How to adjust the screen brightness of Windows 10 on the desktop

While Windows 10 offers a lot of solutions to adjust common settings, there is no quick way to adjust screen brightness unless you have dedicated keys on your laptop. So how to adjust the screen brightness on Windows 10 ? You just need to add the screen brightness slider to the taskbar to adjust screen brightness quickly, instead of having to access complicated settings. Please see the details in the article below!

To add a brightness slider to the taskbar, we will use a simple tool called Brightness Slider .

Download the Brightness Slider

A file with .exe extension will be downloaded. You do not need to install anything, just click on the file to run the program immediately. You may see a warning that Windows Defender SmartScreen says it cannot verify the application. Click More info , then select Run Anyway to launch the program.

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Once the program has run, you will see a small sun icon in the system tray. If you don't see it, click the small arrow next to the icon row on the taskbar to search.

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Click on this sun icon, you can easily change the screen brightness at will. However, this application will not run at the same time the computer boots by default, so if you want it to be available on the taskbar, right-click the sun icon and click Run at Startup to not. Start the application manually.

In addition, you can also use this application on Windows 7/8 / 8.1.

What is the method of adjusting the screen brightness that you use often? Do you find this tool useful? Let us know by commenting below!