[Tip] Enable or Disable Automatic Recommended Troubleshooting in Windows 10

Windows 10 comes with lots of built-in troubleshooter tools which help users in fixing various issues and problems which they encounter while using the operating system. You can find all these troubleshooting tools listed on Settings -> Update & Security -> Troubleshoot page.

Windows 10 also comes with a new feature called “Recommended Troubleshooting” which can automatically detect issues occurring in user’s computer and can assist the user in resolving the issues.

You can also customize the recommended troubleshooting feature to allow it to automatically fix the issues for you.

In this article, we’ll learn about the recommended troubleshooting feature and how to customize it to enable/disable its automatic troubleshooting functionality.

Recommended Troubleshooting feature in Windows 10 can be accessed using following steps:

1. Open Settings app from Start Menu. Alternatively, you can press WIN+I keys together to open Settings directly.

2. Now click on “Update & Security” item present in Settings app.

3. Now click on Troubleshoot section present in left-side pane.

PS: Alternatively, You can also directly launch the Troubleshoot page using “ms-settings:troubleshoot” command in RUN dialog box as mentioned here.

4. In right-side pane, you’ll see Recommended troubleshooting section. The section may contain additional recommendations to help you in troubleshooting found issues.

If Windows 10 found any issue and has any recommended troubleshooter tool to fix the issue, it’ll list the tool on this page.

You can click on “View History” link given below the section to check which troubleshooting were done by Windows 10 in past.

To customize Recommended Troubleshooting settings, click on “Recommended troubleshooting settings” link and it’ll open Settings -> Privacy -> Diagnostics & Feedback page. You can directly open the page using ms-settings:privacy-feedback command in RUN dialog box.

Now you can adjust recommended troubleshooting settings using the given drop-down box. You can select any of following given options:

• Fix problems for me without asking
• Tell me when problems get fixed
• Ask me before fixing problems
• Only fix critical problems for me

If you select “Fix problems for me without asking” option, Windows 10 will enable automatic mode for recommended troubleshooting feature. It’ll automatically detect and fix found issues in your device without asking you.

If you select “Tell me when problems get fixed” option, Windows 10 will keep automatic mode enabled for recommended troubleshooting feature and will notify you whenever it fixes an issue in your device.

If you select “Ask me before fixing problems” option, it’ll disable automatic mode for recommended troubleshooting. You’ll have control over this feature and Windows 10 will ask for your permission before fixing any issue. You’ll get a notification message when an issue is found.

You can select “Only fix critical problems for me” option if you want to disable recommended troubleshooting (sort of). Windows 10 will assist you in fixing critical issues only. For other issues, you’ll need to manually launch and run available troubleshooters using Settings -> Update & Security -> Troubleshoot page.

So recommended troubleshooting feature is an useful feature introduced in Windows 10 newer versions. It’ll help users in fixing issues easily and quickly.

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