How to run Modern apps fullscreen in Windows 10

One of the changes in Windows 10 is that all Modern apps run inside a window. This makes them appear similar to classic desktop apps - now they are resizable, have a titlebar, icons on the taskbar and window caption buttons. However, since Modern apps are primarily touch-optimized, some users might prefer to run them full screen always, like they used to run in Windows 8 by default. This is very easy to do.

• Open some modern app.
  
• Take a look at the titlebar. Next to the app's icon, you will find three little dots.
  
  Click those dots.
• A special menu will appear with the commands that used to be present as Charms. Select Fullscreen there and the app will go fullscreen.
  
• To exit fullscreen, you need to move your mouse pointer to the top edge of the screen. The titlebar will popup, there you will find a similar button with dots:
  

That's it.

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Author: Sergey Tkachenko

Sergey Tkachenko is a software developer who started Winaero back in 2011. On this blog, Sergey is writing about everything connected to Microsoft, Windows and popular software. Follow him on Telegram, Twitter, and YouTube. View all posts by Sergey Tkachenko