How to enable new Advanced Settings on Windows 11

• Microsoft is working on a new Advanced settings page to replace the For Developers experience.
• If you want to enable the new page, you have to run the vivetool /enable /id:56005157 in the latest preview of Windows 11 in the Dev or Beta Channel.

On Windows 11, Microsoft plans to replace the “For Developers” page with the “Advanced” settings page from the Settings app, and in this guide, I’ll explain the steps to enable this change on your installation.

The new Advanced page introduces a new organization for the features previously available on the “For Developers” page, and it adds some new features, including some from the Dev Home app that the company has already retired.

This change in the Settings app hasn’t been officially announced, but the company has already acknowledged it, and you can enable it manually using the ViveTool in the latest preview of Windows 11 in the Dev and Beta Channels.

In this guide, I’ll explain the steps to access the new Advanced Settings experience that Microsoft plans to add to Windows 11.

Enable Advanced Settings on Windows 11

To enable the Advanced page in the Settings app for Windows 11, follow these steps:

1. Open the GitHub website.

2. Download the ViveTool-vx.x.x.zip file to enable the new Advanced Settings page.

3. Double-click the zip folder to open it with File Explorer.

4. Click the Extract all button.

5. Click the Extract button.

6. Copy the path to the folder.

7. Open Start.

8. Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.

9. Type the following command to navigate to the ViveTool folder and press Enter:

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

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

10. Type the following command to enable the Advanced page in the Settings app and press Enter:

    vivetool /enable /id:56005157

11. Restart the computer.

Once you complete the steps, while in the Settings app, in the System section, you’ll find the “Advanced” page.

The page groups the settings into different categories, depending on the feature. For example, the “Taskbar” section includes the option to enable the “End Task” feature, while the “File Explorer” section adds a new option to enable the long paths option, and introduces a new page to control various other settings.

The “File Explorer + Version Control” feature brings native support for version control to File Explorer, allowing you to connect with systems like Git to view changes and comments directly from the app.

Under the “Virtual Workspace” section, you have quick access to the “Remote Desktop” settings, and there’s a new “Virtual Workspaces” page that allows you to control a number of features that were previously only available through the “Windows Feature” page.

For example, you can enable Windows Sandbox, Hyper-V services, and other virtualization components from this page.

The Advanced page also includes some features for the Windows Terminal, and the “For Developers” section allows you to turn on “Developer Mode” as well as “Device discovery.”

The “Dev Drive” section is also new, but it’s a shortcut to access the storage settings to create a Dev Drive on Windows 11.

It’s important to note that this page is still a work in progress, and not all of the features within this section are working as expected.

If you want to undo the changes, you can follow the same instructions outlined above, but in step 10, run the vivetool /disable /id:56005157 command.

What are your thoughts on the new settings page? Let me know in the comments.