Windows 10 start screen without tiles customization.

Those who skipped Windows 8 will have a lot to get used to, especially the tiles. In this article we will talk about how to add, remove and change them.

The new Start menu has what are called application tiles. They can be added, deleted, changed their size, and animation can be turned on and off. Animated tiles are called "live" or dynamic. They are showing useful information– for example, news headlines, Latest updates and so on.

Windows 8.1 users will already be familiar with the tiles, but newbies who skipped Windows 8 and are upgrading from Windows 7, Vista or even XP will have to get used to it.

Here's what the new Start menu looks like. On the left are folders, settings and links. On the right are tiles, mainly for apps from the Windows Store.

Right-click on any tile and you'll see a list of options. The very first one is “Unpin from Start”. It obviously removes the tile from the Start menu.

If you want to pin an application to the Start menu, click the All apps button, click desired application Right-click (or touch and hold) and select the Pin to Start option.

In addition to the Start menu, an application can also be pinned to the taskbar (and unpinned from there) or removed altogether.

You can change the sizes of the tiles to make them fit together better. There are small, medium, wide and large sizes to choose from - although not for all tiles.

Here is the difference between wide and large sizes (compared to the previous screenshot).

Some people like dynamic tiles, but for most users they only irritate and distract. You can turn them off - then the tiles will turn into regular static ones.

The following screenshot shows a large static tile that has been touched and held (on touch screen) to show touch controls. The icon in the top right corner allows you to unpin a tile.

Click the button in the lower right corner to access other options, including resizing, turning dynamic tiles on or off, pinning/unpinning to the taskbar, and uninstalling (under the "more options" heading).

The ability to pin apps to the taskbar means you can access your favorite Store apps without ever having to open the Start menu.

To remove an application from the taskbar, right-click on it and unpin it, or use the Unpin from taskbar option in the Start menu.

The last option available for tiles is Uninstall. It brings up a dialog box asking you to confirm that you are truly ready to remove the application and its associated data.

That's sorted out. Now we need to understand how to arrange the tiles in the Start menu. You can left-click or touch and hold a tile and then drag it to the desired location.

You can give each group of tiles a specific name - to do this, click on the icon of two horizontal lines in the upper right corner of the group. For example, if you have many games installed, you can group them all into one group and call it “Games.” Or you can group Office and others similar apps under the heading "Productivity".

is a new design language created and popularized by Microsoft with the release of Windows 8, first used on portable devices with Windows 7. Some of this interface style was seen in MSN 2.0 or Encarta 95, but it is not the same as today. It focuses more on effective typography, placing useful content at the center. Microsoft successfully used the famous international Swiss style. It was developed over 60 years ago and emphasizes readability, objectivity and ergonomics. It's easy to see that the key is to use a grid and fonts without sharp corners.

Instructions for setting up live tiles in Windows 10.

Microsoft first introduced the new design in Windows Media Center 2003 for Windows XP Media Center Edition. As a form of navigation, the focus here was on the content and the text used. In 2006, Zune revamped the interface using slightly different principles, such as focusing more on content and beautiful typography and less on UI design. From there it moved to smartphones running Windows 7, and then to the new Windows 8 operating system, released immediately after the end of the beta testing period. Other products such as Windows Live Messenger, Live Mesh and Outlook also incorporate modern trends in user interface design.

The design inspires confidence and focuses on details. It creates a feeling of reliability and safety. This new minimalist approach could be the real future of the internet. Portable devices such as tablets and touchscreen smartphones are the future of technology, and the modern user interface is created specifically for such devices. Yes, Windows 8 for computers and phones has the same interface, but who knows how much longer we'll be using a mouse and keyboard.

Setting up a tiled interface in Start

Microsoft loves tiles and wants you to love them too. They appeared in Windows 8 and then in Windows 10, even with the return of the Start menu. Whether you love tiles or not, you can customize them to make it easier for you to access your favorite apps. How to set them up? You can resize them, bring them to the Start menu, turn Live Snaps on and off, and organize them into specific groups. Let's look at the interface settings in more detail.

