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Change the default view

Make the desktop the default view

  1. Open the Desktop.
  2. Touch and hold the taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) until it is highlighted, then release your finger.
  3. Touch Properties, then touch the Navigation tab.
  4. Under Start screen, select the box next to “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start.”
  5. Touch OK.

Make the Apps screen the default

  1. Open the Desktop.
  2. Touch and hold the taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) until it is highlighted, then release your finger.
  3. Touch Properties, then touch the Navigation tab.
  4. Under Start screen, select the box next to “Show the Apps view automatically when I go to Start.”
  5. Touch OK.

Show the desktop apps first

  1. Open the Desktop.
  2. Touch and hold the taskbar (at the bottom of the screen) until it is highlighted, then release your finger.
  3. Touch Properties, then touch the Navigation tab.
  4. Under Start screen, select the box next to “List desktop apps first in the Apps view when it's sorted by category.”
  5. Touch OK.

 

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Unbranded Windows 10.1" Tablet (UB-15MS10 and UB-15MS10SA)