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1. How to Switch Between the Start Menu and the Start Screen
Typically, the Start menu will show up as the default on a traditional PC in Windows 10, while the Start screenplays that role on a touch-screen-primary device, such as a Windows 10 tablet. But you're not stuck with those choices.
Let's say the Start menu is the default, but you'd prefer to work and play on the Start screen. Click the Start button and select Settings. At the Settings screen, click on the category for Personalization. At the Personalization screen, click on the option on the left pane for Start. At the Start pane, turn on the switch that says: "Use Start full screen" and then close the Settings screen. Click the Start button, and you should now see the Start screen with all its tiles in full bloom.
To get back the Start menu, click the "hamburger" icon (the one with the three horizontal bars at the upper left of the screen) and follow the same steps as above, only turn off the switch for "Use Start full screen." The Start menu should then be back.
2. How to Access the Start Menu Controls From the Start Screen
Let's say the tiled Start screen is your preferred slice of Windows 10 real estate. That's great. But something seems to miss. Ah, it's the key shortcuts and controls that are part and parcel of the Start menu. How do you access all of the cool commands and features that pop up when you turn on the Start menu, while still living in the tiled world of the Start Screen? Here's how.
Let's say you want to see the All Apps list on the Start screen. Just click on the menu icon (four stacked squares with four stacked lines) that appears right above the Start button, and the All Apps list pops up. Click Back to turn off the All Apps list.
Okay, but what about all the other Start menu features? Just click on the hamburger icon (same one as in the previous tip) at the upper left of the screen. You’ll now see the Start menu's left-hand column slide in, with all its options and commands.
Want to shut down or restart your PC from the Start screen? Just click on the Power button (the one above the four-squares menu icon), and you'll see options for Shutdown and Restart, as well as Sleep and Hibernate if you're using a laptop.
3. How to Change the Size of the Start Menu
With all the commands and links on the left pane and all the tiles on the right pane, the Start menu can feel a bit crowded. It's possible, however, to expand it so that you can see more of your favorite titles by increasing the size of the menu.
First, make sure the Start menu is enabled. Move your cursor to the top edge of the Start menu until it turns into a double arrow. Hold down your mouse's left-click button and drag your cursor up or down, and the height of the Start menu should increase or decrease.
Likewise, move your cursor to the right edge of the Start menu, again until it turns into a double arrow. Hold down your mouse button, and drag your cursor to the right or left. The width of the Start menu increases or decreases. You can play around with the height and the width until you find a size that fits you.
4. How to Magnify the Start Menu or Start Screen
Is the Start menu or Start screen tiles too small for your taste, perhaps because of the native resolution of your monitor or laptop screen? No problem! You can magnify them so they’re bigger and easier on the eyes.
Click on the Start button and then click on Settings. Click on the System category. In the right pane that reads "Customize your display," you'll see a slider bar that's likely set to 100%. Drag the slider switch to the right so its setting changes to 125%, 150%, or more. (The possible choices will vary by system; a 1080p-screened Lenovo ThinkPad Carbon X1 laptop we tried here, for example, ranged to 175%, while another machine limited matters to 125%.) Now click on the Start button, and you'll see the Start menu or Start screen larger and easier to read.
The only potential drawback of this tweak is that all the screens in Windows are now magnified. Prefer the previous look? Just go back and return the size to 100%, or whatever it was.
5. How to Change What Appears on the Start Menu
You can customize the Windows 10 Start menu by adding or removing certain items. You may want to see all of the available folders, links, and lists, or you may want to limit the menu content to just certain elements. Here are some ways you can alter what pops up on the Start menu.
Let's say you want to pick which lists you see on the Start menu. Click on the Start button, then click on the Settings command. From the Settings screen, click the category for Personalization. In the left pane, click on the Start option. The first setting ("Show more tiles") can display more tiles on the right pane of the menu. The second setting ("Occasionally show suggestions in Start") can show suggestions for Windows 10 apps that you may want to install. The third setting ("Show most used apps") determines if the "Most used" apps list appears. The fourth section ("Show recently added apps") determines if the "Recently added" apps list pops up. You can toggle the switches for any of these items on or off.
Earlier, in the first tip, we dealt with the fifth setting on this screen ("Use Start full screen") to switch between the Start menu and Start screen.
The sixth setting ("Show recently opened items...") shows recently opened items in Jump Lists on the Start menu. As an example, turning on this setting means you'll see recently opened folders when you click on the right arrow next to File Explorer in the Start menu.
Finally, click on the link to "Choose which folders appear on Start." You'll see a toggle-able list of all the common Windows folders, such as File Explorer, Settings, Documents, Downloads, Music, and Pictures. Turn each item on or off depending on whether or not you want to see it. Click on the Start button, and you'll see your changes in effect.
6. How to Change the Color of the Start Menu
Now, let's say you want to get creative and repaint the Start menu.
