Interface elements in Windows 11, such as the Start menu and Settings app, have become increasingly cluttered in recent OS ...

Editor's take: Microsoft is doubling down on its plan to turn Windows 11 into an "agentic AI" platform, and in the process seems determined to strip away the last bits of user agency left in the OS.

Open Shell gives you a classic Start menu that restores a familiar Windows 7 style on modern Windows systems. If you want quicker access to your apps and settings, this lightweight tool delivers a ...

When using exec, users often encounter command not found unexpectedly. Gradle doesn't invoke processes with a shell, and doesn't provide an idiomatic, cross platform way to do this. By comparison, ...

Microsoft’s next Xbox is being framed as a premium console that will run full Windows with a TV-optimised, console-style shell, according to Windows Central. The concept is a console user interface ...

If you want to quickly see which updates installed or failed, PowerShell is the fastest way. You can view, filter, and export your update history without opening Settings. PowerShell is fast and ...

PowerShell is a scripting language for Windows and is used for OS configuration and automation. You can use Notepad or PowerShell ISE to test your scripts. You can also run PowerShell scripts from a ...

The August 2025 (KB5063878) Windows update caused an issue that prevented non-admin users from carrying out several vital operations due to misbehaving UAC prompts. Microsoft has since released its ...

On the desktop and in Windows Explorer, the entry “Ask Copilot” has been appearing in the context menu when right-clicking on a registered file type such as DOCX, TXT, PDF or PNG for a few weeks now.

Microsoft is finally saying goodbye to PowerShell 2.0 — the 14-year-old command-line tool and scripting language that debuted alongside Windows 7 — as part of a broader effort to clean up legacy code ...

Microsoft has made to remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after declaring its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature. As of July 2025, when Windows 11 ...