5 Hidden Windows Features You Should Be Using in 2025!

[@KevinStratvert]

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[@DKonigsbach]

Clipboard history is very useful, but use it with caution. With clipboard history on, when you copy (and paste) something and then copy something else, the first thing you copied is not gone. If you are in the habit of copying and pasting a password, be aware of when clipboard history will hang on to it. This is particularly important for Windows computers in public places, like in a hotel lobby.

[@TrevorDennis100]

Now that's worth remembering!

[@ccmarques]

Man, I'm so happy to have clicked on this video!!! You're the best, Kevin!! Thank you.

[@m.asifiqbal7002]

Thank you very much Kavin. The information you have provided is very helpful. The bonus information at the end has solved an old problem with my computer, and speed has increased considerably. Thanks Again...!

[@dastaan.]

Always informative & helpful 👍

[@geraldthorburn1123]

Forever helpful. Thanks, Kevin. The added OCR functionality is most welcome.

[@moeomeohuyenmeo1883]

thank you. Paint is the most exciting one. Will give it a try after ignoring it for too long.

[@k0ntroversialgaming]

Great video! I just recently upgraded to Windows 11 and it's quite a learning curve but can't wait to try out the MS Paint changes when making YT thumbnails!

[@Miniprizm]

Thank you; I was previously unaware of the snippet text recognition feature.

[@jazi9690]

Great video...however, paint in my Win11 pro does not have "cocreator or image generator" options. My window is updates to the latest version. How to fix this?

[@Rood67]

One *MUST* activate windows clipboard history before it begins to work. Simply press at any time, and answer to enable history when prompted. Otherwise, one will copy several things, press the key combo, and rather than having a list of the items copied, be presented with the aforementioned confirmation box. Then will have to go re-copy the data. *NOTE* recent 24H2 updates may have set the clipboard history to on by default. However, anything prior to 24H2 had to confirm turning this feature on.

[@bethhentges]

Can you turn it off?

[@LisaGoddard117]

Brilliant. I didn’t know you could do these.

[@dreamcatcher3748]

Awesome as always, Kevin. Thank you!

[@pohlpiano]

The add text function in the Edge annotation is great, but does have problems with some special characters in my language (Czech). After confirming the text in the text box, they disappear resulting in wrong words, and sometimes even entire disappearance of the word. I hope they will fix this problem soon!

[@JimRobertson]

Great Kevin!! I knew of the snipping tool, but only have used it for basic screen grabs. I am going to try out the various functions you outlined although my version doesn't seem to show all the options you have shown. Question: with the screen record, I got it recording, but once I stop the recording, how do I get to the file it recorded?? Thanks

[@JimRobertson]

JUst figured out how to save the mp4! That'll be very useful Now on to the other functions....

[@armvieri99]

Thanks for sharing the value tips. You’re the best.

[@abappl2]

Thanks! Really good video, and also thanks for not bloating it with a lot of low-value information (like the history of Windows, etc.), as seems to be a trend these days. Clearly I need to spend some time getting fluent with these tricks, some of which will replace my own, clumsy way of accomplishing the same task.

[@jacabe44]

You are THE BEST at explaining how to do things!

[@fromtheparkbench1979]

Been using Snip. It's great that it doesn't pick up room noise when your earbuds are plugged in, but seems you have to be slow and careful moving the mouse to stop the recording or it cancels out the recording altogether. I have to do a lot of manual work changing from hand to mouse. Also, you can't edit in Clip Champ. The picture is fine but no audio transfers at all.

[@msjogren]

As usual, very focused and handy.😃 You might have covered this in another video but the OneDrive settings has "Save Screenshots to OneDrive". This can be handy for image text search. On a separate subject for command line users, after launching a cmd.exe, there is a little arrow a the top of the prompt that lets you run PowerShell or Azure Cloud Shell from the same prompt. It just becomes another tab at the top.

[@MrMoonpie001]

I see these all must be for Windows 11??? Thanks Kevin, I watch a lot of your content

[@Quran.And.Science]

So Good!

[@boydnelson2280]

great video - i was going to just scan the content and ended up learning about a lot features I didn't know were there

[@KevinStratvert]

Glad you found it helpful!

[@gordonlesforis772]

Great ,thanks for showing theses helpful window features , i did not know about them

[@mohammadvaziri1504]

Thank you so much for your informative and excellent presentation.

[@krishgujaran3987]

love your videos; keep up the great work!

