Table of Content
- How to Tweak Your Tiles in Windows 10
- How to Add, Remove, and Customize Tiles on the Windows 10 Start Menu
- How to Create Custom Start Menu Tiles in Windows 10
- Customize Start Menu System Settings
- Solved! Get windows 10 tiles up and running on home screen
- Fix: Desktop has changed to Tiles view mode suddenly
To remove it, you can either right-click on the taskbar and unpin the item, or use the “Unpin from taskbar” option detailed previously. If you want to pin or repin an app then click or tap the “All apps” button, long-press or right-click the app you want, and select “Pin to Start”. If the Windows 10 Start Menu isn't your cup of tea, why not try a complete Windows Start Menu alternative? Alternatively, check out our guide to Windows 10 customization for the best Windows 10 personalization hacks. The easiest way to find a large selection of free high-quality icons is through Flaticons, who provide free downloadable icon packs.
With these programs, you can customize your Windows 10 Start Menu, making it the dynamic feature it has the power to become. However, other programs, like Steam, require some additional tweaking. Read on to find out how you can add Steam live tiles to your Windows 10 Start Menu. Programs like weather applications downloaded through the Windows Store even have built-in live tile features. You can add Chrome applications and Universal Windows Platform apps to the Start Menu as well, along with any program located on your PC. Windows 10 comes with a decent range of customization options.
How to Tweak Your Tiles in Windows 10
Once you know what you want to do and have an idea of colour, your search begins! I’ve found that Pinterest is extremely useful for finding great collections of images. You now need to open the Better StartMenu software. However, do not close the Better StartMenu Helper. Better StartMenu requires the helper to remain open to process the custom live tile links.
In the top-right corner, you can unpin the tile. My passions include comics, gaming and film, so naturally I’ve gone for the kind of home screens that focus on these things. It’s one of the best features of Windows Phone in my opinion, being able to build a phone that expresses exactly who you are. It’s like plastering stickers all over your stationery kit at school…for your phone.
How to Add, Remove, and Customize Tiles on the Windows 10 Start Menu
Now your Xbox and Groove Music tiles are in a single folder. To access one of the apps, simply click on the folder to open it and display its tiles. Then click on the tile for the app you wish to launch. If you stick to the colour and theme you’ve chosen you’ll see a much better result. In the example below you can get a sense that purple is the underlying colour scheme with dark blues and greens bringing it to life. That’s because I’ve only used images that contain a combination of these colours.
Here's how to make your Windows 10 tiled screen look and work better for you. Tom's Guide is part of Future plc, an international media group and leading digital publisher. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
How to Create Custom Start Menu Tiles in Windows 10
Grouping is great if you plan to use a lot of tiles to keep your desktop organized. Very useful if you prefer tiles to desktop icons. Once moved, the tile will stay in place until you move or remove it. What if you want to remove a specific file from a folder?
I’m especially excited about what this guy has been experimenting with when it comes to transparent PNG images and I’m super happy he’s now released an app PinPNG. I’m still learning a lot, but hopefully these 10 tips can help you guys kick a little ass out there. If you guys want to bounce any ideas off me or have any questions you can usually find me hanging out on Reddit, Vine or Twitter.
Customize Start Menu System Settings
Please note that Better StartMenu requires PNG files to create custom Start Menu live tiles. The Helper program saves the tile data, including the name, icon, and path of the program, while Better StartMenu adds the tile onto your Start Menu. You must install both to add a custom live tile to your Windows 10 Start Menu using this method. Every week there’s a great thread on Windows Phone Reddit dedicated to weekly home screens. I find a lot of great inspiration from what the guys are doing there and it’s also a great place to share your stuff and get feedback on what you’re doing.
Then drag and drop the tile you wish to remove to an empty spot. The Microsoft technical articles FOLDERVIEWMODE & FOLDERLOGICALVIEWMODE enumeration have all the information about the folder view modes. On the left are folders, settings, and shortcuts. On the right, are app tiles, which usually open Windows Store apps. Many things have changed with the Start menu from Windows 7 to Windows 10. If you skipped Windows 8, you may be in for a quite an adjustment, particularly when it comes to Start menu “tiles”.
Some of these customization options are not easy to access. As well as that, some parts of Windows 10 aren't as easily customizable, such as the Windows 10 Start Menu tiles. Of course, the ability to turn live tiles off is going to appeal to quite a few people who just want their Start menu to be functional and simple. In addition to pinning to Start, you can pin or unpin from the taskbar, and uninstall the app.You can also resize tiles to better fit within your scheme. Your choices are small, medium, wide, and large.
For this tutorial, I'm using Pixel Perfect's Logos and Brands pack. You'll have to create a free Flaticons account to complete the download. Once your download completes, extract the archive contents, then head back to Better StartMenu Helper.
