Chapter 2
Starting with the Start Menu
IN THIS CHAPTER
Starting Windows
Signing in to Windows
Understanding the Start menu
Switching among apps
Seeing all your apps and programs
Customizing the Start menu
Turning off your computer
The Windows 10 Start menu doesn’t look much like the Start menu in your earlier version of Windows. The latest update added a few buttons and features, but the basic mechanics remain the same.
Click the Start button in the screen’s bottom-left corner, and the Start menu rises, listing the apps and programs installed on your PC. Click an app or program, and it leaps to the screen, ready for action.
In this chapter, I explain how to figure out this odd, shape-shifting Start menu. On touchscreen tablets, the Start menu fills the entire screen. Its large tiles ...
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