Note: If you see the icon next to the On/Off toggle for an app, you can select it to see the registry location that contains the path for the app. Apps installed through Microsoft Store (.MSIX apps) don’t have these icons. If you select the icon for these apps, File Explorer opens and highlights the executable file.

Note: Microsoft is updating the way we ask for permission to use your voice data to improve Microsoft products that use our speech recognition technology.This may impact the data you see on your privacy dashboard. To learn more about these changes, see How does Microsoft protect my privacy while improving its speech recognition technology?

On the settings page for that app, change the setting for Let this app run in the background.Here’s a summary of each option: Always.The app is always allowed to run in the background—receive info, send notifications, and stay up to date—even when you’re not actively using it.

Select Start > Settings > Personalization.The preview window gives you a sneak peek of your changes as you make them. In Personalize your background, you can select a picture, a solid color, or a slideshow of pictures you create.Or you can choose Windows spotlight to see a new image from around the world every day.

Communities help you ask and answer questions, give feedback, and hear from experts with rich knowledge.

Copy images and text from one PC to another with a cloud-based clipboard. Not only can you can paste from your clipboard history, but you can also pin the items you find yourself using all the time.

Default Office theme colors. The color palette of the Office theme prioritizes the creation of modern and accessible content. The previous Office theme has been renamed Office Theme 2013–2022 and can still be accessed in the theme galleries of each Office application.. Change a theme and make it the default in Word or Excel

Microsoft Reflect helps you create impactful check-ins to gain insights into your learners' well-being and build a happier and healthier learning community, all through one easy-to-use app. By identifying your students' emotions, you can express fill their needs. Use emojis and pictures of emotion words to gauge how students feel.

To change appearance, select Appearance and make the changes you want to your default theme, zoom, toolbar, and fonts.

HDR content on Windows offers better brightness and color capabilities compared to traditional content (sometimes called standard dynamic range [SDR] content).