Customise the Start menu
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Right-click a tile and choose Resize to change its size:
Small, Medium, Wide or Large. Right-click and choose More –
if a live tile option is offered, selecting this will see the icon
dynamically update with content from the app rather than
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Drag one tile on top of another and they’ll be merged
into a single tile – click this to reveal the tile’s contents. Roll your
mouse above a series of grouped tiles to reveal a title bar – click
under ‘Name group’ to give it a suitably descriptive name; click
and drag the ‘=’ icon to move the group.
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You can disable the A-Z list of apps in the Start menu via
Personalisation > Start (switch off ‘Show app list in Start menu’)
or choose whether to head the list with recently added or most
used apps for convenience sake. Finally, select ‘Use Start full
screen’ if you miss Windows 8’s Start screen.
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The main part of the Start menu is its Tiles section,
where app and program shortcuts can be pinned by right-
clicking them in File Explorer or on the Start menu’s Apps list.
Once pinned, drag and drop pinned items around to rearrange
them and pin them together in related groups.1
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To remove unwanted ads, go to Start > Settings >
Personalisation > Start and toggle the ‘Occasionally show
suggestions in Start’ switch to Off. Now open the Start menu
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The buttons on the left give you one-click access to
power, Settings, user options (including the ‘Switch user’
function) and much more besides. You can customise which
user folders and tools appears here via Personalisation >
Start – click ‘Choose which folders appear on Start’.Basics
Master the desktop