How to improve your desktop on Windows 10

In Windows 10, you can customize your desktop using the settings that are launched through the Start button - a gear-shaped icon.

Background

To change the desktop background you need to go to the category Personalization - Background.

How to make a beautiful Windows 10 desktop

In this window, you can make your desktop background plain or in the form of a picture. You can also select a folder with pictures and make them run like a slide show at the interval you specify.

Themes

To change the theme, or rather the window design, you need to go to the category Personalization - Themes.

Setting up the Windows 10 desktop is done in Settings

In this window, select a theme that suits you, click on it, and the design of all open windows will immediately change on your desktop.

Icons

To display some system icons on the desktop such as Recycle Bin, This PC, Control Panel, Network, you need to go to the category Personalization - Themes. In this window you need to find the item Desktop Icon Options.

How to change the Windows 10 desktop

A window will open in which you need to tick the required icons and click OK. After this, the necessary icons will immediately appear on the desktop.

How to change the desktop on Windows 10 using system icons

However, you can change the size of icons only through the desktop context menu, which can be called up by hovering the cursor over an empty space on the desktop and pressing the right mouse button. In the menu that opens, select View - (Large icons, Regular icons or Small icons).

Start

To change how the menu will open on the desktop by clicking on the Start button, you need to go to the category Personalization - Start. In this window, find the item Open the Start menu in full screen mode and set its slider to the On position.

The Windows 10 desktop design also includes a Start button

After that, by clicking on the Start button, its menu will open in full screen and it will be easier to work with it.

Task bar

To configure which icons should be displayed on the taskbar, you need to go to the category. First, you can configure where the taskbar should be located, and to do this, find the item Position of the taskbar on the screen and from the pop-up list select ( top, bottom, left, right).

How to change the desktop on Windows 10 by changing the location of the taskbar

In the same window, find the item Select the icons shown in the taskbar and point . By first selecting the first item, a window will open in which you need to set the sliders to the On position only for those icons that you think should be on the taskbar. Configure the second item in the same way.

How to customize your desktop in Windows 10

By default, a new icon called People is displayed on the taskbar, and if you do not need this icon on the taskbar, then below the previous two items there is a slider to disable this icon.

How to set up a desktop on Windows 10

The icons on the taskbar can also be customized; they can be made smaller or larger. To do this you will need to find the item Use small taskbar buttons. If you move the slider for this item to the On position, the buttons will become small, and if you move the slider to the Off position, the buttons will become large.

Notification Center

You can configure the notification center in the category System - Notifications and Actions. This window allows you to add or remove additional features and notifications.

Windows 10 notifications can be customized

If you don’t need the notification center, you can remove it from the taskbar, and to do this you need to go to the category Personalization - Taskbar. In the window that opens, find the item Turn system icons on or off and click on it.


In the window that opens, find the item Notification Center and move the slider to the Off position.

After you have updated your device to Windows 10, the Desktop will open in front of you.

Some users simply don't know what to do now. Just calm down and consider everything. In Windows 10, everything is done so that you can work on it from the very first second. Applications from Microsoft, which I have already written about, will allow you to work on a computer.

I’ll tell you how to configure your device more efficiently.

Desktop personalization

It is unlikely that there are many Windows users who do not change the design of the operating system interface in any way - at least everyone probably changes the wallpaper on their desktop. We all want to see an interface tailored specifically to us. Windows 10 makes it easy to customize the appearance of your desktop. To access personalization settings, right-click anywhere on the desktop and select Personalization from the context menu. The personalization settings screen will open. You can also open it by walking the path Options - Personalization.

Clicking on the option Background, you will be able to change the desktop background. You can set the standard Windows 10 background or select your own folder with images. I always choose my own photos, but sometimes I add extraneous images to them. If you have a large selection of desktop wallpapers, it is convenient to use them as a background in a slide show. To do this, you just need to select the “Slide Show” item in the “Background” drop-down list, and then specify the path to the folder with the image using the “Browse” button. You can also select a suitable position for images in a slide show, and of course set the frequency of their change.

In chapter Colors you can easily change the background color. The Windows 10 interface is multi-colored, the background colors are rich, warm and with a varied palette. By changing the background color, you can automatically change the color of the Start menu and Action Center.

