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Continue on PC

This feature is similar to “Pick up where you left off,” but different. This

one lets you send any web page you’re viewing on your iPhone or Android
phone directly to your Windows 10 PC, wirelessly and instantly. There’s
nothing to click on the PC—the page just opens up in Edge automatically,
as though a ghost were at the helm!

Start in → → Phone → “Add a phone.” Enter your phone’s number
so Microsoft can text you a code, which you input here. The Settings page

gives you a link to download a special app called Continue on PC (Android)
or Microsoft Edge (iPhone) from the corresponding app store.

Install the app and sign in with your Microsoft ID. Then, once you’re on a

web page you want to transmit, tap the Share button. (iPhone: It’s at the
bottom of the Edge browser app screen. Android: Tap the usual Share
button, and then Continue on PC.) Tap the name of your PC. Boom:

Whatever page you’re viewing magically pops up on the PC’s screen, at full
size and in living color!

Tip

If you tap “Continue later” instead of the name of a PC, a notification message pops up briefly on
your PC, and the Action Center gains a new item: “Continue from your phone,” complete with a
link to the website you shared. Use that when you’re on the go and want to flag that site for your
return.

Windows Sandbox

As you may have heard, not everyone on the internet is nice. Some people

distribute viruses, scams, hoaxes, and other nastiness online. On purpose!

They may, for example, create an app that looks super-cool—“Microsoft
Instant Weight Loss App,” for example, or “Insta-Riches,” or “Naked

Hotties App.” Unbeknownst to you, however, it’s actually designed to