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10 truly helpful Windows 10 tools you might not know about - PCWorld

10 truly helpful Windows 10 tools you might not know about - PCWorld

10 truly helpful Windows 10 tools you might not know about - PCWorld
Oct 23, 2020 2 mins, 23 secs

So you’ve mastered Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts and Snap open windows like a boss!

Others are relatively new, added during the twice-annual major upgrades Microsoft’s been pushing out since Windows 10 launched over five long years ago (though most recent feature upgrades, like the October 2020 Update, tend to be minor).

Microsoft rolled out Windows 10’s Timeline feature as part of the April 2018 Update, and it’s awesome.

It’s basically like a browser history for your desktop programs, showing files you’ve opened previously in chronological order.

Windows 10 Timeline feature is part of the operating system’s Task View interface.

Open Timeline by clicking the Task View icon in Windows 10’s taskbar or by pressing Windows Key + Tab, and be sure to read our Windows 10 Timeline guide for more granular details.

Virtual desktops finally became native in Windows 10 after years of popularity on Linux operating systems…but Microsoft’s hidden away the once-prominent feature as the years have passed.

To start rolling your own, click the Task View icon in Windows 10’s taskbar to summon your Timeline and select the tiny +New desktop text at the top-left of the screen.

If you have a habit of hopping from PC to PC, Windows 10’s synchronization features (tied to your Microsoft account) can make every system you sit at feel like home.

It’s a sterling combination with the also-new Clipboard History enabled in the October 2018 Update.

Windows 10’s Storage Sense helps to purge unwanted files in those locations automatically when specific, user-defined scenarios are met!

Windows 10’s awesome, yet obscure File History feature keeps recoverable records of every change you’ve made to a document, taking backup snapshots of your Libraries, Desktop, Contacts, and Favorites every hour (though the frequency can be tweaked).

If you need to reclaim deleted text from a previous version of a file, File History has your back.

You’ll need to dedicate a secondary drive to File History, but it can be either internal storage or a portable drive—yay.

Check out our File History guide for step-by-step instructions on setting it up, and our roundup of the best external hard drives if you need hardware to store all those bits and bytes on.

But if you forget to jam Windows + L when you saunter off, your PC will be an open book to any bystanders—unless you use Windows 10’s Dynamic Lock.

The Windows Reliability Monitor provides a day-by-day and case-by-case snapshot of the health of your system.

To find it, simply type Reliability into the Windows search bar and select the View reliability history option that appears

If you see an avalanche of red X’s when you check it out, make sure your backups are in order—and no, File History isn’t an acceptable backup solution by its lonesome

We most recently updated the article to mention the Windows 10 October 2020 Update

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