Let's look at how to add tiles. To create extra space for more tiles, click Start - Settings - Personalization - Start. On the right, find and enable the “Show more tiles in Start menu” feature. Now click Start and you will see that the menu area has become larger, creating additional space for new tiles. Next, use the right key to select any application and click “Pin to Start Screen”.

Size customization

Like Windows 8 and 8.1, Windows 10 also allows you to resize pinned tiles to make them larger or smaller. To do this, right-click on the tile, then in the pop-up menu, hover over the Resize option and select a new one from the 4 available sizes.

Grouping

You can place the tiles in different groups to make them better organized and easier to find. For example, you can create one group for your main applications, another group for Internet-related applications, and a third for games. First, select the tile you want to use to create a new group and move it to an empty area in the Start menu. Then move all other application shortcuts to this group. Continue until you have entered all the applications. Now we need to give the group a name. Hover your mouse just above the first tile in the group until “Name Group” appears. Click on it, enter the name of the new group and press Enter.

With the release of Windows 10 Creators Update, you can use new feature, which allows you to place shortcuts in folders. This process will help you better organize your tiles so they take up less screen space. Let's say you want to put all your entertainment related apps in one folder. For example, Xbox, Groove Music, Movies & TV and Netflix. Start by dragging one tile on top of another, for example placing the Groove Music tile on top of the Xbox tile.

Now your Xbox and Groove Music shortcuts are in the same folder. To access one of the applications, simply click on a folder to open and display its shortcuts. Then select the application you want to launch. If you need to add another tile to the folder, simply drag it. Continue this process until you have dragged all associated applications. Then you can rename the folder.

Prevent tile updates

Live tiles can be very convenient because they show the latest news and other updated information. To turn off their animation, right-click live tiles, such as "News", "Weather" or "Calendar". From the pop-up menu, hover over the Advanced option and click Disable Live Tiles. The animation will be disabled.

Customize the Start menu color

To customize the color scheme, click Start and select Settings. In the “Personalization” section on the left, select “Colors”. A menu will open with a choice of background color for the tiles. The “Automatic selection of the main background color” function will automatically select a shade that matches the color scheme of the wallpaper.

Also available here are additional settings registration The transparency effects switch makes the taskbar and Start menu background slightly transparent. The selected color can also be automatically duplicated in other interface elements - on the taskbar, in the notification center and in window title bars. If you disable this feature, the Start menu background, taskbar, and active window title bars will turn dark gray.

Return to Metro menu

Owners of gadgets and PCs Windows control 8 are already accustomed to the full-screen design in the Metro style. Start in Windows 10 combines old and new design elements. How to disable tiles in Windows 10? To switch to the familiar full-screen view, click Start and select Settings. In the “Personalization” section, go to the “Start” section, find the “Open the Start menu in full screen” option here and turn it on. After that, when you open the Start menu, you will see the standard Metro design taking up the entire desktop screen.

How to remove tiles from the Start menu in Windows 10

Removing tiles may take some time because you have to do it for each shortcut separately. Right-click any tile and click Unpin from Start. After this, the tile will disappear, but the program will still remain in the Start list. How to remove live tiles? To make Start look as similar as possible to the Windows 7 design, you need to remove all the tiles and manually resize the panel. After removing the shortcuts, grab the right side of the Start menu with your mouse and drag it as far as possible to the left.

Return to the classic interface

The method described above will not return the full menu from the seven, but will only make it a little similar. To get a full, familiar list of programs without cluttering your desktop, you will have to use third-party software. Classic Shell – perfect solution for people who are concerned about the new features of Windows 8, 8.1 and 10. The program is a powerful tool containing many options to return to the old ones, good decisions, known from more earlier versions Microsoft systems. The program allows you to restore:

• classic Start menu;
• classic look Internet Explorer 9;
• classical Windows view Explorer.

