How to enable the new Home page for Settings in Windows 11

Windows 11 build 23493 comes with a new Home page experience addition for the Settings app, but if it’s not available in your installation, use these instructions to enable it. Microsoft returned a “Home” page to the Settings app with interactive cards representing various device and account-related settings grouped by how you accessed the settings.

Initially, the page could show up to seven cards, including Recommended settings, Cloud storage, Account recovery, Personalization, Microsoft 365, Xbox, and Bluetooth devices, but the company plans to add more cards in future releases.

If you want to try directly with the new homepage for Settings, you can use a third-party tool called “ViveTool”, made by Raphael Rivera And Lucas on GitHubto enable the experience (via @XenoPanther) on your computer.

This guide will teach you the steps to enable the new Settings Home page in Windows 11.

Enables the new Settings Home page in Windows 11

To enable the new Home page for the Settings app, use these steps:

Open GitHub website.

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Download files ViveTool-vx. xxzip to activate the new Settings Home.

Double click the zipped folder to open it with File Explorer.

Click button Extract all.

Click Extract.

Copy the path to the folder.

Open Start.

Browse Command Promptright-click the top result, and choose an option Run as administrator.

Type in the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press it Insert:

cd c:\folder\path\ViveTool-v0.xx

In the command, remember to change the path to the folder with your path.

Type in the following command to activate the Home page for Settings and hit it enter:

vivetool/enable/id:42058345,42058313

Restart the computer.

After you complete the steps, the next time you open the Settings app, the Home page will appear as the default page when launching the app with a different card.

Home Settings in build 23493

Here’s an overview of the cards currently available in build 23493:

Recommended settings: Adapts to your specific usage patterns, providing timely and relevant setup options. Cloud storage: Offers an overview of your cloud storage usage and notifies you when you are approaching capacity. Account recovery: Provides recommendations for the security of your Microsoft account with the option to add additional recovery info. Personalization: Make customizations pop with one-click access to update your background theme or change the color mode. Microsoft 365: Provides a quick overview of your subscription status and benefits and the ability to take important actions. Xbox: Offers a view of your subscription status and options to manage subscriptions. Bluetooth device: Simplify your Bluetooth device management experience.

If you change your mind, you can revert your changes with the same instructions, but on step 10make sure to use the command vivetool/disable/id:42058345,42058313 and then restart the computer.

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