Windows 11

Turn off “Search the Web”

How to turn off “Search the Web” results in Windows 11

This does not work on newest Windows 11. The ONLY option that works is the following registry tweak:
-) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer
-) create the Explorer key if not present
-) inside of Explorer, create new DWORD 32bit entry called
DisableSearchBoxSuggestions
and set the value to 1
-) reboot

Essentials

  • QTTabBar. Add tabs to your Windows Explorer.
  • Chocolatey. A powerful package manager for windows.
  • Scoop. A lightweight package manager for windows. Install to user by default.

Extra

  • QL-Win/QuickLook. Bring macOS “Quick Look” feature to Windows.
  • DeskPins. DeskPins can be used to make any application topmost, that is, to keep it above all other windows.
  • BaseX. A light-weight XML database suitable for desktop use.
  • yed. A free effective graph editor by yWorks.
  • Sumatra PDF a small, efficient PDF reader without fancy stuff. Works on large PDF files where Acrobat Reader DC fails short.
  • PDFsam. Offer the functionality of splitting and Merging PDF pages. The basic version is free. Note that if you are using macOS, you can use Preview for the purpose.
  • GoldenDict. A dictionary client that supports many dictionary formats.
  • WinMerge. A diff-merge tool for Windows.
  • Link Shell Extension. Create NTFS hardlinks by using Context Menu.
  • Microsoft Mathematics. A mathematic grapher provided by Microsoft.
  • XMLmind XML Editor Peronsal Edition. A XML editor provided by XMLmind.
  • UV Outliner. A Windows outliner.
  • poppler. A set of PDF utilities, one of which is pdf2html that can help convert pdf to html.
  • coolwanglu/pdf2htmlEX. Convert PDF to HTML without losing text or format.
  • paint.net. Definitely an enhancement to MS.Paint.
  • Keepass. A password manager written in C#. Can be used as a elementary database. Support a lot of extensions.
  • PowerToys, FancyZone is very interesting. Install it with https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

Dev Tools

  • Google Protobuf. Interface Description Language provided by Google. You can generate documents from Protobuf by using protoc-gen-doc. Uber has some tools for Protobuf.
  • vcpkg. C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS.
  • YAML. YAML Ain’t Markup Language.
  • TortoiseHG. A GUI client for Mercurial SCM.
  • royal ts. A multi-hand connection manager.
  • NoMachine. Remote Desktop Software. VNC capable.
  • HxD. A hex editor for windows.
  • GitExtensions. Good Git GUI on Windows.
  • plantuml. Convert text descriptions to UML diagrams. A similiar tool is Mermaid..
  • Kitty. An enhanced PuTTY.
  • Chezmoi A dotfiles manager, written in Go. Support templating configuration files with Go’s template system. Also support storing/fetching secrets to secret manageers (e.g. keepass, lastpass) before adding/applying templates.
  • dependency walker A DLL dependency viewer
  • DLL Exprt View displays the list of all exported functions and their virtual memory addresses for the specified DLL files.
  • DB Browser for SQLite, cross platform DB Browser for SQLite, nightly build
  • Adminer, a php based DB management tool
  • [Adobe XD], a UI/UX design tool from Adobe.

Tips

Run cmd.exe for current folder

  • In Windows Explorer, Alt+D to locate the Address Bar, enter cmd to open cmd.exe in current folder.
  • Shift + right click on a folder, select Open command windows here

RTF file format

RTF file format can be useful in Windows. It’s lighter than word, but support Rich Text. Windows has a built-in application called WordPad to open and edit RTF files. Addtionally, it can be previewed in Windows Explorer’s preview panel.

Find RAM Type

wmic memorychip list full

from How to find the RAM type in command prompt?

Encryption

  • bitLocker can be used to encrypt the whole disk
  • EFS can be used to encrpyt individual files

System Management

List Explorer Extensions

Autoruns from Sysinternals (Microsoft).

Source.

cleanup Component Store

Run: dism.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /AnalyzeComponentStore

If Component Store Cleanup Recommended : Yes, run: dism.exe /online /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup

source: 腾出 C 盘又一方法，查看和清理 Windows 10「组件存储」

VHD Creation

Win10: Win+X to open open user menu and then select Computer Management. Under Storage, right click Disk Management and click “Create VHD”.

Exlude folder from Windows Defender

Add an exclusion to Windows Security

Startup folder

%APPDATA%Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup

or

shell:startup

All user startup

C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\StartUp

or

shell:common startup

WSL

enable apt proxy in sudo mode

Setting up apt-get to use a http-proxy

Add following lines to /etc/sudoers:

Defaults env_keep = "http_proxy https_proxy ftp_proxy"

then export your proxies in shell.