6/5/2023 0 Comments Classic windows start menu![]() ![]() One thing you can do is change the Start menu color scheme. ![]() At the moment, I don’t feel I have as much control over the live tiles in the Start menu as I’d like. I may be missing something, or it may just be incomplete functionality, but somehow I expected more to choose from here. Next, click Customize to invoke the Customize Start Menu dialog.Ĭustomize the Start menu by using the Control Panel. Perhaps it’s a work in progress? For one thing, the Control Panel is called Taskbar and Start Menu Properties once it’s open, but Taskbar and Navigation in the Control Panel list.Īnyway, open that Control Panel, switch to the Start Menu tab, and note that we can improve our privacy with one click by selecting the option Clear personal info from my tiles. My impressions are that Microsoft hasn’t given us too much customization capability in Windows 10 Technical Preview. We have limited control over live tiles in the new Start menu. By the way, you can pin apps from the All Apps folder to the Start menu by using the same right-click process. We can easily manage system sleeps, shutdowns, and reboots through the Start menu.įinally, right-clicking a live tile allows you to unpin, pin to taskbar, uninstall, or resize the app. You can click or right-click just about everything in the new Start menu.Ĭlicking the Power button gives us easy access to the Sleep, Shut Down, and Restart commands. While it will still not be entirely obvious to many customers that we can click the User icon in the Start menu, doing so gives you the ability to swap out your account picture, lock the computer, or sign out. ![]() One big complaint that customers had concerning Windows 8 was difficulty in finding the Log Off, Restart, and Shut Down commands. Let’s reset the setting in the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Control Panel item to bring back the Start menu and spend some time clicking around it to discover what’s new. In Windows 10 Tech Preview, Windows Store apps all run in windowed mode. Starting Windows Store app from the Start Screen still results in a windowed experience and a cool app menu, which I’ve opened for you in the next screenshot: For all I know, this is a programming bug that won’t appear in the final product. Now don’t get too excited-the taskbar disappears once you move your mouse away from it. Notice that we have access to the taskbar even when we’re in the Start screen environment! Check out Michael’s post if you want to switch back and forth between the Start menu and the Start screen. Do you see anything different? In my opinion, Microsoft made excellent use of customer feedback. Take a closer look at the previous screenshot. Microsoft made some nice tweaks to the Start screen. You are required to sign out if you switch between the Start menu and the Start screen.Īfter you sign back in, press the Windows key or click the flag button. Here’s the dialog you’ll see before that happens: This event requires that you sign out and sign back in, though. Unchecking that box tells Windows that you prefer to use the Start screen instead of the revamped Start menu. You can control and customize the Start menu and Start screen with the Control Panel. On the Start Menu tab, we have an option called Use the Start menu instead of the Start screen, as shown below. Then I opened the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties Control Panel item by right-clicking an empty area of the taskbar and selecting Properties from the shortcut menu. Scouring every item in the Start menu, I was unable to find any references to it. Where did the Start screen go?Īt first blush, the Start screen appears to be completely removed from Windows 10 Technical Preview. Tapping the Windows key alone simply opens the new Start menu, as expected. A mini Start screen with live tiles!Īs I said, you can still invoke the Run box by pressing Win+R, the Search tool by pressing Win+F, File Explorer by pressing Win+E, and so forth. The User menu and Power button do some cool things that I discuss separately later on in this article.Yes, we still have the PC Settings Windows 8 app, but you’ll be pleased to observe that all the “Metro” apps now run windowed instead of full-screen by default.You’ll see Windows 8/Store apps in here in addition to classic Windows applications. The All Programs menu has become All Apps.The search “omnibox” that has been with us since Windows Vista is still around, although I much prefer to hit Win+R to invoke the Run box.This is the “new” Start menu in Windows 10 Technical Preview. ![]()
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