Chapter Lock screen will allow you to set a background screen that will greet you when you turn on your device. You can also set your own image here. To do this, just click on Review and any of your photos will be displayed on the Lock Screen.

Recently, there have been reports on the Internet that Microsoft has begun placing various types of advertising on the Lock Screen. It’s easy to disable it if you turn off the “ Display fun facts, jokes, tips, and more on your lock screen." Then advertising will no longer bother you. Below you can select the list of applications that will be displayed on the Lock Screen. For some, this is very convenient after using smartphones.

Chapter Themes will allow you to install, as you can probably guess, various themes on your desktop.
Pressing Theme options you find yourself in Personalization, which you saw in Windows 7/8.1. Here Windows 10 themes are at your service, and you can also add your own. You will also find related settings options here.

How to find a cool theme for your desktop and lock screen?

If you want to find cool themes and backgrounds for your Desktop and Lock Screen, then it’s very easy to do if you click on Other topics on the Internet. You find yourself in Gallery personalization, where you will find a theme or background image for every taste and theme. They can be easily and without restrictions downloaded and installed on your device. For those who want to download without delving into the settings, here is a direct link: http://windows.microsoft.com/ru-ru/windows/themes?ocid=w8_client_themes. Let your device delight you with a beautiful theme.

How to customize the Start menu?

In Windows 10, the Start menu has reappeared, this time representing a mixture of the Start menu that was in Windows 7 and the Start screen in Windows 8. At the same time, the absence of such a menu in the previous version of the OS was probably its most frequently mentioned drawback among users.

The new Start menu is very easy to understand. By default, the Start menu is a panel divided into two parts, where a list of frequently used applications is displayed on the left (by right-clicking on them you can prevent them from showing in this list).

There is also an item for accessing the “All applications” list, displaying all your programs organized alphabetically, items for opening File Explorer (or, if you click on the arrow next to this item, for quick access to frequently used folders), settings, turning off or reboot the computer.

In the upper right corner you will see your username, by clicking on which you can set up your account, log out of it, or block your computer.

On the right side there are active application tiles and shortcuts for launching programs, organized by groups. By right-clicking, you can change sizes, disable tile updates (that is, they will become static rather than active), remove them from the Start menu (the “Unpin from Start Screen” item), or delete the program itself that corresponds to the tile. By simply dragging the mouse, you can change the relative position of the tiles. You can also create application groups.

You can find the basic Start menu settings if you follow the path Settings-Personalization-Start or the old fashioned way, by right-clicking on the Desktop, in the section Personalization.

Here you can disable the display of frequently used and recently installed programs, as well as the list of transitions to them (opens by clicking on the arrow to the right of the program name in the list of frequently used ones). If you have a touch screen, you can enable the “ Open elementary screen V full screen mode", and the Start menu will look almost like the Windows 8.1 Start screen, which can be convenient for touch displays.

You can also choose what you want to display in the Start menu. To do this, open the option “ Select, which folders will be displayed V menu Start" This will help you use the Start menu more efficiently.

Don't forget to also choose the Start Menu display color to make it more consistent with your vision and make it more enjoyable to use. I personally am already tired of the dullness.

The Start button has also retained one feature from Windows 8.1. When you right-click on it, a menu familiar to users from the previous version of the operating system appears. I use it often because access to some settings through it is very accessible.

By the way, for those who did not like the new Start menu in Windows 10, it is possible to use the free program Classic Shell, StartIsBack and other similar utilities to return exactly the same Start as it was in Windows 7.

Why the button “Search on the Internet and in Windows"?

The search field will be one of the first innovations you'll notice when you start using Windows 10. It lets you search both online and on your computer, and is located in the taskbar next to the Start menu, where we usually place shortcuts for quick access to folders, programs or disks.

I use this button often. Knowing the name of the program I need, I can easily find it without rummaging through the laptop settings.

I don’t deny the fact that some people don’t like this button. Either they don’t have enough space on the taskbar, or it annoys them, or their knees shake in front of Cortana, or their religion doesn’t allow them to use it? There is a way for them to hide this interesting button.

