Configure the Start Screen

You can personalize how the Start screen looks and operates to suit your style and the way you work. For example, you can rearrange the Start screen tiles so that the apps you use most often appear together on the screen.

You can also make your Start screen more useful or more efficient by resizing some of the app screen tiles. The Start screen supports two sizes of app tiles: small and large. They are both the same height, but the larger size is twice as wide.

Configure the Start Screen

Move a Tile

001 On the Windows 8 Start screen, tap and hold the app tile that you want to move.

Drag the tile to the position that ...

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