Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide Troubleshooting Guide | Chapter 4 Navigation Previous Chapter Next Chapter Chapter 4: Windows 10 Personalization Start Button Tablet Mode Create and Edit Themes Start Button he Desktop view in Windows 10 features the Start button in the lower-left corner. T Click the Start button and you'll see the new Start menu with its hybrid approach. On the left, the familiar menu column appears with shortcuts to your applications and settings. On the right, a screen full of tiles to Windows apps displays so you can access key Windows apps right from the menu. However, this button has an additional purpose – just right-click on it (or press and hold) and an extended options menu will appear. Here you will have quick access to various utility tools such as the File Explorer, Search tool, Run tool, the Command Prompt and Power Options. At the very bottom, you will also see the option to shut down or sign out https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide which should be a lot more intuitive. The menu is not exactly very user-friendly, but despite this, a lot of PC users will probably be using it a lot as it's very handy. Windows 10 is full of new (yet hidden) tricks and shortcuts. You can learn a lot about them by reviewing the new Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts. You can also change the Start menu into a full screen Start menu that looks like a Start screen, but offers access to the Taskbar and your Desktop. Just open Settings and choose the Personalization option. Go to the Start subheading and turn on Use Start full screen. Start Menu Customization The Start button in Windows 10 can be customized in different ways. Let's say you want to change or personalize some aspects of the Start menu. Here's where your right mouse button comes into play. For example, you want to add Settings as a tile on the right side of the menu. Press the Start button and right-click the link for Settings and click Pin to Start. A tile for Settings appears on the right. If you want to remove it, you can find it the tile in the Start menu, right-click and choose Unpin from Start. https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide Maybe you want to add Settings to the taskbar instead. Right-click the link for Settings, hover over More and click Pin to Taskbar. If you want to remove it, you can find Settings on your Taskbar, right-click and choose Unpin from Start. Let's say you want to manage certain apps. Right-click any app, and you'll typically see three options: Pin to Start (or Unpin from Start if the app is already set up as a tile), More and Uninstall. Hover over More and you’ll see additional options: Pin to taskbar (or Unpin from taskbar if the app is already there), Run as administrator and Open file location. Simply click on the option you want. Let's say you want to manage the tiles that appear on the right side of the menu. Right-click https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide a specific tile, and a menu pops up with certain choices: Unpin from Start, More and Resize. Hover over More and you’ll see additional options: Pin to taskbar (or Unpin from taskbar if the app is already there), Run as administrator, Open file location, turn Live tile on (or turn Live tile off, depending on the current setting), Rate and review and Share. If you hover over Resize you will see size options: small, medium, wide and large. Most apps will also have an Uninstall option. Again, simply click on the option you want. Since the initial launch, Microsoft updated Windows 10 Live tiles so they now make more sense. Instead of just being able to see a bit of information on the Live tile, you can now follow up on it. Live tiles are now chaseable. This means if you see something like a news story on a Live tile, you will go directly to that news item when you click the Tile instead of simply opening the homepage of an app. By customizing the left column and the right column, you can easily control how much you want to stick with the standard Start menu and how much you want to tap into the tiled Start screen portion. https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide Taskbar The taskbar has been an integral part of the Windows operating system for quite some time now. Windows 10 follows up on that tradition and allows you to do some interesting things with it. You can go and use it as is once you upgrade to Windows 10, but you can also tinker around with it. This is how the standard taskbar looks: There are certain things you can change about it. Right-click the taskbar and a menu will open: https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide Toolbars allows you to add toolbars to the taskbar. There are already some you can pick from such as Address, Links and Desktop but you can also add new toolbars by clicking New toolbar. Under Cortana, you can pick how you want to display Cortana on the taskbar. Hidden will completely remove the search bar function from your taskbar. Show Cortana icon will shrink it to a small circle which is a representation of Cortana which saves a lot of space if you want to pin more apps to your taskbar. Show search box is the default option and it will display a search box which you can click and write in. The next options are all based on the choice of displaying something or not. You need to check them if you want them to display and uncheck if you do not want them on your taskbar. Show task view button, Show Windows Ink Workspace button and Show touch keyboard button. If you need space, it is wise to remove these, especially if you do not use them. The next options change what is displayed on your monitor or rather how it is displayed. Cascade windows, Show windows stacked, Show windows side by side and Show the desktop all rearrange your https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide windows in a way that best suits you or completely moves them out of your way if you want to access the desktop. Lock the taskbar is a useful option if you ever accidentally drag the bar. This is useful, especially for gamers that play in windowed mode as it can result in some really bad gaming moments. This is best kept locked. You can resize the taskbar at any time by unchecking this option and checking it again when you feel the taskbar is the right size. Settings offers a variety of options that might be very useful depending on how you use your device. Again, you have the option to lock the taskbar as mentioned before. You can choose to automatically hide the taskbar in desktop or tablet mode if you feel you need that bit more space on your screen when working. Small taskbar icons also significantly improve your experience. You’ve seen the default taskbar earlier, and this is how it looks with small taskbar icons and the Cortana icon: https://www.solvusoft.com/en/windows-10-troubleshooting-guide/chapter4/[1/24/2019 1:06:36 PM] Windows 10 Personalization - Windows 10 Troubleshooting Guide The icons are small which leads to the taskbar being smaller as well. Cortana saves a bit of space and you have a seemingly endless taskbar to pin app icons onto. Peek to preview allows you to hover over icons on your taskbar and see information in those apps in a small window. Hover over that window and it will maximize the app as long as you hover over the window. This is helpful if you need to check something, but do not want to Alt + Tab or change to that window. You can also enable this for the Show desktop button that rests on the right-end side of your taskbar. When you move the mouse away, your windows return to their previous state. You can also click this area to automatically minimize all your windows. Click the area again to restore your windows. You can also use the Windows + D to do the same thing as clicking the Show desktop button. Show badges on taskbar buttons will allow your app icons to show certain information on the icon such as the number of unread emails you have or notifications from social media apps. This option will not work if you have Small taskbar icons turned on. You can also choose which icons can appear on the taskbars. Click on the Select which icons appear on the taskbar and all app icons that have the option to be shown there will have an On/Off slider next to them.