Hidden features on Windows 10

Following the series of tips and applications on Windows 10 , we would like to send you two more features that are displaying the system icon on the desktop and disabling the Action Center.

1. How to display My Computer on Windows 10 Desktop
2. How to remove all available applications on Windows 10?
3. Resize icons in Windows 10

Display system icon in Desktop screen

In previous Windows versions, system icons such as This PC, Network, My Documents , etc. were displayed on the desktop. However, in recent versions of Windows, Microsoft has hidden most of these icons. And on Windows 10, only the Recycle Bin icon is left on the desktop.

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In addition, the Start Menu also has no links to open the specified icons. And if you still want to bring them back to the Windows 10 desktop, refer to the following method.

Go to Settings > Personalization -> Themes .

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In the Themes settings interface, click the Desktop icons settings option to call the icon that appears.

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Please check the system icons that you appear on the desktop and click Apply > Ok to save.

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Then close all windows and return to the desktop to check the results.

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Completely disable Action Center in Windows 10

On Windows 10, all quick actions and notifications are integrated into the Action Center by Microsoft. Maybe this feature is quite familiar to many Windows Phone users, but with Windows 10 it may be a bit difficult.

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If you want to get rid of it completely or simply to completely disable the Action Center feature in Windows 10, you can refer to the following approach.

Press WIN + R key combination to call the RUN dialog box and enter the " regedit" command, and then press ENTER to call Registry Editor .

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In Registry Editor, navigate to the path

HKEY_CURRENT_USERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsExplorer

Here, go ahead and create a new 32-bit DWORD key called "DisableNotificationCenter" and set its value to "1" . Then click OK to save and close the Registry Editor .

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So, we have introduced 2 features on Windows 10. You can customize it to suit your needs.

Having fun!