers.

Very good. Subscribed. I hope to make good videos soon! Days away! Lol

DAM BRO HAS A 4090

Sheesh, guys! Now I have to print the entire comment trail as my new "Tips 'n' Tricks for Windows."

If you're going to put dates in filenames, be smart about it: 2024-05-13-2137. Apart from mentioning that I rarely enter the time, I'm not 'splainin' any further because obvious.

Exclamation mark is as special character, so it's deprecated to use for file naming. Use a - instead

Tip: When viewing FileExplorer in detailed mode (recommended), hit CTRL- + (easiest way is the left CTRL key and the right + key on the keypad). This expands all columns to their necessary viewing size, so you can see the entire column contents as you scroll down.

RE: Turning it off and back again. This only works on computers that do not have fast boot turned on. While you are correct in the past it meant clearing out the memory better, with modern systems this has not been the case. The reason is hibernation. Hibernation basically puts everything from memory on to the hard drive, and then when it boots up, it loads everything that was in memory back to memory. This totally defeats the purpose of what you are saying.

If you want to do that, you want to teach people about hybernation... or, just teaching them about using actual reboot as the whole memory thing has been fixed.

TL/DR this is old information that is just not true anymore.

Ive used ! and _ to put things first in a directory mostly for dos and dos like environments

As with reddit, the real pro tips are in the comments 😉

Some good stuff here ... Love the Shift + Right Click, I didn't know about that. I've been using the reg hack for ages but I quite like the tidiness of the reduced W11 context menu. So this is a great tip for me.

Ctrl Backspace/Delete is a v useful one too ( I just discovered that Ctrl + cursor arrows also works in the same way for navigating text), and I really like the "Reboot to BIOS" shortcut.

I scan a lot of documents. I have a back up and then throw away or shred the documents. OCR is wonderful !

Regarding the downloading of manuals, I have my car’s manual saved to my phone, so if I ever need to refer to it for maintenance or to figure out how something works, I always have it on-hand to search for text in the PDF, and don’t need to flip through hundreds of pages to find what I’m looking for.

Good 👌

Where is the motherboard manual? Oh it's on the computer that's not booting...

I love to learn something new each and every day. Today, I've learnt at least 17 new tricks. Thanks everyone!!!😊

You can now also enable sudo in windows to run a command as admin.

CTRL + SHIFT + Enter - Run As Administrator
WIN + 1 through 0 - Opens pinned shortcuts on taskbar in order of appearance.
WIN + Pause/Brake - Windows About screen
WIN + E - Opens File Explorer

I've always put a 0 (zero) in front of the files I want at the top. Also works well.

Thank you so much for showing me that Microsoft Power Toys existed! As for delayed restart, I thought that was the relic of the old days where HDDs weren't supposed to be restarted quickly due to their mechanic nature. I guess some things persevered for different reasons.

Many thanks

I hate how much Windows 11 pushes power saving and eco this eco that. Like why is this a default. Let me use the electricity I pay for as I please

My favorite part of your tips videos, is to see how many I already know/use.

I only know of the exclamation mark trick because people on Discord always put one in front of their names to show up at the top of a voice call or members list 😅

Funnily enough putting UAC to the highest setting might cause issues with industrial/commercial software and drivers. Like Autodesk, Konica Minolta, Mitsubishi, Samsung, Siemens, etc

more like 17 windows tips

Instead of using the context (i.e. "Right Click") menu to open a cmd or powershell window at that location, just type "cmd" or "powershell", without the quotes, in the textbox where the path is displayed. A window will open there ready for your next command.

first one is why .minecraft is at the top of your appdata folder

i'm from a time when doing #1 would break the spacetime continuum.

you can minimize, maximize or restore windows without mouse by pressing ALT+SPACE and then N (or X or R, etc) and you can also move them with arrow keys!

F2 to rename files, I use it all the time
Windows key + L to lock the screen

Best tip for someone who has never used a computer: See that 'ON/OFF' button? NEVER push it when it's in OFF position..!!!! It'll save you a lot of problems.

Most operational issues can be resolved with a restart, rather than a shut down and turn back on. As the Restart entirely stops all system processes, including the Windows kernel, then restarts the system from scratch. Restart continues to function how it always has and is not affected by the Fast Startup feature.

While shutdown does turn off your computer, it may not be as off as you think thanks to Fast Startup. With Fast Startup enabled, shutdown puts your computer into a hybrid hibernation state. Unlike the traditional hibernation state, which saves the user state, Fast Startup only saves your Windows kernel state into the hibernation file. This information is loaded the next time you start your device to reduce boot times.

Here are some stuff I use regularly which blew my mind when I found out.

Windows key + 1, 2, 3... helps to navigate in open programs very easily. The numbers follow the order in taskbar.

Win+E to open file explorer quickly.

Alt+enter or Alt+left click opens the Properties for file you selected immediately.

In nearly all programs, there are always alt shortkeys, the underlined letter is the corresponding shortkey. Also in the context menu, you don't even have to use Alt key, for example to create a new folder quickly, you can just right click + w f.

Lshift+Lalt+Numlock lets you control your mouse with the numpad.
5 for clicking. (clicks and releases on the same frame)
0 for holding.
. for releasing.
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4X6 for moving.
123
/ to set 5 to left click,
* for left and right,
- for right.
+ for double clicking (two frames)

Don't know if this comment will be buried, but I wanted to know if you had ever heard of Revouninstaller. I came across this program whilst looking for better ways to remove old programs and wanted to know if it would be a good program to use

I would not use characters that are special characters in URIs for filenames. They will cause problems in some cases. "#%&!?@+:;'"<>" These can cause a lot of problems.

Just wondering, why do you have a Geiger counter? Noticed it in your scanned manuals list.

Type "cmd" or "powershell" in the address bar of file explorer to open cmd/powershell in the directory.

A lot of the windows specific ones could be simplified by using Linux Mint.