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Default build in metro apps are ok. they are showing the actual icon when i search but new installing app from microsoft store is not showing their actual icon. what is wrong ? please help:)

I have tried everything, to no avail. I have Recent Items checked in the Customize Start Menu list. Nothing seems to be working. I still can't get back the feature indicated by arrowheads in the attached screen shot. I figure I have to turn to the Windows heavyweights here, as a last resort. I...

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Please help! how do I access a Windows folder that has the following name 'Start Menu' ? I tried using cd Start Menu however its not working instead I get an error See image below. thanks in advance.

I run three computers on my home network. All three updated on April 30 to the latest Windows version. One computer, the slowest and cheapest, is working great, but there are problems on the other two that I'm hoping someone can provide me some guidance on. The Lenovo is working perfectly...

Windows 7 Pro SP1. Customize Start Menu option 'Recent Items' IS checked. Nothing shows up in C:\Users\Me\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent. Anyone got any ideas as to where to start looking? Maintenance is current. TIA for any help received. Bob Helms

I have three computers on a home network that perform certain functions automatically and when no one is attending them. I use auto logon on all three so that they can boot up and perform those functions. This has worked flawlessly under XP, Win7 and Win10 until the 2017 Creators Edition broke...

Guys, I recently uploaded my SO from Windows 8.1 to 10 and I'm loving it, but something is bothering me: the lack of tiles in my start menu. Here is how I wanted to my start screen to look like: Link Removed But here is what I got: Link Removed An enpty tile. Why is that? Just mentioning that...

Hello Firstly I'm going to say that I'm familiar with the win 10 start menu problems and I've fixed them before. The fix now just does not work. Also this problem is a multiparter with start menu being just one area affected. Getting down to business: A week ago Microsoft's products started...

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I have two Win 10 Home laptops. One has a start menu with one three tile column. The other has a start menu with two three tile columns. I have forgotten how to get the second three tile column. Any help will be appreciated. Regards, Jim

Q. Is there not a way to adjust the default icon for Control Panel, NOT as a shortcut but from the actual original desktop icon in Themes> Desktop Icons? It seems to be the only one that you cannot change the default icon for. I'm wondering if there might be a reghack specific to Windows 10 that...

On login screen (Refer screenshot 1) available networks are shown when I click on icon of WI-FI. IMG_20170617_092403 by bharichinmay posted Jun 17, 2017 at 10:08 AM However, when I login and click on WI-FI icon, available networks are not show. I have tried all the solutions available on...

I have set the display to turn off after 5 minutes if there's no activity on my computer, but when I come back to use my computer after a while I noticed that the start menu and action center doesn't open when I click on them. Any ideas why?

Hi, I have a strange issue when I left click on the start menu nothing happens either can I open the action center. I can right click on everything and the search icon works in the taskbar etc. but I can't open start menu or action center. I can't either open the start menu with the keyboard...

After putting off the big update pushed by Microsoft (is it called "Creator's update"?) for a couple days, I finally relented today and did it. It took quite a while, but when it came up, I desperately wished I'd NOT done it. First, my taskbar lost most of the items I'd customized to it. I...

How to customize the holographic shell just like customize Win10 Start Menu? How to adjust the Tile's sequence and size? How to add new Tile ? ... Is there or will there be any spec or guidance for holographic shell customization?

Hello All, I am running Windows Server 2012 R2 and I installed the MCITP 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and 70-647 Training Kit Exams on the Server. I also have this Training Kit installed on my Windows 7 OS, and I can invoke the exams from this OS. Can I do the same from Windows Server 2012? If so...

Does anyone know if there is a way to get rid of the "More" submenu and integrate its options into the main context menu? I believe this style was introduced in the Anniversary Update. Does anyone know why this was done?

I was hoping somebody could help me solve this. Ever since the new version of Windows 10 Thursday Cortana isn't working. I've run the Start Menu Troubleshooter>Advanced>Automatically Fix Errors and as the screenshot shows, it didn't fix it.