Windows 10 For Dummies

Andy Rathbone is a respected Windows guru whose expertise has been helping Windows users for more than 25 years. He is the author of all editions of Windows For Dummies, which has sold millions of copies and is the bestselling computer how-to book of all time. Andy answers Windows questions and shares insight at www.andyrathbone.com.

Introduction 1 About This Book 2 How to Use This Book 3 Touchscreen Owners Arent Left Out 4 And What about You? 5 Icons Used in This Book 5 Beyond the Book 6 Where to Go from Here 6 Part 1: Windows 10 Stuff Everybody Thinks You Already Know 7 Chapter 1: What is Windows 10? 9 What is Windows, and Why Are You Using It? 9 Whats New in Windows 10? 12 Whats So Different about Windows 10? 15 Why Does Windows 10 Keep Changing? 16 Can My Current PC Still Run Windows 10? 17 The Different Flavors of Windows 10 18 Chapter 2: Starting with the Start Menu 19 Being Welcomed to the World of Windows 20 Understanding user accounts 22 Keeping your account private and secure 23 Signing up for a Microsoft account 26 Figuring Out the Windows 10 Start Menu 27 Toggling between Tablet and Desktop mode 30 Launching a Start menu program or app 31 Finding something on the Start menu 33 Viewing, closing, or returning to apps 34 Getting to know your free apps 35 Adding or removing Start menu items 38 Customizing the Start menu 39 Exiting from Windows 44 Temporarily leaving your computer 44 Leaving your computer for the day 46 Chapter 3: The Traditional Desktop 49 Finding the Desktop and the Start Menu 50 Working with the Desktop 51 Launching apps with the Start menu 53 Jazzing up the desktops background 54 Toggling between Tablet mode and the desktop 56 Dumpster diving in the Recycle Bin 58 Bellying Up to the Taskbar 59 Shrinking windows to the taskbar and retrieving them 61 Switching to different tasks from the taskbars Jump Lists 62 Clicking the taskbars sensitive areas 62 Opening the Action Center 66 Customizing the taskbar 67 Setting Up Virtual Desktops 69 Making Programs Easier to Find 72 Chapter 4: Basic Desktop Window Mechanics 75 Dissecting a Typical Desktop Window 76 Tugging on a windows title bar 77 Navigating folders with a windows Address bar 79 Finding commands on the Ribbon 80 Quick shortcuts with the Navigation Pane 82 Moving inside a window with its scroll bar 84 Boring borders 85 Maneuvering Windows around the Desktop 86 Moving a window to the top of the pile 86 Moving a window from here to there 87 Making a window fill the whole desktop 87 Closing a window 88 Making a window bigger or smaller 88 Placing two windows side by side 89 Making windows open to the same darn size 90 Chapter 5: Storage: Internal, External, and in the Cloud 91 Browsing the File Explorer File Cabinets 92 Getting the Lowdown on Folders 96 Peering into Your Drives, Folders, and Other Media 97 Seeing the files on a drive 97 Seeing whats inside a folder 100 Creating a New Folder 101 Renaming a File or Folder 103 Selecting Bunches of Files or Folders 104 Getting Rid of a File or Folder 105 Copying or Moving Files and Folders 106 Seeing More Information about Files and Folders 108 Writing to CDs and DVDs 111 Buying the right kind of blank CDs and DVDs for burning 111 Copying files to or from a CD or DVD 112 Working with Flash Drives and Memory Cards 115 OneDrive: Your Cubbyhole in the Clouds 116 Setting up OneDrive 117 Changing your OneDrive settings 120 Opening and saving files from OneDrive 122 Customizing OneDrive for different devices with OneDrive Files On Demand 123 Accessing OneDrive from the Internet 126 Part 2: Working with Programs, Apps, and Files 129 Chapter 6: Playing with Programs, Apps, and Documents 131 Starting a Program or an App 132 Opening a Document 134 Saving a Document 136 Choosing Which Program Should Open Which File 138 Navigating the Microsoft Store 141 Adding new apps from the Store app 142 Uninstalling apps 145 Taking the Lazy Way with a Desktop Shortcut 146 Absolutely Essential Guide to Cutting, Copying, and Pasting 147 The quick n dirty guide to cut n paste 148 Selecting things to cut or copy 148 Cutting or cop