Page 432 - Windows 10 May 2019 Update The Missing Manual: The Book That Should Have Been in the Box

Windows wants to know what you want to happen when you insert a flash

drive (“Removable drive”) or a memory card (“Memory card”). For each,
you get choices like “Open folder to view files,” “Import photos and
videos,” “Configure storage settings”—or “Take no action.” Or you can
turn the whole feature off.

USB

“Notify me if there are issues connecting to USB devices” alerts you when

Windows doesn’t properly recognize a USB gadget, like a flash drive or a
mouse, that you’ve just plugged in.

Phone

Here’s where you can link your smartphone to Windows 10. Microsoft
sheepishly admits that it has flopped in the smartphone biz, so it made this

feature available to the winners in that market: iPhone and Android.

Start by signing in and choosing “Add a phone.” Once you enter your
phone number, Microsoft texts a link to you; it takes you to the app store to

download the Edge and Cortana phone apps. And now your phone is listed
under “Linked phones.”

What does that mean? For now, it means three features:

Fling any web page you’re reading on your phone, in any iOS or
Android browser, to your PC to keep reading on the big screen, as

described on “Continue on PC”. (To do that, tap the phone’s Share
button, and choose Continue on PC as the destination.) Very cool.

Dictate and create reminders on your phone in the Cortana app

(iOS or Android). They’re automatically synced between the
devices.

You can receive notifications from your Android phone—missed
calls, incoming texts, and a few apps—on your PC. You can even