Instead of clicking through a long list of different screens to get to a setting, this makes it much easier. While Microsoft continues to add new features in Windows 10, and there is less of a need for installing extra software, addressing simple needs like this is still best solved by third-party apps like Brightness Slider. In fact, reducing screen brightness is an easy way to save battery power on your laptop. Right-click on it to close out of it or have it run during startup, so it’s always there if you use it a lot. Then, click on it to adjust your display’s brightness level to what works best for you. Just double-click the executable to open the program straight away.
It’s a lightweight app with nothing to install, and you can run it from a flash drive or network location. This adds a brightness slider icon to the tray for easy access. There you have access to a slider for adjusting the brightness of your display.ĭownload the free utility called Brightness Slider from GitHub. If you want precise control, you can right-click the Brightness button and select Go to Settings.
To change the brightness level on your laptop, you can open Action Center and click the Brightness button, but it will adjust it in increments of 25 percent, which is clunky and doesn’t give you precision control.
Set Display Brightness with Action Center