Using extensive settings, you can choose the appearance of the Start menu (Windows Classic, Windows XP, Windows 7), change settings, general behavior, appearance menu or search actions. In addition, you can edit sounds, context menus, the appearance of the Start button, etc. Classic Shell also allows you to create backups saved settings.

You can similarly change the appearance settings of Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer. You can even add a classic toolbar in Windows Explorer. In addition, skins created by other users are available, and even an editor for your own. The number of options that Classic Shell offers is constantly increasing, and best of all, the program is available completely free of charge. The software has great amount additional options that customize the appearance of individual elements in Windows 8 and 10. The application is no longer updated. The manufacturer has launched a new project – Classic Start.

Classic Start is a new utility that allows you to return Start to its previous appearance. The software is based on the popular Classic Shell application. Thus, the developer continues his old project, offering new features and additional functionality.

StartIsBack++ is a small extension that restores the Start menu in Windows 10. The application restores the Start menu along with all the features and tools, keeping the same appearance as in previous Windows 7/8 systems. StartIsBack improves desktop functionality and the use of the most important tools. The application starts automatically with the operating system. It restores the original Start menu with all the most important functions - search, pinning the most frequently used applications to the left window, as well as options with which we can shut down, restart or put the computer into standby mode.

StartIsBack restores the list recently open documents, a catalog of games, music and images, as well as a functional control panel. It is also worth mentioning the menu with the installed printer and other connected external devices.

Finally, Microsoft met its users halfway and returned the operating Windows system 10 classic start menu. New menu Start more customizable than ever before, so any user can customize it to their liking.

The secret of the new Start menu lies in its division between the desktop and the tablet PC. For example, to turn off tablet or desktop mode, you need to press just one button in the notification center. In this material we will describe the main customization options and properties of the Start menu that are available now. For the review, we took the highest version of Windows 10 Pro.

Resize the Start screen window

Resizing Start for Windows 10 is very easy. To change it it is enough move the cursor to the top or right edge of the start screen, pulling it. For example, if you reduce the top edge, the home screen will look like this.

And if you reduce it to the right edge, it will look like this.

The example shows that you can quickly and very easily increase or decrease the size of the Start menu to suit the user’s needs.

Attaching and Unpinning Tiles

To detach a tile from the start screen, just right-click on it and in the list that appears, click on “ Unpin from Start screen».

To pin a tile from the list of installed and standard utilities on the start screen, you need to go to “ All applications", selecting the program in it and right-clicking on it. After which a list will appear, in which click on the “”.

Also, if instead of this item you select “ Pin to taskbar", then we will see our utility on the taskbar. For example, the image below shows the program commit " Calculator» on the taskbar.

To disconnect this application from the taskbar, just click on the shortcut on the taskbar and select “ Unpin from taskbar».

In addition to the list of installed and standard programs for the Windows 10 Pro operating system, you can also install them on the start screen links to various resources. For example, to assign a link to a specific directory in the system for the start screen, just click on this directory and select “ Pin to Start Screen».

Also very useful are the links to Internet resources on the home screen. The procedure for fixing them is as transparent as possible. To pin an Internet link to a specific resource, just go to a specific page in the browser Microsoft Edge . In our case, the Internet resource will be the Microsoft page www.microsoft.com/ru-ru in Russian.

After opening the page, go to the browser settings and select “ Pin this page to your Start screen».

If you need to pin any section of the settings for the home screen, then you just need to go to the required one settings section and right-click on it and select “ Pin to Start Screen" For example, the settings section " Themes».

In a similar way, you can pin notes from OneNote or important contacts from the metro application " People».

Disable live tiles on the Start screen

If you don't like live tiles, you can easily turn them off. To do this, just right-click on the live tile and select “ Advanced/Disable Live Tiles" The image below shows how to disable live tiles in the app " News».

This way, you can disable any live tile on your Start screen. If you need to turn them back on, this is done in the same way.

Change the size of the tiles and drag them

For example, let's take the program " News" and go to the context menu of this tile. In it, select the items “ Resize/Small».

