Windows 11

Issues

• Unable to move the taskbar to the left side

Editions

Edition	Description
Consumer	contains Pro, Education and Enterprise which is mainly for company that use volume license
Business	contains Home, Pro, and Education which is mainly for personal and special organization that use OEM or retail product key.

N editions of Windows are available in Europe, and are missing a few media-related features:

• Windows Media Player
• Groove Music
• Movies & TV
• Voice Recorder
• Skype

Licences

Licence type	Description
OEM	Original Equipment Manufacturer, installed by a manufacturer on new devices. The product key isn't transferable, and you can't use it to activate another installation. (Unless you're re-activating a new installation on the same computer.)
Retail	acquired when purchasing a copy of Windows. You can transfer the product key to another computer, as long as you deactivate the old device.
Volume	allows organizations to use one master product key to activate any installation of Windows. Although you can use this license multiple times on different computers, you can't transfer it with the device when the system changes ownership, and you're not allowed to activate devices that aren't part of the organization.

Applications configuration

File explorer

To hide Gallery and OneDrive, delete the following registry key:

Menu	Key
Gallery	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{e88865ea-0e1c-4e20-9aa6-edcd0212c87c}
OneDrive	HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Desktop\NameSpace\{018D5C66-4533-4307-9B53-224DE2ED1FE6}

Snipping Tool

Map the PrintScreen button: Windows → Settings → Accessibility (left menu) → Keyboard → Use the Print screen button to open screen snipping = true

Context menu

Git Bash

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\GitBash] @="Open Git Bash" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Git\\mingw64\\share\\git\\git-for-windows.ico" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\GitBash\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Git\\git-bash.exe\" \"--cd=%v.\""

VS Code

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCode] @="Open w&ith Code" "Icon"="C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Directory\Background\shell\VSCode\command] @="\"C:\\Program Files\\Microsoft VS Code\\Code.exe\" \"%V\""

Applications installation

Microsoft Store

• Microsoft PowerToys
• Firefox
• VS Code

Already installed

• Windows Terminal

Windhawk

Mod Vertical Taskbar for Windows 11 allows to have the taskbar on the left side.

Installation

Skip adding a Microsoft account

1. Sign-in options → Offline account

Bypass check

1. Shift + F10
2. regedit
3. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Setup
   1. add new key LabConfig
   2. add DWORD 32 bits BypassTPMCheck = 1
   3. add DWORD 32 bits BypassRAMCheck = 1
   4. add DWORD 32 bits BypassCPUCheck = 1
   5. add DWORD 32 bits BypassSecureBootCheck = 1
4. close all the windows
5. start install again