Windows 10 Creators Update: App Folders on the Start Screen

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

April 17, 2017

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Windows 10 Creators Update: App Folders on the Start Screen

 

The Windows 10 Creators Update adds a very popular feature from Windows 10 Mobile and gives users the ability to customize their Start Screens by creating App Folders.

These App Folders can hold any combination of program shorts and live tiles inside the same screen space that is taken up by just one medium, wide, or large tile.

Your options for customizing your Start Screen are virtually unlimited and you can even use all four tile sizes (small, medium, wide, and large) within these App Folders.  The placement of the tiles within an App Folder is also up to you plus your App Folders can be placed anywhere on your Start Screen.

Note: App Folders can not be added to your Start Menu or what some also call the App List that runs along the left side of the Start Screen when you click on the Start Menu flag on Windows 10.

This gallery has a step by step of creating and removing an App Folder but for those of you who would prefer to learn by seeing it happen in real time then be sure to check out this video that goes along with the gallery.

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About the Author

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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