Let's go all Bob Ross. Click on the Start button, then click on the Settings command. From Settings, click on the category for Personalization, then the setting for Colors. In the "Choose a color" section, turn on the option to "Automatically pick an accent color from my background," if it's not already enabled. Click on the Start button, and you'll see that the menu tiles take on the same accent color as your background image.
Turn off the option to "Automatically pick an accent color from my background." Now, choose an accent color from the color palette. Again, click on the Start button, and you'll find that the tiles take on the same color as the one you chose.
Scroll down the Settings screen then turns on the next option to "Show color on Start, taskbar, action center, and title bar." Now, click on the Start button, and you'll notice that the entire menu and tiles take on the same accent color as your background image. Turn on the option to "Make Start, taskbar, and action center transparent." When you click on the Start button, and you'll see that the Start menu is now partially transparent. You can tweak these various settings until you come upon a color and opaqueness scheme that suits you.
7. How to Pin an App to the Start Menu or Start Screen
Let's say you dig the tiled approach used by the Start menu and Start screen and want to add more apps as tiles. We'll pick File Explorer as an example tile you want to add.
If you're working from the Start screen, click on the hamburger icon at the top to display the Start menu. If you’re already working from the Start menu, just stay put. Right-click on the link for File Explorer. From the popup menu, click on the command for "Pin to Start." File Explorer now appears as a tile in the right pane. Right-click Settings, and do the same thing. Settings, too, now appears as a tile in the right pane, next to File Explorer. Keep doing that for any other apps that you want to pin to the tile area.
Okay, now it's possible that your tile section is getting too crowded, and you want to remove some apps from it. Right-click on a tile you wish to give the heave-ho. From the popup menu, click on the command for "Unpin from Start." That title is now removed, though you can always access the program from the All Apps list, which displays all installed apps alphabetically.
8. How to Pin a File or Document to the Start Menu or Start Screen
The preceding tip isn't limited just to programs—yes, you can pin individual files to your Start area, too. The steps are a bit involved, but they'll get the job done.
Open File Explorer. Right-click on the file you wish to pin to the Start menu or Start screen. From the popup menu, click the command called "Create shortcut." That will create a shortcut in the file's current location folder. Right-click this new shortcut, and click the Copy command.
Next, in File Explorer, click the View menu and check the option to show "Hidden items." Navigate to the following folder: C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs. Right-click in the folder and click Paste from the popup menu to paste the shortcut there.
Next, open the Start menu and then open the All Apps list. Scroll down the list until you see the shortcut you just posted. Right-click on the shortcut and click on "Pin to Start" from the popup menu. Your file now appears in the Start area.
9. How to Pin a Folder, Setting, or Web Site to the Start Menu or Start Screen
Yes, you can pin even more stuff to your Start area. You may have a favorite folder, setting, or Web site that you wish to make handy courtesy of the Start menu or Start screen. Let's see how we can pin each different type of item.
It's a lot easier to pin a folder than an individual file. To pin a folder to your Start area, right-click on it and click on the "Pin to Start" command from the popup menu. To pin a setting to your Start area, click on the Settings command from the Start menu. Navigate to the specific setting you wish to pin. Right-click on it, then click on the "Pin to Start" command. Click Yes when Windows asks if you want to pin this tile to Start.
To pin a Web page to your Start area, open the Microsoft Edge browser (you can quickly open it by clicking on the E icon on the taskbar) and navigate to the page you wish to pin. Click on the three-dot/ellipsis menu button at the upper-right part of the page. From the popup menu, click the command to "Pin this page to Start." Click the Yes button when Windows asks if you want to pin this tile to Start.
10. How to Group and Name Your Start Menu and Start Screen Tiles
You may have all the tiles you need in the Start menu or Start screen, but maybe you don't like the layout or order of the tile groups. Perhaps some titles seem like they're in the wrong groups. Let's fix that using the old drag-and-drop approach.
Hold down a tile that you want to move to a different group, and drag it to that group. You can move the tile to an existing group, or you can move it all the way to the bottom of the screen to create a new group. Repeat this process for each of the tiles that you want to move and organize into the correct groups.
Now, you have your tiles in the right groups, but maybe you don't like the sizes of certain tiles. No problem. Simply right-click on a file and move your cursor to the Resize command in the popup menu. You’ll see as many as four choices for size: Small, Medium, Wide, and Large. Play with different sizes until you find the ones you like. You might want to enlarge the tile sizes for the apps you use most often and shrink those for the apps you use less frequently.
Now you've got the tiles sized properly and in the right groups, but you don't like the names of the groups. Just click the name of a tile group until it turns into a white editing field. Once you see the white field, click the "X" button to delete the existing name. Then, type a new name for the group, and press Enter or click outside the tile group. If the group doesn't have a name yet, just move your cursor to space above the group, until the phrase "Name group" appears. Click in the "Name group" field, type the name for your group, and then press Enter.
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