To do this, right-click on Taskbars, find Search and press Is hidden. The hated search button will disappear from the taskbar. If you want to return it, you will have to go the same way, but instead of the option Is hidden click on Show search icon or Show search field.

Why virtual desks in Windows 10?

The Windows 10 operating system is equipped by default with one very useful feature - the ability to support multiple virtual desktops. This function has been used for several years in Mac OS X and Linux and has proven itself very well.

What are virtual desktops for? To optimize the user experience or, more simply, for convenience and comfort. For example, when you are working hard and hard on your PC, you often have many applications open: a calculator, a browser, a Word document, media files, etc. In such cases, when several windows are open, it is easy to get confused when switching from one object to another.

With the help of virtual desktops, work can be organized more conveniently and productively. It's the same as if you had several computers and monitors at hand. One would have a browser and a Word document open, another would have a calculator and organizer, a third would have a media player, etc. By the way, an additional desktop is useful at work - to hide the contents from the authorities.

How to create them and how to use them? To organize your work with programs and windows according to certain areas and preferences, click on a special button in the “Taskbar”, which turns on the “Task View” mode.

Thumbnails of all running applications will appear, where you can select the program you currently need. In the lower right corner there is a “Create desktop” icon, clicking on which will create a new virtual desktop.

If you go into it, there will be no open applications there - as if you had just turned on the computer. Now you need to go to the first desktop, and drag the required program from the thumbnails shown to the second desktop. An option is to open the desired application in the newly created desktop. Those. complete freedom of creativity. The number of desktops is unlimited. When you close each desktop, applications open on them are automatically moved to the adjacent desktop. The only thing missing is the ability to set a password on each desktop.

You can also configure what to show on the taskbar when opening virtual desks. To do this, open Settings-System-Multitasking.

Hotkeys for virtual tables

For those who want to switch between virtual tables more effectively and quickly, there is a set of hotkeys.

• Win+Tab– opens access to all working folders and applications
• Win+Ctrl+D– a new Windows desktop is created
• Win+Ctrl+F4– closes the current Windows desktop
• Win+Ctrl+left or right arrow– switching between Windows desktops

Using virtual desktops makes the user's work much easier. Perhaps not everything will be clear the first time, but once you understand the principle of operation, things will run ahead of you.

How to set up Action Center in Windows 10

In the new operating system from Microsoft, for the first time, a Notification Center appeared, familiar to everyone who has used modern smartphones for at least one day.

Using the notification center in the Windows 10 operating system, many system applications, as well as those installed from the Windows Store and many other programs, have the ability to display various notifications on the screen. Such information is distributed by display time, as well as by degree of importance, and is displayed in the lower right corner of the screen.

If you expand the Notification Center, you can see buttons at the bottom for quickly turning on different modes and performing the necessary actions. These panels can be edited and you can choose what you want to display. For this we will go the way Settings-System-Notifications and Actions and we choose what and where we will receive from the Notification Center.

If you still don’t need it or are simply tired of it, then you can turn it off. Ibid in Notifications and Actions There is an option “Turn system characters on and off”. Open it and simply turn off this function. You can completely disable the Notification Center, but this is done using the registry. In inexperienced hands, it may harm the operation of the device.

In conclusion, I would like to wish you pleasant work with your device. Customize it to your taste and preferences. Let working on your computer on Windows 10 bring you joy and a lot of positive emotions.

They have been used for many years in operating systems such as Mac OS X and Linux. And with the release of Windows 10, they appeared on the Windows platform.

Using virtual desktops, you can more conveniently organize work with a large number of open windows. Even if there are few open programs, virtual desktops can still be useful. With their help, you can separate programs and windows that relate to different areas of your work.

In this material we will introduce you to virtual desktops in . This article will teach you how to create and delete desktops, as well as other common steps.

How to manage virtual desktops in Windows 10

In order to be able to manage virtual desktops in Windows 10, you need to click on the corresponding button on the taskbar.

You can also access virtual desktops using a keyboard shortcut Windows + Tab.

After using this key combination, or clicking on the button on the taskbar, an interface for managing virtual desktops will appear in front of you.

In this interface, you can create new desktops, move windows from one desktop to another, and also switch between desktops.

