Windows 11 Configuration: Privacy, Desktop Settings & Registry Hacks

Windows 11 Configuration: Privacy, Desktop Settings & Registry Hacks

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How to configure Windows 11, including privacy, turning off adverts, start menu location, taskbar settings, and desktop and font scaling. Also includes editing the registry to reduce shutdown time, scale taskbar icons, and fix the context menu.

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If you want to apply the context menu registry hack shown in this video, you can download the text file I showed in the video here: https://www.explainingcomputers.com/sample_code/Win11_Context_Menu_Fix.txt

And here is what it says:

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WINDOWS 11 CONTEXT MENU REGISTRY FIX

Open the registry editor (eg by pressing Windows + “R” and entering regedit)

Navigate to: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareClasses

Right-click CLSID and select “Key”from the menu to create a new key. Name this key {86ca1aa0-34aa-4e8b-a509-50c905bae2a2}

Right click the new key and select “Key” from the menu to create a second new key inside the first, and name this InprocServer32

Expand InprocServer32 and double-click on “Default” in the right-hand pane.

In the resultant “Edit String” window, do not change anything and just click on “OK”.

Close the registry editor and reboot.

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Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:39 Scaling
02:48 Taskbar
04:41 Ads & Privacy
07:59 Fast Shutdown
11:06 Taskbar Size
14:38 Context Menu
17:30 Wrap

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