Ed Bott - Windows 10 Support Secrets

5 CHAPTER 1 | Getting started with Windows 10 In Windows 10, you have a long list of personalization options for Start, which I cover more fully in Chapter 2. Just for starters, it helps to show users how to unpin, resize, and uninstall pinned tiles from Start, especially for some of the games and third-party apps that are included by default on Start. This is a tile-by-tile process. Right-click any tile to open a shortcut menu like the one shown in Figure 1-4. Unpinning a tile from Start leaves it on the All Apps menu. Uninstalling an app removes it from that user’s profile. After clearing away unwanted apps, pinning frequently used apps to Start and to the taskbar, and changing the size of pinned tiles, the experience feels much more personal. Figure 1-4: You can pin any app you find on Start to the taskbar for even quicker access. Right-clicking an app in Start provides these additional options, including the ability to unpin and uninstall an app. Discover what’s new on the Windows 10 desktop After you move past Start and return to the desktop, even the most grizzled Windows veteran should be able to find familiar territory. The buttons on the taskbar bear a strong resemblance to their counterparts from earlier Windows versions, as do the notification area and clock on the right.