Control Panel in 'GodMode'

Control Panel on steroids ! This shortcut will give you access to all the computer settings you want...all in one convenient place.
Right click on the desktop and choose New > Folder
For the location, copy & paste this text: GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
The icon for the new folder will be that of the Control Panel icon.

Defender Notification for Windows Security Icon not showing

For the times when Windows Security icon won't show in the task bar and it is not listed as an option to turn on or off. Here's the fix:
Right click on Taskbar > Task Manager > Startup (tab)
Locate SecurityHealthSystray, right click and Disable. Right click again and choose Enable.
Restart the computer.
Worked for me first time.
If, that doesn't work, here are a few other options to try:
1) Check CCleaner Startup items. Disable all but necessary startups and re-enable one at a time. Starting with Stickies (for me)
2) In Windows 10, tablet mode makes your device touch-friendly so you can use your computer without a keyboard or mouse. Even if your device doesn’t come with touch capabilities, tablet mode still influences how your computer works. System > Tablet > Set to Never Use Tablet Mode
3) Navigate to C:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer > Delete all IconCache files > Restart your computer and check if the taskbar is now displaying the icons.
If you are unable to delete the files, open command prompt RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR > Type the following:
cd /d %userprofile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\Explorer attrib –h iconcache_*.db del iconcache_*.db start explorer
Then restart the computer
4) Open regedit RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR > Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Local Settings > Software > Microsoft > CurrentVersion > TrayNotify. Locate IconStreams and delete it. > Restart your computer.
Navigate to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT > Local Settings > Software > Microsoft > CurrentVersion > TrayNotify > Delete pasticonstreams > Restart your computer

Desktop Background-Windows Choices

The Windows Spotlight and other Microsoft desktop images are in a strange place.
Go to the following folder:
C:\Users\OWNER\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.ContentDeliveryManager_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\Assets
Copy all the images to your Downloads\Images folder (just a safe temporary place)
Open a command prompt using Run As Administrator
Go to the root folder then type: cd Users\OWNER\Downloads\Images (to get to that folder)
Once there, type: ren *.* *.jpg
You can now view the images properly. Delete what you don't want and move the ones you DO want to your Pictures folder
You can also find images in the folder: C:\Windows\Web\Screen.

Desktop image unwanted

If you find that you change your desktop image, but when you reset the computer that image keeps showing up, it's because Windows doesn't know any better ;)
Here's how to remove the offending image so you only have the image you want showing
Open a File Explorer and go to the folder:
C:\Windows\Web\Wallpaper
You'll see the offending file in there....if you remember the name of it.
Then just click on it and delete it, then reset your computer.

Icons: More Choices

Whenever you change an icon, you'll be offered the default source of icons. It's a file called shell32.dll in the C:\Windows\System32 folder. But there's 2 other files in the System32 folder called pifmgr.dll and moricons.dll

Icons to have no name

Do you have icons on your desktop that just don't need a name? Or that you don't want to have name?
Right click on the icon and choose Rename. Press and hold the Alt key and (on your numeric keypad with NumLock on) type 0160. Release both and now you have an icon with no name.

Lock Screen MS Edge icons remove.

Getting rid of those 3 icons on your Lock Screen CAN be removed. It's just a desktop background image issue.
Go to Settings > Personalize > Lock Screen
Change the Background from "Windows Spotlight" to "Picture".
Click on any other link on the left side, then close the dialog box.

Mouse Double-Click speed

Having trouble with your double-click. It just doesn't seem to activate at the rate you choose? You can fix that and have it adjust to what you want.
Settings > Bluetooth & Devices > Mouse > Additional Mouse Options
In the middle section, move the slide closer to the Slow or Fast...depending if you need to slow it down or speed it up.

Notifications missing.

Suddenly the battery icon, the volume icon and the 'safely remove' icon came up missing. Here's the fix
Open Regedit
Navigate to the following key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify
click the IconStreams registry entry, then delete it.
click the PastIconsStream registry entry, then delete it.
Close Regedit and restart the computer.

