PowerToys for Windows: Essential Productivity Tools
Get started with PowerToys: set up FancyZones and choose the utilities you need, with official installation, a first task and ways to turn features off.
Read guide →Set up apps and browsers after installing them
An app is rarely at its best straight after installation. Decide what you want to keep separate — tasks, accounts or profiles — before changing settings, and verify installers and ISO files against the publisher’s own values before running them.
Before choosing a task
- Decide what the app needs to keep separate: workloads, accounts or profiles.
- Download from the official site and, where published, compare the hash with the publisher’s value.
- After changing settings, run one real task through the app and check where its files are saved.
Choose an app
Thunderbird: Manage Multiple Email Accounts in One App
Manage multiple email accounts in Thunderbird. Add IMAP accounts and use unified folders, search and filters to work across inboxes from one app.
Read guide →Firefox: Use Containers and Reader View
Separate work and personal sessions with Firefox containers, then try Reader View for articles. Learn which feature fits each task and its limits.
Read guide →Rufus: Create a Bootable USB from an Official ISO
Create a bootable USB from an official Windows or Linux ISO with Rufus. Check the target drive and write settings before preparing installation media.
Read guide →Launch apps from the keyboard with Flow Launcher
Open apps from the keyboard with Flow Launcher. Set a hotkey, try a search and launch, then review plugin choices and how to exit or change the setup.
Read guide →Follow the steps
When Smart App Control blocks an app: there is no per-app exception to find
An unsigned app being blocked is the feature working as designed, and Microsoft states plainly that there is no way to let a single app through. How the decision is made, what the two available options are, and why the clean-install rule people remember no longer applies.
Read guide →Verify a Download's SHA-256 Hash Against the Publisher's Value in Windows
Check a download with Get-FileHash and compare SHA-256 against the publisher's value. Understand mismatches and why a matching hash is not a safety scan.
Read guide →Configure VS Code for the first time
Set up VS Code after installation. Choose a theme, check saving and formatting, open a terminal and test the settings in your first project folder.
Read guide →Separate work and personal profiles in Chrome
Separate work and personal browsing in Chrome. Create profiles, keep their history and extensions apart, and check which account is active before browsing.
Read guide →Organize browser tabs with vertical tabs in Microsoft Edge
Too many tabs in Edge? Switch to vertical tabs, organize groups and pin key pages so you can return to the tabs you need more easily.
Read guide →Add an email account to Thunderbird
Add an email account to Thunderbird. Check IMAP and authentication settings, understand server-based mail and test sending and receiving after setup.
Read guide →Use voice typing in Google Docs
Use voice typing in Google Docs. Check microphone access, start dictating and combine punctuation and keyboard corrections to clean up the resulting text.
Read guide →Share one app window in Zoom
Share one app window in Zoom rather than your entire screen. Choose the target, check what others can see and learn how to stop sharing during the meeting.
Read guide →Clone your first repository with GitHub Desktop
Clone your first repository with GitHub Desktop. Sign in through the browser, select the repository and local folder, then check the downloaded project.
Read guide →Organize Chrome download folders, history, and actual files
Set a predictable download destination, locate completed files, and distinguish removing history from deleting files.
Read guide →Stop unwanted Chrome website notifications by origin
Identify the website behind an alert and block its notification permission while retaining useful alerts.
Read guide →Manage Chrome camera, microphone, and location permissions per site
Grant only the permissions a web app needs, review them after use, and distinguish browser permissions from device settings.
Read guide →Clear one Chrome website storage before retrying sign-in
Inspect one affected origin, preserve unfinished work, and retry sign-in without clearing every website storage.
Read guide →Incognito shopping: retained records and checks before closing
Understand what Incognito changes and verify orders, downloads, and account identity before ending a shopping session.
Read guide →Review Chrome address and payment autofill on a shared PC
Inspect saved autofill entries and their storage context, then remove unnecessary address or payment details on shared devices.
Read guide →Organize digital purchase accounts, receipts, and recovery access
Create a purchase record that links the store account, order identifier, receipt location, and recovery arrangements.
Read guide →Back up Chrome bookmarks as HTML and move them to another profile
Export a bookmark backup, import it into the intended profile, and verify important links before removing the old environment.
Read guide →Back up a VS Code profile: local export and a separately named import drill
Export a VS Code profile locally and import it under a separate name to check settings, shortcuts and extensions. Inventory project files, workspace settings and machine-specific paths separately.
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