Questions tagged [tiles]
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How do I add command line arguments (parameters) for pinned applications on Windows 10?
On Windows 10 I'd like to add command line arguments (parameters) for "pinned" applications in my "Start" area. But when I right click a pinned app, I don't see something like "Preferences".
Is there a way to modify the properties?
dialogik
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How can multiple tiles be removed at once, or by group, from the Start Menu?
The vast majority of the default Windows 10 start menu tiles (on the right side) are not needed. To remove them requires selecting each one and choosing Unpin from Start.
(this is an image for reference)
I have been researching a way to remove…
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How to display recent files per app in Start menu
Windows 10 displays the recently used documents of an app if it is pinned to the taskbar. Windows 7 used to also do this for apps pinned in the Start-menu.
Is it possible to enable this behaviour in Windows 10, so that hovering or right-clicking…
Martin
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How can I arrange my running terminals or command prompts by "tile" in windows 8?
In Windows 7 you could just open the task manager, select multiple running applications, right click and select to tile them in a way like this:
In windows 8, it seems you can't do so. Does anyone know a way to do it in Windows 8?
The main reason…
hak8or
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XFCE window switching and tiling is not working for every window
I recently switched from Gnome (Ubuntu) to XFCE (Xubuntu) and noticed a problem (I am pretty sure that this had worked in the beginning but not anymore).
Some windows - and I can not figure out why these windows make problems - are not in the normal…
thopaw
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How can I stop Firefox adding more and more tiles to my New Tab page?
The New Tab page in Firefox lets you add tiles for your main shortcuts. I like this feature and don't want to turn it off, but there's one aspect I want to disable if possible as it's very annoying.
I like to keep just a few tiles on the page, but…
Reg Edit
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Windows 10 Customize start screen tile not working
Follow all the steps of MSDN help to customize the tile on windows 10 for desktop application but Windows 10 is not showing any tiles after complete all steps from the msdn help.
Steps followed:
1) Create the manifest file start with my Appname…
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Tile only one window in Windows10
Okay, whenever I want to tile a window on the right I hit Win+→, and I tile my window. And I'm fine with that, that's what I want. However Windows always wants me to tile another window on the left, and minimizes the rest of the windows that are…
Diego-MX
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Is there a way to tile from a selection in GIMP?
Here's my goal. I have a texture sheet containing 256x256 textures, with "tile seamless" applied. However, each cell in the sheet is 512x512 so that the texture has 128 pixels of space on each side. I want to be able to tile each texture next to…
Aaron Franke
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Can't add Windows 10 weather tile to start menu
I don't know how, but I've made only one weather tile for specific place disappear and there's no option to pin it to start menu again.
What I can choose from is this while others have those. There's no tile for this location pinned at the moment.
user5292408
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Why do all the start menu tiles in Windows 10 have the same color?
I recently (and regrettably) upgraded from Windows 8.1 Pro to Windows 10. Now all the tiles in start menu got the same color, which is a bit annoying in terms of usability. Is this a bug due to the upgrade process and is there a way to change…
Monkey Joe
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Windows 7 explorer - obtain bigger preview images in tile view
I have a folder called "Scan" where I put the scan files made by my copier:
they can be .pdf, b/w .tif, or color .jpg
I find useful to set the view for this folder as "tiles", so I get a small preview image, the name, type and size of the…
jututt
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How to Edit the Windows 8.1 Start Screen for all users (removing defaults / adding a non-installer programs)
I am trying to do two things in Windows 8.1:
Add a new program to the Start Menu of all users. This is an app that was added without using an installer (Eclipse).
Remove defaults that are part of the Start Screen that are added for all users such…
codingCat
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How do we tell apart metro tiles and desktop tiles?
Windows 8 has metro apps and desktop app. Both of these have tiles. How do we tell whether a tile opens a metro app or a desktop app?
Shaun Luttin
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How to enable shortcut key numbers for Window 11 WIN+Z window tiling selection?
There seems to be two different "modes" in which this Window Snap/Tiling functionality works, which I've observed on different computers:
Mode 1: Dragging a window to the top of the screen displays these tiling options. Pressing WIN+Z shows the…
Jordan Morris
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