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Barely a week goes by with Microsoft making yet another announcement about Copilot AI or launching a new development build of Windows 11 with Copilot added to something. This time, Microsoft added Copilot functionality to the default file manager of Windows, File Explorer. This particular implementation does not add Copilot directly to File Explorer though….
A new version of WingetUI, a universal UI for package managers, is now available. WingetUI 3.0 features a fully redesigned interface that the developers promise is more responsive and visually pleasing. Packages should load faster under in the new version, and the application’s package importing and exporting functionality has also been improved. You can check…
We do not know much about Windows AI PCs, AI Explorer, or other plans of Microsoft to bake more AI into its operating system. The only thing we do know is that the upcoming feature update for Windows 11 will focus strongly on AI. At least some of these AI features may require special hardware,…
Microsoft announced the retirement of the Windows Subsystem for Android today. The subsystem was heralded as one of Windows 11’s upcoming features prior to the launch of the operating system more than 3 years ago. The store allowed developers and users to run certain Android applications directly on Windows 11 machines. Microsoft partnered with Amazon…
We have probably all been there. The gigantic folder full of — insert a data type here — is taking ages to display all files that it contains. It does not matter if we are talking about pictures, videos, audio files, documents, or a mix of files. Sometimes, File Explorer seems to take ages to…
Windows Copilot supports file uploads now. The functionality extends the AI’s capabilities. Users could only upload images previously. The new file upload capabilities limit file types that you may upload. Included are many plain text formats and also Microsoft Office document formats. Uploading works by clicking on the attachment icon in the Copilot interface on…
Microsoft is working on a new accessibility feature in Windows 11 that it calls Speak for Me. Here is what it does: the main idea behind the accessibility tool is to have text that you type spoken aloud using either integrated voices or your own. Twitter user Phantom spotted the integrated feature in Windows 11…
NVIDIA unveiled the NVIDIA App yesterday. The new application is available as a beta release at the time of writing. It promises to unify functionality that NVIDIA’s current generation of programs offer. The company plans to replace these programs, notably GeForce Experience, NVIDIA Control Panel, and RTX Experience, with this one in the future. The…
Windows users have several options when it comes to zooming in on any video. This guide lists two of the best options to zoom videos on Windows. The first works for any local video file, the second for any video that you play on Windows. Zoom is a useful feature to enlarge an entire video…
Uninstalr is a free Windows software uninstaller. You may download a portable version or installer from the developer website. It runs on Windows 7 and newer versions of Windows. The application supports several features that are often only found in commercial uninstallers: monitor software installations, deep cleaning, batch removals of apps and support for a…