How to optimize Windows 10, Make Windows 10 'more comfortable'

Change cursor size and color

In Windows, you can enlarge the cursor by going to Settings> Ease of Access> Mouse Pointer, or typing 'mouse size' in the Start menu and pressing Enter. On the settings page, drag the 'Change pointer size' slider to resize the pointer.

Here, you can also change the pointer color from its default white color to some other color in the palette.

Minimize the taskbar or toolbar

While it's nice to have a larger pointer, you probably don't really need the large taskbar icons or toolbar icons taking up screen space. Minimize the Windows taskbar by right-clicking on it, selecting 'Taskbar settings', then turning on 'Use small taskbar buttons'.

Make everything else bigger or smaller

Do your icons, text, and other screen elements seem too small or too large? In Windows 10, you can easily adjust the size of things without changing the display resolution of your screen. Just go to Settings> System> Display, then look under 'Scale and layout' for the setting, it's called 'Change the size of text, apps, and other items'. Increase or decrease the percentage to make the items larger or smaller to your liking.

Never combine taskbar buttons

Many people don't like the way Windows combines multiple windows from a single program behind a taskbar button. That just adds to the clutter for the windows transition, especially if you group your browsing tasks into separate windows. To fully expand your windows, right-click on the taskbar, select 'Taskbar settings' and change 'Combine taskbar buttons' to 'Never'.

Extend the Start menu

In Windows 10, many people don't understand why the Start menu occupies only a small portion of the screen by default. You can give yourself more space to place your favorite app shortcuts by clicking on the right edge of the Start menu, then dragging it to the right and making the Start menu taller by clicking and dragging. up at the top edge.

After doing this, if you want to bring more apps into each part of the Start menu, or add columns between sections, just go to Settings> Personalization> Start and turn on 'Show more tiles on Start'. This gives each section 4 columns instead of the usual 3 columns.

Screen cleaning

Your computer screen should create a sense of tranquility, where you can display an interesting picture or personal photo. Instead of cluttering it up with episodes you'll never use or icons you'll never click on, consider limiting your screen to the few apps you actually use most. .

First, let's move less commonly used apps from the desktop to the Start menu. You can do this by right-clicking on any desktop icon, choosing 'Pin to Start', then removing the icon from your desktop.

For episodes, just move them to another folder on your computer, such as Documents or Pictures. Or move them all to a single folder on your desktop (just don't delete the episodes from your desktop unless they're not necessary).

More tips

If you want to go deeper with visual tweaks for Windows, like setting the dark mode automatically (go to Windows Settings> Privacy> Location and enable Allow apps to access your location) , remove blue night light (go to Windows Settings> Display, choose Night light settings), gray balance mode (go to Settings> Ease of Access> Color filters, then turn on Color filters and choose Grayscale) .

However, the changes you make may not be pleasing to other users, so it is not recommended to set it up on a shared computer, but preferably only on a personal computer.

Kareem Winters

Update 25 March 2021