#WINDOWS 10 LIVE TILES ON DESKTOP FULL#
To see everything that’s changing, check out the full list on Microsoft’s website. Apps also can’t customize areas of the taskbar. You will no longer be able to pin the taskbar to any side of the screen - it can only be aligned to the bottom in Windows 11.All of those apps aren’t gone forever, though - you’ll still be able to download them from the Microsoft Store if you want.Microsoft has been moving in this direction already - the two apps weren’t included in fresh installs of a Windows 10 Insider build from March. In addition, Microsoft is no longer including Paint 3D and 3D Viewer, which were important enough to be the focus of one of the biggest Windows 10 updates, in clean installs.OneNote for Windows 10 also won’t be included in clean installs.The change, while major, isn’t too surprising, given that Teams will be directly integrated as part of Windows 11. Skype is one of a few apps that will no longer be included in clean installs of the new OS.There’s no more tablet mode, and Windows 10’s lightweight S mode (arguably also handy for tablets) will only be available in Windows 11 Home.Also, anything you’ve pinned to the Start menu won’t come along for the ride, and you can’t resize it - yet. Microsoft had been exploring de-emphasizing them, but in Windows 11, they’ll officially be gone. Live Tiles will no longer be available in the Start menu.Cortana is no longer part of the boot experience, and you can read my colleague Monica Chin’s feels about that here.
Here, search for an app, right-click on it and select Create a widget. For this, open the ‘Live Tiles Anywhere’ app and go to the ‘All Apps’ tab. Another, quicker way to create a widget on the desktop is to do so without creating a custom live tile. But alongside everything new revealed on Thursday, Microsoft also shared details on features that will be deprecated or removed, and you might want to check out what’s changing in case there’s anything you might have to adjust to in your day-to-day use. To do so, right-click on the live tile and select Create a widget. Microsoft just announced Windows 11, which brings a new design, a centered Start menu, the ability to run Android apps, and a whole lot more.