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WINDOWS CONTROL PANEL

To access Windows 11 Control Panel, please type "control panel" in Windows Search box (next to Start button)
You can right click on the control panel icon from the search result and pin it to the Start menu or Taskbar.  
For ease of use, it is recommended to set the Control Panel to Small Icons.

Disable Windows User Account Control (UAC)

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View tab :
Hidden files and folders : set it to Show hidden files, folders or drives
Hide empty drives : disable
Hide extensions for known file types : disable
Leave Hide protected operating system files (recommended) active

System > Advanced System Settings

Advanced tab > Performance

Click on the Settings button in the Performance section.

Visual Effects tab

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WINDOWS SETTINGS

Settings page can be accessed through Windows Start > Settings icon (and  + i)

System

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Display > Graphics

• • Change default graphics settings. Merging recommends to enable the Hardware accelerated GPU Scheduling feature if available on your system (depends on the graphic card capabilities - graphic card driver must be installed).
  • Custom Options for Apps.  Graphic Power Management features can be set per applications.  
    Select "Desktop App" and browse to C:/Program Files/Merging Technologies.
    Add Pyramix.exe - Ovation.exe - VCube.exe - Aneman.exe depending on your configuration.
    Then select the application(s) and click on Options, set the graphics preference to High Performance.
    

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• • If you use Microsoft Edge, please also set it to High Performance.
    If you use Google Chrome, browse to C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application, and set it to High Performance.
    This setting is important, especially for laptops with dual graphic cards.

Personalization

Windows transparency can cause issues, especially on systems with low graphic resources.

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In Personalization > Colors

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, set Transparency effects to Off.
In TaskBar, Merging recommends you disable the Taskbar Items > Widgets, especially on systems with low graphic resources.  Using Widgets during real-time operations (e.g. recording) is not recommended.
In Device Usage, Merging recommends you disable all options (to prevent Windows downloading apps without notifications).

Apps

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(Since Fall Creator) You may disable the People icon Image Removedin the taskbar through Windows Settings > Personnalization > Taskbar > Show contacts on the taskbar : Off.

Apps & Features

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• • Apps and features, uninstall all unnecessary applications

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• • , by clicking on the 3 dots next to the application.
    Some applications cannot be uninstalled (

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• • Alarms & Clock for example), uninstall button will be disabled.
    Bonjour is required for Merging products, do not uninstall it.
    Merging recommends you uninstall Microsoft News, Weather, Xbox & Xbox Live

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    You may also remove Feedback Hub

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• • , Mail and Calendar, Microsoft To Do, Microsoft Solitaire Collection,

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• • Office (trial), Power Automate, Skype

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    Computers with low CPU resources should also disable background running applications.

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    title The following applications background running can be disabled :
    The following applications background running can be disabled : Feedback Hub Groove Music Mail and Calendar Microsoft New Microsoft One Drive Microsoft To Do Movies & TV Office Power Automate Weather ...and other applications installed by the Windows Store.

    
    

  • Default Apps
    In Windows 11, you can’t simply change your default browser with a single click — you have to change the assigned browser for every specific file type.
    To set Google Chrome as your default

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• • browser, under Set defaults for applications, scroll down to Google Chrome and click on the app.
    For .htm, .html, HTTP, HTTPS, please click on it and select Google Chrome (you may get a “Before you switch” pop-up - go ahead and click on “Switch anyway.”)
  • Startup
    Please do not disable RTX64Bootcheck (

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• • RTX64 System Tray can be disabled).
    Please do not disable Microsoft Edge, it can cause issues (or introduce graphic latencies) inside Windows.

Privacy

In Account info, it is recommended to set "Let apps use my advertising ID ...." to off, to reduce the OS internet traffic.
In Background Apps, Merging recommends you only enable the required apps for better performance.
(Since Fall Creator) Merging recommends you disable the "Show me suggested content in the Settings app" in the General Tab.
(Spring Creator) In Activity history, Merging recommends you disable both "Let Windows collect my activities from this PC" and  "Let Windows sync my activities from this PC to the cloud"
(Spring Creator) In File System, "Allow Apps to access your file system" has to be turned on (default).

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