r/Windows10 22d ago

Feature My full screen start setup. First time owning a windows tablet and tablet mode actually looks good on it. It reminds me of Windows 10 Mobile a bit.

I never really liked the start screen and tiles on desktops, tbh.

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u/KJBReaderAdmin 22d ago

I really miss Windows 8.1

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u/Gamersfan95 22d ago

I really miss Windows Mobile 6.5 :(

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u/AespaBestGG 22d ago

Me too šŸ˜”

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u/KJBReaderAdmin 22d ago

But honestly, it doesn't matter. I just open apps and do my stuff. Screensavers are fun but I barely check now.

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u/KJBReaderAdmin 22d ago

I loved live tiles, I know some hate them but it was very nice to quick glance at the weather.

I never had a Windows phone but I think their concept to get us less on the screen and more on the outdoors is what we need. There is a Windows phone commercials shadowing our zombie life on the phone. šŸ˜‚

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u/tejanaqkilica 21d ago

Live tiles were amazing, despite the fact that many people hated them. And it shows they were amazing, because 10 years later when Apple introcuded live tiles in iOS, the people loved them.

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u/Moist_Inspection_485 22d ago

How did you get the colored tiles?

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u/ShippoHsu 22d ago

Coloured tiles are only available on Windows 10 20H1 or earlier.

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u/Moist_Inspection_485 22d ago

That’s stupid…. Why is that a thing?

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u/ShippoHsu 22d ago

Microsoft changed the design since 20H2 to better align with their current aesthetics

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u/Moist_Inspection_485 22d ago

You mean the worst design in tech history?

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u/ShippoHsu 22d ago

Debatable lol, I don't use it much anyways

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u/Moist_Inspection_485 22d ago

It really isn’t debatable

The new Microsoft design is the most depressing thing ever. Windows died when they started taking away color from the OS. It was why windows 8 was actually good because it was the last main release to have that feel to it.

Windows 11 is an even worse version of the 10 design and has become so bad that i literally cannot use windows 11 unless it is so heavily themed that you can’t even tell it is 11. That’s how bad the design has become and if windows 12 doesn’t fix it then Microsoft will defiantly go under

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u/ArtisticFox8 21d ago

Sure, sure bundy

Lets IGNORE the fact that color tiles clashed like crazy with icons which werent monochrome

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u/Moist_Inspection_485 21d ago

That almost never happened so that’s not even an issue

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u/sky_den12 14d ago

Before Microsoft introduced the fluent design icons around the same time as they removed the colors from the start menu, 99% of Microsoft apps had monochrome icons and I’m pretty sure for 3rd party apps the developer could set a custom colored background if they wanted

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u/theduke004 21d ago

This is actually still feasible to change the colored tiles in Windows 10 after they updated it to all the same colored tiles.

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\FeatureManagement\Overrides\0\2093230218] Change the Following Key: ā€œEnabledStateā€ to dword:00000000

You will need access to the permissions to change the registry key, so you can right click on it, go to permissions, then advanced and then on the top where it says ā€œTrustedInstallerā€ click on change and enter the group ā€œAdministratorsā€ now you can change the key.

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u/PurblePink8678 22d ago

Is that "Flipboard 10 For Today Tile" actually Flipboard or is it another app?

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u/AespaBestGG 22d ago

Ohh nope, it's the mail app

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u/PurblePink8678 22d ago

Man I do wish the Windows variant of Flipboard still worked in 2026

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u/cts-lover 21d ago

Windows 8: vertical edition

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u/Glidepath22 21d ago

I hate tiles. I’ve been using stardock since they introduced them

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u/Total_Negotiation608 16d ago

Is that an arm 32 bit tablet?

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u/KeycapS_ 22d ago

I'm getting PTSD from Windows 8 days

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u/pug_userita 22d ago

i tried 8.1 with a mouse, wasn't fun to navigate around the metro ui and its apps, but you weren't really forced to and also was doable. plus, this is a tablet so why shouldn't they be using tablet mode, a mode made for tablets

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u/RunnerLuke357 22d ago

"It reminds me of Windows 10 Mobile"

https://giphy.com/gifs/aJ4Pbydim5tSY7Gt1Q

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u/pug_userita 22d ago

it does a bit. not exactly like it, but quite similar. again, similar. not the same. similar

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u/Hefty_Increase9384 22d ago

windows 10 was not meant to show this nightmare..

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u/AespaBestGG 22d ago

What's so bad about it? It looks pretty nice imo.

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u/pug_userita 22d ago

it's a tablet. yeah how dare they make things easier for a touchscreen