Hidden in the Windows 10 bar is a menu called the power user menu or the WinX menu. It is a handy menu where you will find many functions related to the management of your desktop or laptop. This is what you want to know about it.
You may have already opened the power user menu by accident. It’s a hidden feature, but a big secret is different. The menu gives you access to the more advanced and frequently used functions. This menu was initially introduced in Windows 8, carried over to Windows 8.1, and has been since the release of Windows 10 can be found in an updated form. You can read below which functions you will find in the menu – and what you can do with them.
Features power user menu Windows 10
The power user menu thus offers various functions. The overview:
- Apps and Features: Opens this section within the app for the settings
- Mobility Center: Opens the Mobility Center, where you adjust various settings related to audio, image and battery
- Power Options: Opens Power Options & Sleep in Settings app
- Logs: opens the logs overview, where you read messages from the system
- System: show the system details within the settings app
- Device Manager: Opens Device Manager, where you can configure and troubleshoot PC hardware
- Network connections: opens Network Status within the settings, where you will find an overview of your current network(s)
- Disk Management: Opens Write Manager in Settings, provides access to management options related to internal and external hard drives
- Computer Management: Opens Computer Management, which offers options related to logs, performance, Device Manager, and more
- Windows Powershell: Launches Windows Powershell
- Windows Powershell (admin): opens Windows Powershell with admin privileges
- Task Manager: opens Task Manager, containing the overview of tasks currently running on your computer
- Settings: opens the Windows 10 Settings application
- Explorer: opens the Explorer
- Search: opens the search menu of the start bar (the cursor is immediately active in the bar)
- Run: opens in a small Run window, which opens programs and folders using commands to enter
- Shut down or sign out: This option allows you to sign out and shut down your computer
- Desktop: All windows will be minimized and you will return to the desktop
How do you open the power user menu?
You can access the Windows 10 power user menu in two different ways. The simplest option is to right-click the start button. Another way is the key combination Win + X. So that is the Windows key plus the X button on the keyboard. That’s also where the name WinX menu comes from, by the way.
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