And one more tip for you: if for some reason you just don't like it at all, you can
disable the Action Center altogether.
But if you wish, you can
disable Action Center in Windows 10.
You can
disable the Action Center with a single toggle in Windows 10, but that toggle is a bit buried in the interface.
Scroll down to the bottom of the list of icons you can turn on or off, and click the button to
disable Action Center.
To
disable Action Center, set the option to Enabled.
You can also
disable Action Center in the Windows Registry with any version of Windows 10.
So, for example, you could
disable Action Center for all users of a computer, just specific users or groups, or all users except administrators.
Running
the Disable Action Center (Current User) hack adds the DisableNotificationCenter value (and the Explorer key if there's not already one) for the currently logged in user and sets it to 1.
When
you disable Action Center in this way, the toggle for turning it on and off gets dimmed in the Settings window.
If you're using Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise, you can also
disable Action Center by using the Local Group Policy Editor.
Not exact matches
Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition New York State Assembly NYS Assembly Community Resource Exchange (CRE) SCO Family of Services HCCI Chinese American Planning Council, Inc Heights and Hills Citizen
Action of New York ROCitizen New York Association on Independent Living ATLI -
Action Together Long Island NYSCAA New York Immigration Coalition Catholic Charities of Chemung & Schuyler Counties CDRC Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS Catholic Charities Professional Staff Congress Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley New York State Network for Youth Success NAMI Albany County Central Federation of Labor Food & Water Watch Jewish Family Service Metro New York Health Care for All Alliance for Positive Change MercyFirst
Center for Independence of the
Disabled in New York, Queens (CIDNY) SiCM — Schenectady Community Ministries Coalition for the Homeless CIDNY Citizen
Action of NY PEF Retiree Urban Parhways, Inc Community Food Advocates PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 New York StateWide Senior
Action Council Early Care & Learning Council Urban Pathways African Services Committee Day Care Council of New York New York State Community
Action Association Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc The Radical Age Movement United Neighborhood Houses
List of Supporting Organizations: • African Services Committee • Albany County Central Federation of Labor • Alliance for Positive Change • ATLI -
Action Together Long Island • Brooklyn Kindergarten Society • NY Immigration Coalition • Catholic Charities • Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens • Catholic Charities of Buffalo • Catholic Charities of Chemung / Schuyler • Catholic Charities of Diocese of Albany • Catholic Charities of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse • CDRC •
Center for Independence of the
Disabled NY • Children Defense Fund • Chinese - American Planning Council, Inc. • Citizen
Action of New York • Coalition for the Homeless • Coalition on the Continuum of Care • Community Food Advocates • Community Health Net • Community Healthcare Network • Community Resource Exchange (CRE) • Day Care Council of New York • Dewitt Reformed Church • Early Care & Learning Council • East Harlem Block Nursery, Inc. • Family Reading Partnership of Chemung Valley • Fiscal Policy Institute • Food & Water Watch • Forestdale, Inc. • FPWA • GOSO • GRAHAM WINDHAM • Greater New York Labor Religion Coalition • HCCI • Heights and Hills • Housing and Services, Inc. • Jacob A. Riis Neighborhood Settlement • Jewish Family Service • Labor - Religion Coalition of NYS • Latino Commission on AIDS • LEHSRC • Make the Road New York • MercyFirst • Met Council • Metro New York Health Care for All • Mohawk Valley CAA • NAMI • New York Association on Independent Living • New York Democratic County Committee • New York State Community
Action Association • New York State Network for Youth Success • New York StateWide Senior
Action Council • NYSCAA • Park Avenue Christian Church (DoC) / UCC • Partnership with Children • Met Council • Professional Staff Congress • PSC / CUNY AFT Local 2334 • ROCitizen • Schenectady Community
Action Program, Inc. • SCO Family of Services • SICM — Schenectady Community Ministries • Sunnyside Community Services • Supportive Housing Network of New York, Inc • The Alliance for Positive Change • The Children's Village • The Door — A
Center of Alternatives • The Radical Age Movement • UJA - Federation of New York • United Neighborhood Houses • University Settlement • Urban Pathways, Inc • Women's
Center for Education & Career Advancement
So, if you feel more comfortable working in the Windows Registry than in Local Group Policy Editor (or if you don't have Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise), you can also make a quick Registry edit to
disable Windows 10's
Action Center.
If you wish to
disable these messages, you can also do so by unchecking the option under
Action Center > Change
Action Center settings > Maintenance messages.
If you see obnoxious notifications in the future, note the name of the app displayed in the
Action Center, head to the Settings app, and
disable notifications for that specific app.
When you toggle the Wi - Fi quick
action in Action Center, it now disables / enables Wi - Fi instead of taking you to the Wi - Fi Settings
action in
Action Center, it now disables / enables Wi - Fi instead of taking you to the Wi - Fi Settings
Action Center, it now
disables / enables Wi - Fi instead of taking you to the Wi - Fi Settings page.
If you wish, you can even go a step further and
disable the entire Notification and
Action Center — which of course is not advisable.
Aside from choosing to enable or
disable gestures, you can choose whether a three - finger tap opens Cortana or the
Action Center.
On the settings page for an app, you can
disable notifications for the app, choose whether banners are shown or sounds are played, prevent notifications from being added to the
Action Center, and even control the number of notifications the app can show in the
Action Center.
By following these instructions, you will have
disabled the Notification and
Action Center in Windows 10.
Finally, Microsoft is adding the Make Start menu transparent option, which not only will enable or
disable the transparency for the Start menu, but also controls the transparency for the taskbar and
Action Center.
The most interesting setting in Personalization is Colors that offers the options to
disable or enable transparency and the new dark theme across the Start menu, taskbar, and
Action Center.
Other features added on WP 8.1 are
Action Center — that gives notification of battery, apps, short cut to enable /
disable services (Wi - Fi / Bluetooth etc), revamped Windows phone store, Wi - Fi Sense with efficient hotspots and better management, IE 11 browser, tweaked calendar and word flow keyboard — users can swipe characters instead of tapping (Swype style).