Windows 10 Start Menu Features Tips And Tricks

As is expected, the Start Menu, or simply Start, gives you access to your User Documents, Oft-used and pinned software and apps, File Explorer and so on. Something notably new here is that the Start now includes Live Tiles too. You can: Let us now have a look at the Start Menu and some of its settings in detail.

Live Tiles & Groups

The Start now includes Tiles. You can pin tiles to Start. If the app is programmed to display Live Tiles, you will see Live Tiles in your Start Menu too. You can pin apps, program shortcuts, files, folders and even the Drive to Start. Simply right-click on the item and select Pin to Start. Drag and drop them around, to arrange them in Groups and give the Groups useful names. The typical context menu for each Tile would include:

Unpin from StartPin to TaskbarUninstallResize – Small, Medium, Wide, LargeTurn Live Tile off.

You can move the tiles, resize them and even group them. You can move items from the left side to the right side of Start and display them as Tiles. You can also uninstall apps from the Start itself, using its context menu.

Give it the Classic Windows 7 look

If you wish, you can right-click on each Tile and unpin it to make the Start look compact, giving it the classic look.

Resize Start or make it display full-screen

You can resize the Start Menu by dragging at its right and top edge. You can even display Start Menu in full screen, via Settings > Personalization > Start.

Most used Programs

The Start displays the Most used programs. This gives you easy access to apps and software that you use frequently. But if you wish, you can remove this Most Used list.

Recently added software & apps

If you installed new apps or software, they would get listed here. You can show or hide Recently added apps group.

Content Suggestions

Start will also recommend apps and content to you, which it thinks may interest you. However, you can disable this feature if you find it irritating, via Settings > Personalization > Start.

Open Start, click on All apps. Next click on any alphabet – say A. You will see the alphabets displayed. Click on one of them and you will be taken to the apps starting with that alphabet.

Right-click on the Windows 10 taskbar and select Properties. Under the Start Menu tab, you will see a Customize button. Click on it to open the Customize Start Menu box. Here you will be able to customize how links, icons, and menus look and behave on the Start Menu. You can add system items and disable or enable context menus and the drag-and-drop function. This box offers you a lot of options to customize Start Menu in Windows 10. Read: Guide to customize Windows 10 Start Menu and Taskbar. If there is anything else you’d like to add or something I have missed, please do so in the comments section.

Windows 10 Start Menu Features Tips And Tricks