How to create a virtual desktop in Windows 10

Creating virtual desktops in Windows 10 is quite easy. This can be done using the new interface created for managing desktops. To do this, open the interface using the button on the taskbar or a keyboard shortcut Windows + Tab and click on the “Create desktop” button. This button will be located in the lower right corner of the screen, to the right of the list of existing desktops. You can also create desktops using a keyboard shortcut Windows + Ctrl + D.

When you use this key combination, the system will create a new virtual desktop and switch to it.

How to Switch Between Virtual Desktops in Windows 10

You can switch between desktops through the desktop management interface. To do this, open the interface using the button on the taskbar or a keyboard shortcut Windows + Tab and click on the desired desktop. You can also switch using the keyboard shortcut.

Using this key combination, you can quickly switch to the next or previous virtual desktop.

How to remove a virtual desktop in Windows 10

There are also two ways to delete virtual desktops. This can be done through the desktop management interface. To do this, you need to open the interface and click on the cross next to the desktop that you want to delete. Or you can delete the desktop using the keyboard shortcut Windows + Ctrl + F4.

When you delete a desktop, all windows and programs on it are not closed, but are moved to the adjacent desktop.

Results

Let's summarize. In order to use virtual desktops, you only need to remember a couple of key combinations.

• Windows + Tab – enable the interface for managing desktops;
• Windows + Ctrl + left or right arrow– switching between desktops;
• Windows + Ctrl + D – create a new desktop;
• Windows + Ctrl + F4 – delete the current desktop;

This may seem like too many key combinations to remember them all, but in practice they are very easy to remember. Most likely, within a week you will be using them without even thinking about it.

For many years, users of Mac OS X and various versions of Linux have used virtual desktops for comfort and convenience. Today, Microsoft developers have decided to please their users: a virtual desktop is a common thing; Using such a desktop ensures high speed of work and increases its efficiency.

Windows 10 was presented on September 30, and the very next day everyone had access to the Technical Preview - a version that demonstrates the main capabilities of the system software. A new menu was created, but this was not the main feature of the tenth generation OS. The main innovation was the virtual desktop. Anyone who has ever worked with Mac or Linux knows for sure how convenient it is. Virtual desktops allow you to systematize work with a large number of programs.

How to use

Want to take advantage of new technology? Then carefully remember how to make virtual desktops in Windows 10 32bit without much effort. By the way: virtual desktops in Windows 10 64 are practically no different from 32. Let's start from the very beginning:

1. In the Russian interface the function will be called “Task View”, but in the original it sounds like “Task View”. In order to use it, you need to click on the icon, which is located on the left of the taskbar and is the first one.
   
2. After you click on it, a menu of applications that are currently open on your computer will open.
   
3. In addition, in the lower right corner there will be a button to add additional space. So we move directly to setting up a virtual desktop on Windows 10. After you click on the plus, a new workspace will appear in front of you. If you want to switch between them, it's worth using Task View.
   
4. Thanks to the new interface, it's easy to open many different programs in different tables, and simply switch between them, without waiting for one program to collapse and another to take its place.
5. There are situations when a program or application needs to be moved from one virtual desktop to another. In order to do this, you need to right-click on its thumbnail and then move it to the virtual desktop tab, which will become the future location of the application or program.
   

Important! Desktops cannot be swapped. If you accidentally close one of them, all open applications will move to the next table.

Hotkeys

Given the modern age of virtual desktops, it would be foolish to believe that keyboard shortcuts weren't invented for virtual desktop users. Of course, the switch itself can be done using regular arrows, but to ensure the most comfortable work, the following hot keys are used:

• Win + Ctrl + left/right arrow – switch between desktops;
• Win + Ctrl + D – create a new one;
• Win + Ctrl + F4 – close the current one.

There are no reviews yet for Windows 10 Virtual Desktops: in general availability. Its price will be about $100. But today a virtual desktop video is available for Windows.

Conclusion

Of course, first of all, we should thank Microsoft, which finally listened to the requests of users and introduced virtual desktops. Those users whose work involves constant interaction with the computer will now be able to complete tasks many times faster. We are looking forward to the general release of Windows 10 so that we can quickly try out all the modifications of the new software.