Download Ultimate Windows Tweaker. Ultimate Windows Tweaker is a freeware TweakUI Utility for tweaking and optimizing Windows 8, 7, Vista and now Windows 10.
Winaero Tweaker 0.10 is out. It will allow you to disable Windows Update reliably in Windows 10, get rid of update notifications, ads in Settings, Timeline and My People. Also, it comes with new tools and tweaks, and it properly works under Windows 10 version 1803 'Spring Creators Update'.RECOMMENDED: New Features of Winaero Tweaker 0.10 Windows UpdateI've created the Windows Update feature of Winaero Tweaker from scratch in order to get rid of the most annoying behavior of Windows 10 - forced updates and upgrades. Now it looks as follows:Turn on the check box, and you will not get updates in Windows. In Windows 10, it will block the operating system from enabling the Windows Update service and interrupting your workflow. Also, it blocks the apps which bring you annoying desktop notifications about updates.By disabling the option you can restore defaults safely.
The solution provided by Winaero Tweaker is safe and reliable. Also, the option now supports the! Get rid of ads in Windows 10As you may already know, Winaero Tweaker allows disabling most of the ads in Windows 10. Recent Windows 10 versions come with more ads, including ads in Settings, Timeline, and People. Winaero Tweaker 0.10 allows disabling them.Disable Online and Video Tips in SettingsBy default, the Settings app shows various tips, links to online tutorials and also videos for pages you open. Depending on your display size, they can appear below the page controls or on the right.
If you find them useless or annoying, you can hide them.Disable Web search in the taskbar in Windows 10 version 1803As you may already know, Windows 10 version 1803 doesn't allow disabling the Web search feature using the good old Group Policy tweak in the taskbar (Cortana), making Windows always search online for queries you type in the search box. Winaero Tweaker disables this behavior using an alternative method. The user interface hasn't changed.Change Drag and Drop SensitivityYou can now change drag and drop sensitivity with Winaero Tweaker.
This can be useful if you have a sensitive touchpad and want to make it less sensitive to accidentally moving or copying files in File Explorer and other apps. Or you just might be unhappy with the default setting which requires dragging only a few pixels.Make 'Run as' Always Visible in Context MenuThe next option will allow you to make the 'Run as different user' context menu command appear without holding the Shift key. Using it, you can start a batch file, an executable file or even an app installer as another user.Using this option, you can also add the 'Run as' command to the context menu of your Start menu items. Add a Sign-in MessageYou can add a special sign-in message that will appear for all users every time they sign in. The message can have a custom title and message text, so you can display any text message you want. Fill in the two text fields and you are done.Prevent Windows 10 From Deleting Thumbnail CacheIn Windows 10, File Explorer is able to show small previews for image and video files you have stored on your disk drive.
To speed up this process, it uses a cache file. When a file is cached, File Explorer re-uses the thumbnail from the cache to show it instantly.
Windows 10 deletes the thumbnail cache automatically. When this happens, File Explorer becomes terribly slow because it takes time again to re-generate the thumbnail for every file and cache it, so the process creates a notable CPU load for no reason. This is very unfortunate when you are browsing a folder which contains lots of images. Starting with Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, the operating system keeps deleting the thumbnail cache after a restart or a shutdown, so File Explorer has to recreate the thumbnails again for your folders with images.To prevent Windows 10 from deleting the thumbnail cache, enable this option:Disable Search History in File ExplorerEvery time you search for some file name pattern or condition using the text box in the top right corner of the app's window, File Explorer saves it in the history.
You can prevent it from saving your searches by enabling the next option.Change Taskbar Button WidthIt is possible to change the minimum width of taskbar buttons. Using a new options of Winaero Tweaker, you can enlarge your taskbar buttons and make them more suitable for touch screens or high-resolution displays.Default taskbar button width:Large taskbar buttons:The classic Shut Down Windows dialog shortcutStarting with Winaero Tweaker 0.10, there is a new category of options called 'Shortcuts'. Industrial internet of thuings. It combines a few previously available options with a new option, 'Classic Shutdown Shortcut'.
↓. PhilHi Sergey,I actually prefer the option to Set Windows update to notify only so I have kept version 9 of this app to do that on new installs.I like it when Windows tells me it has updates as it did a few weeks ago. I just installed the updates a few minutes ago.Turning off the Windows update service is probably not a very good idea as it pays to keep your system patched and having the system alert you is better than having to remember to patch it manually.Perhaps you could bring back this option please?Thanks mate. ↓. MarcHi Sergey,Great utility!I use this program, along with ‘LockScreenGone.reg’ (or is it already in Winaero?), Ribbon Disabler, Classic Shell and a link to the classic Control Panel, in one folder and call it “Make Windows 10 Look Like 7” and put it on peoples computers who hate Windows 10 and import a set of Tweaks.But ever since version 0.9 of this utility, it has problems remembering the settings for “Extra Buttons in Internet Explorer”.
The check-marks are always gone when I import it. Are they.both.
properly saved in the config file? ↓. Sergey Tkachenko Post author1. Most of the “check boxes” will apply the changes instantly, so yes, it will get set immediately. For some options, you will see the “Apply” button.I don’t like extra actions, so I prefer the direct action.2. If you do not touch anything but opened a tweak page, it won’t modify the related values.3. By clicking the “reset defaults” button on a tweak page, you will get default values written to the Registry.
Any extra value previously created by the app will be removed as well.
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