This document provides a guide on personalizing the desktop and start screen on a Windows PC, including how to pin and unpin applications. Users can organize their start screen by resizing tiles and grouping them for better efficiency. Instructions are provided for accessing the apps view, pinning apps, and customizing the layout of the start screen.

1. DESKTOP
Prepared by:
MR. JOSHUA CASAS,MSIT
COMP.Ed. Teacher

2. THE DESKTOP
You can personalize it with different backgrounds, colors,
and Themes, and Pin your favorite apps to the taskbar.
(To go the desktop, tap or click the desktop tile on the start
screen, or press the shortcut key windows logo + D.)
If the desktop tile isn't on the screen , you can pin it by
following these steps:
1. On the Start Screen, Slide up from the middle of the
screen to see the Apps view.(if you are using a mouse, click
the arrow near the lower left corner of the screen.

3. START SCREEN
Start is where you can see and quickly get to your favorite apps,
people, websites, folders, and other things that are important to
you.
1.To get to Start, Swipe in from the right edge of the screen and
tap start.
2. If you are using a mouse, the fastest way to get to start is to
move your mouse pointer all the way into the lower left corner of
the screen and click the start button.

4. APPS APPLICATION VIEW
The Apps View, where you can see all apps installed on you PC. In
apps view, you can open apps, pin them to start, or pin them to the
taskbar.

5. WHAT IS PINNING?
You can pin your favorite apps to the screen and the desktop taskbar
so you can get to them directly and see updates on their tiles at a
glance.

6. How to pinning and unpinning the apps on the screen or in
the taskbar?
Pinning Apps.
Step I- Slide up from the middle of the screen to get to the Apps
View.
Step II- Press and hold or right-click the app you want to pin.
Step III- the apps will automatically appear in the screen or in the
taskbar.
Or shortcut to pinning Apps?

7. WHAT IS UNPINNING APPS?
If you decide you don’t want a tile to be on your StartScreen any more, You can
Unpin it from the START MENU.
Unpinning App is different than uninstalling it– if you unpin an app from your task
screen , the apps will still appear when you search for it, and its still in the apps view.
How to unpinning Apps?

8. ORGANIZE YOUR START SCREEN
Your Start Screen is yours to organize and arrange. You can
resize tiles and move them around in whatever way you
want.
For examples:
You can make the tiles you use more often bigger and the one
you use less often smaller.

9. HOW TO ORGANIZE YOUR SCREEN?
Step I- You can size and arrange your tiles in a way that looks best to
you.
Step II- You can also group tiles together to help you keep track of your
apps and use them more efficiently.

10. TO MOVE A TILE ON YOUR START
SCREEN.
1. On the Start Screen, Press and hold the tile you want to move.(if you’re
using a mouse, click and hold the tile).
Drag the Tile to where you want to place it.

11. TO RESIZE A TILE ON YOUR START
SCREEN.
Step I- On the start screen , press and hold the tile you want to resize, (if you’re
using a mouse, right click the tile).
Step II- Tap or click Resize.
Step III- Choose the size you want.

12. TO CREATE A GROUP OF TILES
Step I- On the start screen , press and hold or right-click the tile you want to
group together.(if you’re using a mouse, right click the tile).
Step II- Drag them to an open space
Step III- If you want to name a group, tap or click where it says Name group
above.