Windows 10: My windows 10 desktop changed

I have been using Windows 10 for over a year. But suddenly, my desktop is all different. Now I have "Life at a glance" and "Play and explore" with icons all over the desktop. I want my old desktop back where I had a taskbar with all the icons I use on a daily basis. How can I get this back?

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My Windows 10 desktop changed.

My Windows 10 desktop changed. It looks like the picture below. My operating system says Windows home 10. What can I do to fix this?

 

My Windows 10 desktop changed.

Hi

This is the Start Screen that you see when in Tablet Mode.

Left Click the Action Center next to the Clock on the right side of the Taskbar. Click Tablet Mode to return to the normal Desktop.

Let us know if this works for you.

Regards

 

Sounds like you are looking at the Start Menu, not the Desktop. Click the Windows icon lower left and you will go back to Desktop. Those titles you quoted are the default group titles for the Start Menu.

You may also have gotten yourself into Tablet Mode. In the Action Center (lower right corner of taskbar), check to see if Tablet Mode is on. Turn off if it is.

*Arrow Turn On or Off Tablet Mode in Windows 10 General Tips Tutorials

 

If I understand you correctly, you have described Tablet Mode.
Please follow the 2 steps described in the screenshot. That should bring you back to your normal desktop mode.

 

Hello bh0526, and welcome to Ten Forums. *Smile

In addition, you may have Start full screen turned on. If so, turning it off should help.

*Arrow Turn On or Off Full Screen Start Menu in Windows 10 Customization Tutorials

 

Has to be Tablet Mode or Full Screen Start, they look almost identical.

 

yep, that's why I mentioned both.