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Optimizing your drives can help your PC run smoother and boot up faster. To optimize them: Select the search bar on the taskbar and enter defrag.

If your PC has a built-in camera or a connected webcam, you can use the Camera app to take photos and videos. To find the Camera app, select Start > Camera.. Select any heading below.

Learn how to use Remote Desktop in Windows. On your Windows, Android, or iOS device: Open the Remote Desktop app (available for free from Microsoft Store, Google Play, and the Mac App Store), and add the name of the PC that you want to connect to (from Step 1). Select the remote PC name that you added, and then wait for the connection to complete.

Change the size of your desktop icons. To resize desktop icons, right-click (or press and hold) the desktop, point to View, then select Large icons, Medium icons, or Small icons.

Message recall is available after you select Send and is available only if both you and the recipient have a Microsoft 365 or Microsoft Exchange email account in the same organization.Messages sent to or from a Hotmail, Gmail, or live.com account can't be recalled.

To do this. Press. Move to the Tell Me or Search field on the Ribbon to search for assistance or Help content.. Alt+Q, then enter the search term. Open the File page to use Backstage view.. Alt+F. Open the Home tab to use common formatting commands, paragraph styles, and the Find tool.. Alt+H. Open the Insert tab to insert tables, pictures and shapes, headers, or text boxes.

To zip (compress) files. In the search box on the taskbar, type file explorer, and then select it from the list of results.Right-click the file you want to zip, and then select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.. To decompress files. Open File Explorer and find the compressed folder.

Cross-device copy and paste (for Surface Duo and select Samsung and HONOR and OPPO and ASUS devices) Let emailing yourself photos and files be a thing of the past — now you can just copy and paste or drag and drop content between your Android device and your PC.

Note: The Automatically save passwords setting has been retired with Microsoft Edge version 124 and later. Instead, Edge will offer to save your passwords each time you enter new credentials in the Edge browser. All your previously autosaved passwords will continue to be available for a seamless login.