With the new Windows 10 Upgrade, I got totally changed start
menu with much improved and good looking as compared with Windows 7 as well as
Windows 8 operating system. In windows 8 start menu buttons was completely
eliminated, which affects user friendliness of this OS. It will slightly
eliminate with windows 8.1 update, but the desktop filling view also makes
problems with users.
This post contains
the start menu options introduction and uses of them explained. The detailed
Windows 10 tutorials of each option are coming through the upcoming posts of
Shout ME Tutorials.
The new Windows 10 user interface very first improvement is
made to the start menu by combining the plus sides of both Windows 7 and 8 start
menus. The position of start menu is not changed and you can find this button
at the bottom left corner and just look like this.
The new Windows 10 Start Menu is just look like a website
page with two columns. The sidebar is located at left side and right contains
the apps tiles just like windows 8/8.1. Let us see the different portions and
options contained in the start menu.
Windows 10 Start Menu: Account Control
At the Top left corner of your start menu, you can see your
PC name or account name which is used to Log in to your PC. If you just click
on the top of it, you can see the “change account settings”, “Lock”, and “sign
out” options.
Change Account Settings: This is main control center of your
log in account. Here you can set your profile photo, name, sign in methods, add
additional users, work access and synchronize your setting with Microsoft
account.
Lock: If you want to lock your screen without closing your
desktop, select this option. It will shows the beautiful lock screen background
and you can sign in your account only by entering password, if you set one for
your account.
Sign Out: You can exit or log out from your windows 10 pc
user account. It will direct to the sign in page.
Windows 10 Start Menu: Most Used Area
You can find the “Most Used” option at the left sidebar of
your start menu, just below the account option. It shows the applications or
windows programs which are most used for work or personal jobs. It is arranged
one by one by the of most frequency sort technique.
Windows 10 Start Menu: File Explorer
The file explorer is just like the most used area. But the
file explorer contains only the frequent used file locations. It is also
categories into two sections; Pinned and Frequent. The pinned catgory helps to
find the most used pinned file main folders and frequent contains the most
frequently used files and folders. It will only shows, if you click on the side
arrow of your “File Explorer”.
If you directly click
on the this option, it will directed to your “My PC” option. That is replace of
your “My Computer” option in the windows 7 os.
Windows 10 Start Menu: Settings
Do you heard about the Control panel option in both windows
7/8 os? If you not, Windows 10 replaces with “Settings” option. Here you can
control the full windows 10 operating system with some restrictions. You can
access system display, notification settings, power, apps
installing/uninstalling, add or remove devices (mouse, keyboard etc), Network
and internet control, Personalization, Accounts, Time and language, Ease of
access, privacy, update and security settings. You will see each one of the
settings tutorials in upcoming posts.
Windows 10 Start Menu: Power
The “Power” option helps to control your PC power on/off or
hibernations. It contains three sub-options such as Sleep, Shutdown and
Restart. The “Sleep” option enables to tempory closing of your display and help
to save some battery power. The new windows 10 sleep option is the combination
of both sleep and hibernate modes. It helps to save battery charge and when
your pc is inactive without losing the work.
Windows 10 Start Menu: All Apps
This is last option of the start menu sidebar shows the all
apps or programs installed in your windows 10 system. The apps are sorted with
both numbers and English alphabets. You can also see the installed program
folders and my system files through this option. The alphabetic categorizing
will help to locate the apps as you need at the right time without any
difficulties. It is a value addition for the user friendliness of windows 10.
Windows 10 Start Menu: Tiled Apps
In the windows 10 startmenu, you can see the “Tiled apps” at
the right side of the menu. By default it contains some apps like Groove Music,
Movies&TV, News, Flipboard, Calendar, Twitter, Weather, Smartphone & PC
games, OneNote etc. If you installed new apps via windows store, it will come
to this area.
Overall
This is post about the Windows 10 start menu which is really
improved from the windows 7/8 system. You can find the basic options contained
in your new start menu and its functions. The search bar and start menu are
always connected well, because when you open the start menu, it will
automatically enable for getting the any search phrases for finding it on your
computer as well as in the internet. In the upcoming tutorials, you can find
the windows 10 tutorials with detailed images and videos.
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