How to clear Live Tile notifications during Log On in Windows 10

Live Tiles in Windows 10 can take your old boring display to a new level, by displaying live data from apps on their tiles. They give you a glimpse of data and sometimes enough information that you don’t need to […]

How to Turn Off Tile Data Model Server Service in Windows 10

The Tile Data Model Server service mainly runs as LocalSystem in a shared process of svchost.exe. If there’s any problem encountered during the process or Tile Data model server just refuses to start and the details are recorded in the […]

TileIconifier lets you customize Start Menu tiles and create custom shortcuts

TileIconifier is a great tool for Windows 10 that lets you create custom tiles for any application. You can customize colors, foreground text and many other similar settings. In addition to custom tiles, you can create custom shortcuts as well. […]

Show more Tiles on Start Menu in Windows 10

You can now make your Start Menu display 4 columns of Tiles in Windows 10. Windows 10 November Update Version 1511 introduces this feature that lets you show more tiles on the Windows 10 Start Menu. The Start Menu in […]

Windows Tile Color Changer: Change color of Tiles on Start Screen in Windows 8.1/8

Windows Tile Color Changer is a freeware for Windows 8.1/8 which has been released by us. It allows you to change the color of pinned Tiles of your desktop apps, on your Start Screen, easily with a single click, and […]

Windows Live Tiles not working or are blank

If you have faced a situation where you have found that your Windows 10/8 Live Tiles are not working, or in general some tiles are blank, then this article may help you troubleshoot the problem. Windows Live Tiles Not Working […]

Select multiple Tiles on Windows 8.1 Start Screen

After the Windows 8.1 Update, you may find that the Start Screen Tiles are behaving a bit differently. Apart from the several new features the Update adds, the introduction of the context menu – instead of the App Bar – […]

Disable Start Screen animation in Windows 8.1

Switch to the Start Screen from the Windows 8 Desktop, and you will notice the animation where the Tiles slide and start appearing from the right to the left side. It looks cool and classy, but some do not like […]

Fix: Windows 8 Start Screen Live Tiles won’t update beyond Specified Limit

Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 Start Screen is designed in order to provide real-time updates to users via its Tiles. The app tiles play animations when set to do so, and provide you notifications via text, images or combination of […]

Pin website Tile or Shortcut to Start Screen in Windows 8.1

If you are looking for a way to pin your favorite website’s shortcut or tile to the Windows 8.1 Start Screen, this post will show you how to do it for Internet Explorer 11. Things were easier on Internet Explorer […]

Show selected images on Pictures app tile on Windows 8.1 Start Screen

The Pictures app tile on Windows 8.1 Start Screen displays pictures, photographs or images. In this post we will see how to disable live tile, display one specific photo or show only selected images on Pictures app tile on Windows […]

New Arrow Down sign on Windows 8.1 app tiles puzzles users

While some are seeing blank tiles or broken tiles for some of the Windows Store apps, after upgrading their Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, yet many others are seeing an Arrow-Down sign in the bottom right corner of their Windows […]

Remove dead or broken Modern App tile shortcuts after upgrading to Windows 8.1

Several users seem to be facing a problem where, after upgrading their systems from Windows 8 to Windows 8.1, they were left with dead or broken shortcuts to their Modern UI or Windows Store app tiles, on their Windows 8.1 […]

Create Live Tiles for pinned websites in Windows 8.1

You may have read our earlier post on how to create & pin your website’s Tile to Windows 8 Start Screen. Windows 8.1 adds a new feature. It lets to pin website tiles which are live! The live tile will get […]

Pin Command Prompt with Admin rights Tile to Windows Start Screen or Menu

Windows 8 has given easy access to the Command Prompt and Command Prompt (Admin) from the desktop. All you need to do is open the Win+X menu and select what you want. Windows 8.1 instead, offers the PowerShell command – […]

Tile Locker: Prevent users from unpinning, rearranging Tiles on Windows 10/8 Start Screen

Arranging all the tiles on the Windows start screen to meet your specific requirements can become a tedious task. Imagine a situation where you arrange all the tiles and some one rearranges or deletes some tiles – maybe on a multi-user […]

Skinery Tiles Pro : Apply custom themes on Windows Phone Live Tiles

The simple, clean and neat Metro UI of Windows Phone 8 has always been a charm. The unique look and the concept of live tiles is the cherry on the cake. However, this UI is restricted for theming or skinning […]

Pin to Start Screen, Tiles pointing directly to content of Windows 8 apps

Most Windows 8 users know by now how to pin or unpin Start Screen tile shortcuts for Windows Store apps. But it is a little known fact that you can even internal sections or content of some of the built-in Windows 8 […]

Use VBScript to change Windows 8 Start Screen Number Of App Row Tiles

In our last post we saw, how to change the number of App Tile Rows on Windows 8 Start Screen using PowerShell. Sure, while you can always do so easily using the Registry Editor, we are discussing these options, just […]

How to display different Live Tiles for different email accounts in Windows 8

We have seen in earlier post how to add multiple e-mail accounts to Windows 8 Mail app. After adding the multiple email accounts, the Start Screen the Mail Live Tile shows the latest mails from all your accounts. And many of […]

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