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Windows 10 – Changing the Default Browser

If you upgrade to Windows 10 from a prior version, it changes your default browser setting to Microsoft’s new browser called “Edge”.  It’s really simple to change it back.

  1. Click the search icon in the lower left corner of your screen.
  2. Type default browser
  3. At the top of the search results, “choose a default web browser” will be highlighted.  Just click it.
  4. On the settings window that comes up, scroll to where you see “Web Browser”, then click the browser name shown in the drop down list under it.  It’ll show you a list of browsers on your machine.  Just choose your favorite and you’re done.

The Mozilla CEO wrote a nastly, open letter complaining that Microsoft changed the default selection (which they did), but he also claimed that it’s very difficult to change it back.  Clearly, he’s wrong about that part.

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Windows 10 Virtual Desktops

Windows 10 has a nice new feature called “Virtual Desktops”.  I should say that it’s only new to Windows because Mac & Linux users have had this feature for a long time.  Now it’s a fully supported feature in Windows as well.

What is a virtual desktop?

It’s kind of like having 2 monitors, but only being able to see one of them at a time.

 

How to activate the feature:

First, click the “Task View” button next to your search button on the task bar on the lower left of your screen.

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You’ll be shown all the current virtual desktops you have.  If this is your first time, you’ll only see your current desktop shrunk down to the middle of the screen.  Now, on the lower right corner, click “New desktop”.  It has a large “+” above it.

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That created your new, virtual desktop.  Now you have 2 thumbnails in the lower, middle of your screen.  Each thumbnail represents one of your virtual desktops.  Just click the one you want to enlarge to full screen.

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Click the “Task View” button again to switch back to any virtual desktop you have.

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