When you've found the category you want, press Enter to select it. The subcategory pane opens to the right of the Settings window. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the categories available at the left side of the Settings window. You hear the name of the first category on the Settings window. To navigate the Settings categories, press the Tab key or Down arrow key once. With Narrator and NVDA, you hear: 'Settings window, search box, find a setting.' With JAWS, you hear: 'Search box, find a setting.' To open Settings, press the Windows logo key +I. Use the Down and Up arrow keys to browse the search results, and then press Enter to open the selected Settings page. With NVDA, the results are not announced, but you can browse them normally. When you stop typing, with Narrator, you hear 'Suggestions available.' With JAWS, you hear the number of search results. The list of search results is updated as you type. To quickly search for a setting, type your search term.

With Narrator and NVDA, you hear: 'Settings window, search box, find a setting.' With JAWS, you hear: 'Search box, find a setting.' To select which apps should show icons in the Taskbar corner overflow instead of on the Taskbar, press Spacebar to toggle the button. Press the Tab key until you hear 'Taskbar corner overflow,' and then press Enter. Use the Tab key and Down and Up arrow keys to navigate the subcategories and when you hear 'Taskbar,' press Enter. You hear 'Settings window, search box, find a setting.' Press the Down arrow key until you hear 'Personalization,' and then press Enter. To control which app icons appear on the Taskbar and which icons appear in the Taskbar corner overflow, in Windows 11, press the Windows logo key +I.

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