[@GeeksAndGamingNetwork]

I don't like the snipping tool for recording video. The few times that I've tried it the video always comes out jittery or laggy...I found that the Xbox game bar (comes preinstalled in windows 11) works a lot better for recording video. (Can also take screenshots) ...You can get quick access by pressing the windows key plus G together....the only downside is it doesn't let you record a portion of the screen so you'll have to resize it with an editor.

[@RemotePossibilities1]

Game bar is in Windows 10 too ✔

[@hansket600]

Great presentation Like all the new features shown here !!

[@ragsoh]

Thank you Kevin for your videos. I am always learning new things when I watch your vids. Greetings from Singapore.

[@danbromberg]

How do I get the newer version of the Snipping Tool? My Windows 10 22H2 version only shows: NEW, MODE, DELAY and OPTIONS.

[@jbmorrow5390]

Kevin great as always - thank you - I have been using the snip tool for years - Windows 10 - can't seem to get this new version with the OCR function - I deleted the snip tool & got it again from MS store - still the old version! Any help / suggestions? Is it possibly a WIN 11 app?

[@louisd95714]

Kevin didn't mention that notepad now has tab view, likewise for WIndows Explorer.

[@motionstudio77]

Thanks for the great tips 👍🏻👍🏻

[@ThePracticalIntuitive]

Great new features I'm going to be using. Thanks Kevin.

[@ReapWithRick]

I really want to use Edge as my default browser but there is something I can't figure out. I like to use desktop shortcuts to websites that I use a lot. I have no problem creating the shortcut in Chrome or Brave or Vivaldi, etc. But when I create the short with Edge as the default browser they do not work. I've googled it and I see other people have the same issue but I've never found a fix or even a work around. Can you suggest anything? Thanks.

[@pedrofialhodejesus-artist]

Windows users in the European Union do not have access to core CoPilot features yet. Microsoft hasn't yet been able to comply with current EU regulations on data protection and AI.

[@ododryke4063]

PC Manager is a must for Windows 11

[@yvesperreault1183]

Hi Kevin in my version of windows 11, in paint : i don't have the Cocreator function x

[@lestersireling9650]

I had the same disappointment. Seemed it's only available on copilot computers

[@skemsen]

You have a very pleasant voice 👍

[@lb7060]

Impressive tips and tricks!

[@carolablue5293]

Windows should give us a recipe for Kevin's Cookies.

[@KarseFarrence]

Extremely useful Tips.

[@behramcooper3691]

Good to know. Thanks. Will these work with Windows 10, or are they only for Windows 11?

[@MAAB_FW]

Im using clipboard feature almost when i buy my pc about 2.5 year. But last 3 month ive faced a major issue clipboard is doesn't working. Its always show me empty clipboard. So tried to solve this many ways but it didn't worked. So, i decided to reinstall windows. I did and its fixed. But after 6-7 days later same major issue occurred again. Clipboard is empty. Now how can i fix this issue?

[@robertleem5643]

Having all these features in Windows 11 is great but Microsoft really needs to fix the bugs first and there's quite a lot of them, just bought a new laptop which came with Windows 11, I would have gone back to Win10 but that is coming to end of life this year. Never had any issues with win10

[@KevinStratvert]

Press Win + F to open the feedback hub and submit all the bugs you find to Microsoft. They’re good at fixing any issues you report 👍

[@LOrealHardly]

Brilliant!

[@danmacgowan8242]

Great info on usability items!

[@Truth_Yeah]

I don't have the ai rewrite feature in my notepad. How can I get it?

[@robertoalvarez3533]

Pretty nice as always.

[@KarriOnYouTube]

Wow! All of those are amazing, amazing, absolutely amazing! I love using the lightweight apps to build content, because of their speed and so I don't get hung up on features. But now all those lightweight apps are becoming so smart. I marvel at how Notebook and Paint have grown up. Notebook as a content creator? Amazing!

[@sherdance_]

Love this kind of videos!

[@misterb3543]

As always.... Very valuable content presented nicely and professionally 😊

[@dave0smeg]

3 apps only on startup: antivirus (active), audio driver (active), terminal (inactive). PC still takes what feels like a lifetime to boot. As for the rest of the list, most have much better free alternatives out there.

[@roxanamendoza9230]

Thank you for the video!

[@YoungerFuthark]

Clipboard history FTW!

[@c73w]

Where the text is saved in notepad? The internal storage or Microsoft cloud storage?

[@engineer52]

I checked mine. It goes to OneDrive, which is Cloud Storage.

