Windows 10 Anniversary Update Bible

CHAPTER 8Personalizing the Windows 10 Interface

IN THIS CHAPTER

1. The Windows 10 interface
2. Working with tiles
3. Working with tile groups
4. Customizing the contents of the Start screen
5. Clearing tile data

The Windows 10 interface presents a clean, streamlined way to interact with your apps, data, and documents, but like the traditional Windows desktop interface, the new interface is just a starting point. You can customize the organization of tiles and tile groups on the Start menu, change the picture on the Lock screen, and much more.

This chapter explores how you can change all these elements of the Windows 10 interface and customize it to suit the way you work and play.

Customizing the Start Screen

Although the Logon screen may be the first thing you see when you start Windows 10, you'll certainly spend a lot more time working with the Start menu, so that's where we start our tour of the tools and settings you can use to customize the interface.

Rearranging tiles

Figure 8.1 shows a typical Windows 10 Start menu. As the figure shows, the tiles on the Start screen are grouped. You can rearrange the tiles on the Start screen, moving them within a group, moving them to other groups, or even creating new groups.

FIGURE 8.1 Tiles on the Windows 10 Start menu.

Moving tiles within a group is easy. If you're using a touch device, tap and hold the tile until a pushpin icon appears ...