The Home screen provides easy access to all apps and services in smartphones and tablets. This is made possible given that system services and downloaded apps typically have shortcut icons displayed ...

Windows Vista adds some big-ass arrows to its desktop shortcut icons. Luckily, the How-To Geek site has instructions on how to remove them. This tweak involves editing the Windows registry, not ...

When you install new programs on your computers, they may display a message asking if you like them to store an icon on your desktop. If you move through your installation screens quickly, you may ...

Be it getting rid of unwanted objects in the background, changing the background color, or swapping the background itself, there will be times when you’ll want to remove the background from an image.

Alt-Tab is a built-in OS function and hence, you cannot disable it per se, unless you modify the registry. But, as an easier alternative, you can remap/rebind the key while in the game. In this post, ...

Mike Littman doesn’t like those “pesky little arrows” that Windows displays on shortcuts, and asked how to remove them. [Email your tech questions to [email protected] or post them on the PCW Answer ...

Do you ever wish there was a quicker way of replying to a text or email? There actually is, and I have a nifty little trick up my sleeve to show you how to speed up sending texts and emails. It's a ...

Follow the same instructions as detailed on the first page, that means, opening the Registry, go to the path and delete the keys for the shortcuts you want to remove. We offer a quick method for ...