3. Work with shortcuts and tiles
In this chapter
In Chapters 1 and 2, you worked with the Windows user interface rather than with apps that run on Windows. There are many ways to start the apps that are installed on your computer. Chapter 4, “Work with apps and notifications,” discusses some of the common preinstalled Windows 10 apps and how to install others. This chapter covers configuring the Windows environment to make apps available where you want them.
When you install an app on your computer, the app and the files that support it are copied to folders within the Windows system folder structure. You can start an app by navigating to those files and running the ...
Get Windows 10 Step by Step, Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
