110 PCWorld FEBRUARY 2019HERE’S HOW PERSONALIZE YOUR PC
from the same menu. You can even open
the Start menu in a Windows 8.1
full-screen mode.- Each of the tiles appears in one of three
folders (Productivity, Play, and Explore, by
default), which you can right-click to rename
and move around. Right-
clicking a tile allows you to
adjust its size. That’s useful
for apps that update
information, like Mail,
Calendar, or News. - If you hate the tiled
interface, you can manually
“unpin” each tile to get rid of
them altogether (go.
pcworld.com/unpn). You
can also uninstall some apps
from this interface.- If you right-click a tile
and go to More > Pin To
Taskbar, you can create a
shortcut icon that will live on
the row of icons on your
Taskbar at the bottom of the
screen. Remember, the more
icons you pin, the less space
you’ll have for shortcuts to
active windows. If you hover
over the taskbar icons,
though, you’ll see a pop-up
to the active windows
under that app. - The Taskbar can be
turned off entirely (Settings > Personalization
Taskbar) or moved around your screen—
on the top or side, for example. You can also
create more room by turning off little-used
options like People (go.pcworld.com/mypl)
via the toggle switches.
The Mail tile has been resized to make it the largest available. If
there was unread mail, the tile would show the latest entry.A Taskbar to the right? Unconventional, but sure, it’s possible.