The Live Tiles feature made its first appearance in a desktop OS in Windows 8. Apps pinned to the Start screen could show updates from your friends, photos, new emails, app notifications and so on. To see updates from an app, you did not have to open it. Windows 10 supports Live Tiles in the Start menu. Similar to Windows 8, there is a way to clear update notifications displayed on Live Tiles in Windows 10 every time you sign in so they are reset tiles to their default look. Let's see how.
Author: Sergey Tkachenko
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Download Clear Live Tile notifications during log on in Windows 10
Clear Live Tile notifications during log on in Windows 10.
Using this Registry tweak, you will be able to to clear update notifications displayed on Live Tiles in Windows 10 every time you sign in so they are reset tiles to their default look.
Bypass Windows 10 limitations and set desired search engine in Cortana
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Windows 10 won’t allow replacing search engine of Cortana
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Download Cortana_Search overrides Cortana's search engine
Cortana_Search overrides Cortana's search engine.
This tool overrides the search engine in Cortana to desired one and opens search results in Chrome or Firefox.
Fix: Apps installed on SD Card in Windows 10 do not update
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