The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 – Part 5 – Disable File Explorer Ads, Enable System Restore
This is Part 5 of my blog post series on the steps I recommend when setting up Windows 11. This post covers disabling ads in File Explorer, and enabling System Restore.
This is the final post in this series (until I add more).
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Blog Posts in This Series:
- Part 1 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 Windows Update, App Updates, Taskbar and Start Menu
- Part 2 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 - Desktop Icons, Removing Pre-installed Programs, Startup Items
- Part 3 - The First Things to Do When Settings Up Windows 11 - Notifications, Web Browser, PatchMyPC
- Part 4 - The First Things To Do When Setting up Windows 11 - Hibernate and Sleep, File Extensions, Lock Screen Ads and Tips
- Part 5 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 - Disable File Explorer Ads, Enable System Restore
Disable File Explorer Ads
You know you’ve seen them. If not, you might in the future. Click on “File Explorer” next to the Start Menu and click the three dots next to “view” near the top of the window. Then click “Options”, and under “Advanced Settings”, as you can see above, uncheck “Show sync provider notifications”.
Enable System Restore
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You can use System Restore to revert to a time in your computer’s history when things worked. For example, before a change was made or a program was installed.
It creates a current image or system snapshot. Many of these can be stored, but that can also take up space over time. It’s important to enable this in the event something does go wrong. It will be a last resort before resetting Windows and potentially starting from scratch.
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Click on “Create a Restore Point”. Under “Protection Settings”, select your hard drive, likely “C:”, and click the “Configure” button.
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Blog Posts in This Series:
- Part 1 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 Windows Update, App Updates, Taskbar and Start Menu
- Part 2 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 - Desktop Icons, Removing Pre-installed Programs, Startup Items
- Part 3 - The First Things to Do When Settings Up Windows 11 - Notifications, Web Browser, PatchMyPC
- Part 4 - The First Things To Do When Setting up Windows 11 - Hibernate and Sleep, File Extensions, Lock Screen Ads and Tips
- Part 5 - The First Things To Do When Setting Up Windows 11 - Disable File Explorer Ads, Enable System Restore
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