To change the location of a tile, simply drag it to any area of ​​the Start screen. IN latest version In Windows 10 Pro, all tiles are divided into groups, which can be called by a specific name. We will move the link to Microsoft browser Edge from one group to another. Now she is in the group " Events and communication».

After dragging into the group " Entertainment and relaxation", our tile will look like this.

As you can see from the example, the size of the start screen after dragging the tile Microsoft Edge became larger and a new group formed. The group does not yet have a name, but it can be assigned at any time. I would also like to note that all links can be dragged within their group, and their location can also be swapped.

Setting sorting and color options

To select a specific sorting method from the Start menu, you must go to the "" tab in the Start menu. After that, let's move on to the section " System» to the « tab Applications and features».

This section has three sorting methods that will be applied in the Start menu once you select them.

To change the color of the tiles, you need to go to the same “” tab and go to the “ Personalization/Colors».

After choosing a color, such as red, the tiles will look like this.

To make the Start menu color red, you need to turn on the switch " Show color in the Start menu, taskbar, action center, and window title bar».

From the image you can see that the Start window has changed significantly, so by changing the color, we customize it, taking into account our preferences in OS design.

Enable additional folders

To enable additional directory parameters, you must go to the properties of the Start menu. To do this, you need to go to the “” tab, then go to the “ Personalization/Start».

As you can see from the image, two radio buttons are already selected. Let's select all the switches and look at the result.

As you can see in the image, all the selected items ended up in the Start menu.

Let's sum it up

This time, Microsoft developers managed to create a truly unique Start menu that any PC user can customize. Also, for those who like menus without tiles, the developers have provided for completely disabling tiles, which will make it as similar as possible to the standard menu of the Windows 7 or XP operating systems. The image below shows the menu on Windows 10 and there are no tiles.

According to the developer, the Windows 10 system will be improved every year, so the future functionality and properties of the Start menu will expand significantly. In addition, there is not long to wait, because a major update for Windows 10 will be released in the summer of 2016, and another major update will be released in the spring of the same year. In both updates, Microsoft promises new functionality OS and user interface improvements.

We hope our article will help you configure the properties of the Start menu in operating system Windows 10 and its use will simplify access to resources, programs and OS settings as much as possible.

Video on the topic

The developers of Windows 10 have pleased their users with a beautiful, bright and user-friendly interface. For example, in the Start menu, there are bright tiles. On the menu " Start» tiles represent applications. They are organized into groups such as " Events And communication" or " Entertainment And rest" If you want to customize the tiles to suit your needs and want to know what you can do with these tiles, read on and follow the instructions below.

Renaming tile groups

1. If you want, you can rename the group by following these steps:

• Click the button Start" to display the menu " Start».
• Click the name of the tile group and an editing line will open.
• Delete the current title and then enter a new title.
• Click anywhere outside the title to save the title.

2. If you want to use Full Screen menu " Start"go to menu" Personalization" (right click on the desktop and select " Personalization"). In the window that appears " Personalization» click « Start" in the left pane, and then click the switch "Open the Start menu in full screen mode."

Rearranging tiles

1. If you want to keep the apps you use most at the top of the Start menu, you can rearrange the tiles.

• Click the button Start».
• Click on a tile, hold and drag it to a new location.
• Release the tile.

2. If you want to move an entire group, click the heading just above the tiles, for example, " Events And communication" Click the button indicated by the two bars on the right side of the group's title bar and drag the group to a new location. Release the mouse to end your move.

Changing tile sizes

1. By default, tiles are set to different sizes. You can resize them so they are smaller so you can fit more into the menu " Start» or more to make it easier and faster to find your most used app.

• Click the button "Start".
• Right-click on the tile. From the pop-up menu that appears, select " Change size».
• In the side menu that appears, select the size you need: “ Small», « Average" or " Wide».

2. Tiles can also be deleted: right-click on the tile and select " Unpin from Start Screen" and the tile will be removed.

Video: Customizing the Start Menu in Windows 10