There are several tricks that many people don’t know about and that could help you configure certain parts of Windows 11 to your liking, giving your operating system a different and distinctive touch.
By having Windows 11, we are already taking an evolutionary leap in every way, since we are talking, quite possibly, about the version of Microsoft’s operating system, which has changed the most of all we have known so far.
In this sense, for those who wanted a change, they will not have been disappointed, although there have been users who thought that the evolution was going to be much greater.
But possibly they don’t know that Windows 11 is full of tricks so that we can take advantage of them and make the system closer to our liking.
Let’s look at some of the best so that we can experiment with them and thus make Windows 11 a system closer to what we really expect.
Tricks to customize Windows 11:
Home button on the left
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The start button is now located more towards the center of the taskbar and that is something that not all users liked, accustomed to its normal placement being on the left of the screen. For those who want, it can be changed as follows:
Right click on the taskbar and open the Taskbar settings. Select the dropdown menu Taskbar Behaviors and we change the Taskbar Alignment on the left. Simple as that.
quick settings panel
Windows 11 has a Quick Settings Panel which can be modified. The way to do it is:
We click on the taskbar area which has the icons of WiFi, speaker and battery. We entered the setup menu. To add or remove configuration buttons, we click on the button Edit (pencil icon). Then we click on Add and we incorporate what we want. To finish, click on List.
multiple desktops
Microsoft has replaced the old Task View button with a redesigned icon on the taskbar. Thanks to this new addition you can manage and create new desktopsto go from one to the other.
We only have to place the cursor over this icon (it’s just to the right of the taskbar search) to view open virtual desktops or create a new desktop.
Los widgets
Windows 10 was the version where widgets appeared, but Windows 11 is where they are being perfected, although there is still a long way to go.
yes we want check the weathersearch for sports results, track the prices of certain actions, watch nearby trafficmanage your Outlook calendar, check off tasks on your to-do list, or read the last Newsyou will like the widgets section.
Widgets can be customized, but they are still a bit limited, especially since there are hardly any that come from third-party companies, except for Spotify or Facebook Messenger, among a few others.
By the time we have freedom to install any widget we wantthen this part could become spectacular.
window adjustment
Microsoft added a feature to adjust the windows that we have open of different applications, already seen in previous versions, but here much more perfected.
There is a floating menu about the Maximize button It offers layout options: one large window on the left and two on top of each other on the right, or three in a row, to name a few, but there are more options.
More tabs in File Explorer
An addition that came with the Windows 11 22H2 update is that File Explorer is finally gets tabssomething that has been in demand for years.
have eyelashes avoid having to open multiple windows of the Explorer when we need to see more than one at a time, although if it is needed, it will be possible to continue doing it as before.
Now all you have to do is click right button in a folder and choose Open in a tab new, just like we would in a web browser. we can also press on the + next to the main window.
The application list
With Windows 11 we are going to have to take one more step to see the complete list of installed applications.
We must click on the start menu button and we will see that, above (right side) the main icons, there is a place where it says All applications. It is precisely there where we must click to see these applications in alphabetical order.
pin apps
The Windows 11 Start Menu allows you to pin apps for easier access. To place the one we want, we must do the following:
We open the list of applications. We click with the right button in an application that we want and select Pin to Start to move it to the bar. Then we can drag the application where we want, that is, more to the right or to the left. To remove applications, we click with the right button and we choose Unpin from Home.
If the start menu does not convince you, you will be able to change something. To customize it we must enter Settings > Personalization > Home > Folders.
Here, we can also change the position of the Settings button, add File Explorer, plus other common folder and network icons.
Change Windows 11 theme
Different themes are present in Windows 11, being associated with the dark mode, in case it is the type that is preferred.
we must go to Settings > Personalization y select one of the default themes to change the background image, sounds, cursor, accent color, and color.
We can click on browse topics to go to the Microsoft Store and download another one that we like. They are free and paid.
Keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11
Windows 11 has a series of very interesting keyboard shortcuts that will allow us to move around the system. Some of the most common are:
Ctrl + X: Cut the selected item. Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert): Copy the selected item. Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert): Paste the selected item. Ctrl + Z: Undo an action. Alt + Tab: Switch between open applications. Alt + F4: Close the active item or exit the active application. Windows logo key + L: Lock the equipment. Windows logo key + D: Show and hide the desktop. F2: Change the name of the selected item. F3: Search for a file or folder in File Explorer. F4: Show address bar list in File Explorer. F5: Update the active window. F6: Scroll through items on the screen in a window or on the desktop. F10: Activate the menu bar in the active application. Alt + F8: Show the password on the login screen. Alt + Esc: Scroll through the items in the order they were opened. Alt + underlined letter: Execute the command corresponding to that letter. Alt + Enter: View the properties of the selected item. Alt + Spacebar: Open the context menu of the active window. Alt + Left Arrow: Return. Alt + Right Arrow: Go forward. Alt + Re Pg: Go up one screen. Alt + Off Pag: Move down one screen.
Ctrl + F4: Close the active document (in applications that are open in full screen and that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously). Ctrl + A: Select all items in a document or window. Ctrl + D (o Supr): Delete the selected item and move it to the recycle bin. Ctrl + R (o F5): Update the active window. Ctrl + Y: Redo an action. Ctrl + Right Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word. Ctrl + Left Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. Ctrl + Down Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph. Ctrl + Up Arrow: Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph. Ctrl + Alt + Tab: Use the arrow keys to switch between all open applications. Alt + Shift + arrow keys: When a group or icon has focus on the Start menu, move it in the specified direction. Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys: When a window has focus on the Start menu, move it to another window to create a folder. Ctrl + arrow keys: Change the size of the Start menu when it opens. Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar: Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop. Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key: Select a block of text. Ctrl + Esc: Open Start. Ctrl + Shift + Esc: Open Task Manager. Ctrl + Shift: Change the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available. Ctrl + Spacebar: Turn the Input Method Editor (IME) for Chinese on or off. Shift + F10: Show the context menu of the selected item. Shift with any arrow key: Select multiple items in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document. Shift + Delete: Delete the selected item without moving it to the recycle bin. right arrow: Open the next menu on the right or open a submenu. Left arrow: Open the next menu on the left or close a submenu. Esc: Stop the current task or exit it. PrtScn: Take a screenshot of the entire screen and copy it to the Clipboard.
Now you know how you can modify the new version of Microsoft’s operating system a little more and make it your own.
With these tricks we get a Windows 11 that is closer to what we are going to need and we are going to take better advantage of it.
