Windows 10: Start menu tile customization

Hi Guys,

Okay so I upgraded from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10.

When I first installed Windows 10 the Start Menu had categories like "Life at a glance" and so on. However, I removed all of the tiles because at that time I felt like I didn't need them.

Now, I would really like to have the News tile and Weather tiles back but adding them to Start Menu doesn't seem to be able to activate the Animated versions that I had of these tiles when I first installed Windows 10. Like shown:





As you can see in the above image the "News tile" has a live picture and title relating to certain news whilst mine is a static tile and doesn't act this way. I have tried turning Live Tile on and also making the tile larger in size.

I cannot for the life of me figure out how to make the tiles animated again.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

:)

 

Changing the name of a Tile on the Start page?

You can create Custom Tiles.

How to create custom Start menu Tiles in Windows 10 using TileCreator

https://www.windowscentral.com/windows-10-custo...

How to Add, Remove, and Customize Tiles on the Windows 10 Start Menu

https://www.howtogeek.com/223254/how-to-add-rem...

And

"Edit Name & Icon of Start Menu Tiles

Don’t like the name of a given tile in your Start Menu? Right-click the tile, select Open file location, then rename the respective file in Windows Explorer. While you’re at it, you can also change the icon used for the tile. In Windows Explorer, right click
the file, select Properties, in the Shortcut tab click Change Icon…, and select a given icon or Browse… for an alternative one on your computer."

Is a quote from:

6 Way to Hack & Customize the Windows 10 Start Menu

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-ways-hack-custo...

Hope those help.

 

Unable to removed pinned item from start menu

I have just upgraded to Windows 10 Pro from Windows 7 Pro (August 7th 2015) and have been creating tiles for the start menu. When I first opened the start menu I removed all of the default live tiles so I could make my own custom tiles, I successfully
created custom tiles linked to a custom library.

However, I have now decided I wish to remove this tile and am unable to do so, when I select unpin from start menu the item does not remove whatsoever. When I created the tile I did so in the following manner:

1. Created a shortcut to the library on my desktop

2. Right clicked, and selected 'Pin to Start'

3. Opened the start menu and it was there

This single tile is causing great trouble for me as I am unable to fully customise my start menu, especially as it is in the way of other tiles I wish to create.

 

I just tried adding it back. After a minute or so after turning it on, it went "live".

 

Did you add the "News" app from the "All apps" menu?

 

Yes. I just tried removing and adding it again. It went live right away.

 

Maybe I changed certain settings that affects the News tile. I shall leave it and see if it becomes "Live" any time soon.