Group Apps in Start Menu in Windows 8

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Steps

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    The first thing that we need to do is access the Start menu by clicking on the lower left corner of the screen
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    The Start menu will open where we can do several things.
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    For example, we can drag and drop the icons
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    Let's take the Store icon, for example, click it and hold the button.
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    Now, move it
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    There a several groups here. We can move it to the group on the right, or the group on the left.
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    We can also right-click on an empty space and click "Customize" in the lower right corner of the screen
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    Now we can name the groups
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    For example, we'll name a group "Games".
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    The first group is for the desktop and desktop programs, so we can name it "Desktop"
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    Once we have named everything according to our preference, we just click on an empty space
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    We can also resize the icons by right-clicking on them, then clicking "Resize"
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    Click on the size
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    Once this is done, we can go back to the desktop by clicking "Desktop"
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    This concludes the tutorial on how to group apps in the Start menu on a Windows 8 computer
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Categories : Windows

Recent edits by: Crystal, Lukward Thomason

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