[@gavinmathew7491]

Excellent. Thank you.

[@ellsgeiwitz2234]

I'm on Windows 11 Pro for Workstations 24H2, but my Notepad doesn't have 'Rewrite', any thoughts?

[@Baiswith]

Weirdly enough, I've been using Edge as my default PDF handler since I got sick of adobe's inability to handle big PDFs

[@tomg4592]

Fantastic.

[@naren1705]

Always learn much from your videos!

[@lyndseymore]

My tools don't have any of these features and there's no pending windows updates. How do I get them?

[@Godwintech247]

My guys always doing well

[@ZERALEM2127]

Thank you very much 🙏🙏🙏

[@canirmalchoudhary8173]

I liked Paint- Remove BG and MS Edge PDF tools. Edge is much more improved than chrome.

[@jankvis]

Very nice

[@snarkykat]

Windows needs tools to help with making cookies

[@Keikdv]

Wauw! I have found someone who likes Edge. Is he the only one out there?

[@steviesteve1716]

Thank you

[@paulcotesr5623]

Hi Kevin where can i find Microsoft Paint - AI Image Creator & Layers i dont see it in window 10 pro is there a way i can find it ty like all your video all cool stuff

[@beepboopbeep5456]

Gonna guess snipping tool, paste history (very cool, works with images too). Lets watch.

[@MichaelDaniels]

It's this just for Windows 11?

[@cooldude.1811]

Thanks for the WinNuggets. Almost as tasty as your cookies!

[@buellXBrider]

Don’t you need the AI chip to be able to use co-create in paint?

[@Techie301]

Which Windows Version are we talking about in this video?

[@azimjuma7555]

The best!

[@anita18274]

Is this for wndows 11 ? or 10 ?

[@Manticore1960]

Cocreator doesn't show on Paint for me, and you need a Microsoft account to use Image Creator.

[@awesomearizona-dino]

RECALL could use these in background, would you ever know?

[@KevinStratvert]

Recall is off by default. You have to enable to use Recall.

[@patturnweaver]

how wonderful. notepad with ai rewrite. paint with powerful ai powered image generation and editing. clipper with the ability to convert image to text

[@MuhammadAhmad-zr2ju]

Good job

[@kevinbarry71]

"Snip" is my single least favorite word in the entire English language

[@NedumEze]

Most are not available in Windows 10?

[@orionconstellation2]

Hes back

[@marcteleki2801]

As always your videos a fantastic thanks, have a fantastic day

[@brock2k1]

Everything I can find says rewrite is only available on the Insider versions of windows. If that's true, you should make it clear instead of sending people on a wild goose chase in Windows settings.

[@AnonymousXubi]

Sir I requested a several times about the complete tutorial about "LARK" software, a remote job assistant and has many inbuilt features such as an office suite, notes, flow charts and what not, but U didn't respond. I hope U r studying it and thats what taking U long but anyways please do consider my request and make a detailed video on how to effectively use it and what r the few valuable tricks of Lark.

[@AndrewDolanABD]

Are these tools only for Windows 11?

[@murrayz]

"Uptime" can be changed, ctrl/alt/delete, go to Performance, select CPU, at bottom you will see Uptime, to make that zero, Restart computer. If there is a power off button on back of computer, turn it off when finished w computer otherwise you you CPU will be working in background unnecessarily. This will wear and tear on the CPU.

[@LecaroJ]

You must be using Windows 11. Windows 10 is missing those features.

[@davinp]

Notepad now has AI

[@AniketBhosale1900]

I use them most of the time.

[@Emperor.of.Mankind]

IF you have copilot.

[@dastaan.]

Hi

[@StijnHommes]

So basically, there are bunch of apps that have been filled with AI spam and none of the features in this video are relevant to Windows 10 users. Not sure how this is helpful to anyone except Microsoft who are keen to spam us with AI "features".

[@danielhanley5383]

No cocreator in my Paint 24H2 and Windows V does nothing

[@k.chriscaldwell4141]

Linux.

[@ericr2zz]

Snipping tool in Windows 10 doesn't have the screen record functionality

[@NathanEllery]

Snipping tool can lock up my pc. mouse moves but nothing else works. Cannot save work, cannot shut down. Have to push button to reboot. No other problems on this machine. Win10. Don't use it anymore. Others report the same issue.

[@AidenHaigh-nf7zi]

*The Mac Guy* Has left Server

[@c73w]

Why?