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Windows 10 – How to turn off web search in the start menu

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When using Windows 10 search by default the results will include web search results using Bing along side the matching results for files, folders and programs on the computer. Most of the time we may not want to get the result from web. Follow below simple steps to disable the web search results in windows 10 start menu 1. Click in the search box 2. In the left hand side click on the settings icon 3. Change ‘Search online and include web results’ to ‘off’ 3. Search results will now online include only local results inside out computer and web results will be disabled.

Windows 7 – How to display file extensions

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File extensions are usually preceded by a full stop and indicating the format of the file. By default file extensions will be hidden in windows file explorer. Follow the below steps to display the file extension in windows 7 Open Windows Explorer (or Use short cut Windows key + E ) Click the Alt button on the keyboard to display the file menu Then select Tools and Folder options Open the View tab then de-select ‘ Hide extensions for known file types’ Click ‘OK’ to save the changes File extensions will now be visible in Windows Explorer.