Power Icon Missing/Grey'd Out

When the power icon is missing and it's grey'd out denoting that you can't change it to ON, here's the fix:
Go to Device Manager
Expand the section for Batteries
Right click and choose Disable Device on BOTH items there
Click on Action > Scan For Hardware Changes
Go back and re-enable both battery items
The power icon will reappear.

Resize / Moving a window, Especially if it's lost at the top of your screen

Press ALT+Space Bar,
From there, you can choose Minimize, or even Move, if you've lost your window.
To move it, choose Move, then use your up/down/left/right arrow keys to move it around. When you have it back in order, press the press <enter> key to set it in.

Screen Saver on Demand!

Want your screen saver to kick in whenever you say? Create a shortcut to it, then set up hot-key access to the shortcut.
In Explorer, find your screen savers in the Windows folder or in the Windows\System32 folder.
Find the one you want. Right click and hold and drag it to your desktop. Release the click and choose Create Shortcut Here.
Now you can set up your shortcut or hot key if you want. Right click on the shortcut and choose Properties, then click on the Shortcut tab. Place the cursor anywhere on the Shortcut key line, press any key, and Windows adds the Ctrl+Alt part automatically. Click OK to close the dialog box. Ready for a test run? Try pressing the shortcut key you just set up.

Search Icon removed from taskbar search box.

To remove the "suggested" icon from the search box on the task bar:
Go to Taskbar Settings > Down arrow for Search Box > Choose Search Icon And Label.

Shortcut Arrow Changed

I prefer a shortcut icon with a little more class that what Windows uses.

To use the green version (in the middle):
Open regedit
Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Icons
If 'Shell Icons' isn't one of the folders on the left (and it probably isn't), then on the left side click on the folder called Explorer.
Now right click the Explorer folder and choose New and Key.
Type Shell Icons for the new key's name and press [enter] (there's a space between the words).
In the right pane of Shell Icons, right click on a empty area and click on New and String Value, and name it 29.
Double click on the value called 29 to modify it with following text:
C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll,155
This will give you the green version of the shortcut arrow as shown in the middle sample above.
Or, with an icon creating program, you can use that icon as a template to create one of your own.
If you like MY green arrow adjusted, just right click on this image called arrow-dark.ico and save it to your computer.   
Move it to: C:\Windows
Then go to the registry as noted above and use the path of:   C:\Windows\arrow-dark.ico
Restart the computer to apply new overlay arrow appearance.

'Shortcut To' or 'Shorcut' words removed

To remove the words 'Shortcut To' (or 'Shortcut') everytime you create a shortcut on the desktop, edit the registry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
On the right side, double click on Link
Change the Value to: 00 00 00 00
Then go to, and delete, the key (if you have it...you may not have the next key):
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\NamingTemplates
You'll see the changes next time you restart the computer.

Start Menu picture change

You probably have just a letter for your picture on your Start Menu. Yuk
Change it:
Go to Settings, then click on the icon in the upper left corner
Scroll down and click on Your Info
Go find a picture that you like then click on the Choose Picture button

Stretching images for your desktop

If the image you want to use for your desktop is just to small, you can utilize a stretch feature.
Settings > Personalization > Background.
Click on the arrow for 'Choose a fit' and try different one until it's as you like.

TaskView removed from Taskbar.

I never use Task View. Alt+Tab works just as good for me.
You can remove it by:
Settings > Personalization > Taskbar. Turn off Task View
That was quick & easy.
Alt+Tab still works great.
HOWEVER, if you use multiple desktop, the "Task View" needs to be left on

View two or more Programs at once.

How many times have you found that you are doing a lot of copying and pasting from one program to another. Actually I'm doing it right now. I am constantly copying between WordPerfect and Thunderbird. One way of working faster is to have any other programs minimized but WordPerfect and Thunderbird.
Click on the first program on the taskbar. Then press the 'windows' key + {left arrow} then pick one of the previews that pop up for you to pick from.
You can also have up to 4 at the same time.
Hover your mouse over the Maximize icon at the top, then click on the icon in any of those 4 layout options. You need to actually click ON the box that with highlight in your chosen layout that you want that to be in.
To restore them, just click on the title bar and move it.