Task View–Windows 10

Task View a new feature in Windows 10, helps you create Virtual Desktops.  There is an icon in Task bar as shown below

 

 

Click on the icon. It will bring up  a bar where you can see a clickable item named “Add a desktop”

 

 

Click on that and it will add a new desktop. The image below shows two desktops.

 

To close a desktop just place mouse over the Desktop thumbnail. It will show the close button on the right corner of the thumbnail. Click on that and the desktop will close. The Apps running in the closed desktop will be migrated to the other desktop.

Windows 10 Taskbar–Playing with Search Box

The picture below shows the default taskbar in Windows 10. It has a long Search Box embedded into it, as you can see

 

 

When you got to the “Search” menu item in the context menu on right clicking the taskbar, you can see the options for Search Box. By default the option “Show Search box” will be ticked.

 

 

To remove the Search Box from Taskbar, just select the option “Disabled” in the above menu. The Search Box will disappear. See picture below

 

As soon as you click on “Start menu” the box will appear for searching. When you leave “Start Menu” it will disappear.

 

If you want to have the Search Box as an icon in Taskbar, please select the option “Show search icon” under Search Menu item in the taskbar Context Menu. See picture below

PowerShell Version – Windows 10

To find the PowerShell Version, you can run the following command in PowerShell. This will work in all Windows OS with PowerShell.

$PSVersionTable

The result of the above command in Windows 10.

 

The default PowerShell that comes with Windows 10 is Version 5

Apps that comes with Windows 10–Some Screenshots

 

                                      

 

 

Windows 10 Calculator

The windows 10 calculator in Standard Mode. Now the entire style of the calculator got changed.

 

 

 

The picture below show how to take the “Menu” and what all items are available in the “Menu”.

 

 

To view history you have to click the History button. Each calculator mode is having separate history.

 

 

 

Calculator in Scientific Mode

 

 

Calculator in Programmer Mode.

 

 

To change between HEX, OCT , DEC and BIN just click on each.