Windows 10: The Missing Manual, 2nd Edition

Appendix B. Where’d It Go?

As the saying goes, you can’t make an omelette without breaking a few eggs. And on the road to Windows 10, Microsoft broke enough eggs to make a Texan soufflé. Features got moved, renamed, and ripped out completely.

If you’re fresh from Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 8, or even earlier versions of Windows 10, you might spend your first few days wondering where things went. Here’s a handy cheat sheet of features that aren’t in Windows 10 (or aren’t where you think they should be).

• Ad hoc networking. Microsoft removed the link that lets you set up this PC-to-PC wireless network. The feature is still available, but it requires one of two tools. First, you can follow along with a guided tour through the necessary command-line typed commands, like this tutorial here: http://j.mp/YEIsrd. Second, you can use a piece of free software to do the job for you, like Wi-MAN. You can download it from this book’s “Missing CD” page at www.missingmanuals.com.

• Add or Remove Programs control panel. The →→Apps page called “Apps and features” performs the software-removal function now. No Control Panel applet remains to add software, because every program these days comes with its own installer.

• Aero. Microsoft must have spent tens of millions of dollars advertising ...