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Windows 10 Step by Step, Second Edition
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Windows 10 Step by Step, Second Edition

by Joan Lambert
December 2017
Beginner
641 pages
14h 21m
English
Microsoft Press
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3. Work with shortcuts and tiles

In this chapter

In Chapters 1 and 2, you worked with the Windows user interface rather than with apps that run on Windows. There are many ways to start the apps that are installed on your computer. Chapter 4, “Work with apps and notifications,” discusses some of the common preinstalled Windows 10 apps and how to install others. This chapter covers configuring the Windows environment to make apps available where you want them.

When you install an app on your computer, the app and the files that support it are copied to folders within the Windows system folder structure. You can start an app by navigating to those files and running the ...

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