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WINDOWS

Showorhideyour
mostusedapps
AtthetopoftheStartmenu,youshould
seea listofyourmostusedapps
displayed.However,it doesn’talways
appear,dependingonwhetherit’s
switchedonin theSettings.Openthe
Windows 10 Settingsappandchoose
Personalisation.In theStartsection,
thereis a switchto‘Showthemostused
apps’.Turnit onif youfindthelistis
helpfulorturnit offif it getsin theway.
IanCole,viaemail

VIDEO

ViewYouTubevideos

framebyframe

I findYouTubevideoshandyforgeneral

DIYtipsaroundthehomebutit’s

sometimesdifficulttoseeexactlywhat’s

happeningatcertainpointsin the

footage.If you’veevertriedtopausea

YouTubevideoata precisemoment,

you’llknowhowfiddlythiscanbe.

Well,it turnsoutthatyoucanactually

watchvideosframebyframe.Simply

pausethevideoatanypoint,thenuse

the‘<’(Shift+comma)and‘>’(Shift+full

stop) keys to navigate through the

frames. You can also use the website

http://www.watchframebyframe.com to watch

any video frame by frame or in slow

motion.

Geoff Winters, via email

SECURITY

Configure Windows

Defender settings

I’ve been playing around

with ConfigureDefender

(bit.ly/defend488) recently,

andfoundit tobea powerf

toolforsettingupWindows

Defendertorunjusthow

youwantit to.It’san

open-sourcetoolthat

effectivelygivesyoua

longlistofallthedifferentWindows

Defendersettings.There’snosearchtool,

though,soyou’llhavetoscrollthrough

thewholelisttofindwhatyou’relooking

for.However,I personallyfoundit well

worththetimesinceyoucantweak

prettymuchanylittlefeaturetowork

howyouwant.

OliParker,viaemail

WINDOWS

Getmoretaskbarspace

If, likeme,yourunWindows 10 ona

smalllaptop,thereisn’ta lotofroomon

thetaskbarforicons.Therearea couple

ofoptionsavailabletogetsomeextra

spaceandoneis touse

smallericons.Right-clickthe

taskbarandgoto‘Taskbar

settings’,thenturnonthe

switch‘Usesmalltaskbar

buttons’.

Theotheroptionis tofree

upspacebyremovingthings

youdon’tneedfromthe

taskbar.Right-clickit againto

showa menuandyou’llseea

sectionwithfiveorsix‘Show...’

items.Getridofanyyoudon’t

use,suchasCortana.

TOP TIP

I’m always looking for ways to save

time at work – even a few seconds

shaved off everyday tasks can add up

to a big difference. Recently, I’ve

started using a tool called SlickRun

(bit.ly/slick488) to open my programs

and navigate to websites more quickly,

and I’ve been seriously impressed with

how speedy it is.

Install SlickRun, right-click its taskbar

icon and select ‘setup’. This takes you

to a menu where you configure the

‘magic words’, which correspond to

anyprogramsorwebaddressesthat

youwanttoopen.Select‘newmagic

word’andcreatecommandstoopen

anythingthatyouuseregularly(‘mail’

foryourGmailaccount,forexample).

Whenyou’rereadytotolaunch

Launch programs faster

GENERAL PC

yourprogram,simplytypethemagic

wordin theSlickRunsearchbox.You

canalsosetupshortcutsforparticular

wordstogetevenquickeraccess.

AlexGambon,viaemail

Use SlickRun to help you launch

programs more quickly

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