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Add new tiles

You can add tiles to the right side. They can be apps, folders, or disks (but

not individual files).

The right-click method. Right-click an icon wherever fine icons

are found: in a window, on the desktop, or in the apps list.
(Touchscreen: Hold your finger down on the icon for a second.)
From the shortcut menu, choose Pin to Start.

The drag method. You can also drag an app’s name out of the
apps list directly into the tiles area. (You can’t drag them from

desktop windows.)

Tip
In the Edge browser, you can also add a web page to the right side. With the page open, click the
button at top right; choose Pin to Start.

In each case, the newly installed tile appears at the bottom of the right side.
(You might have to scroll to see it.)

Make the tile blocks wider

In the beginning, each major block of tiles is the width of three Medium

tiles. That is, you could fit three Medium tiles across, or one Wide plus one
Medium, or one Large plus one Medium. But you couldn’t put two Large
tiles side by side, or two Wides, or four Mediums.

But now, thanks to vociferous lobbying by the Wider Tile Blocks Bloc, you
can.

To bring about this happy arrangement, open → → Personalization

→ Start, and then click “Show more tiles on Start.”

Make a tile stop blinking