Windows 8 Live Tiles
A tile is an app’s representation on the Start menu in Windows 10, and can be either static or live.A static tile displays the default content, which is generally just the name and a full-tile logo image for the app.can show updates from your friends, new email, app notifications, and the next appointment on your calendar at a glance, even without opening an app. And because everyone who uses the PC can sign in with their own Microsoft account, each person can personalize their own tiles, colors, and backgrounds.If live tiles were disabled, the tiles would only be static.This tutorial will show you how to enable or disable live tiles on Start for all users in Windows 10.You must be signed in as an administrator to be able to enable or disable live tiles on Start.
Windows 8 introduced some new and innovative ways to use the Start screen in lieu of the traditional Start Menu. However, they failed to gives users the tools to create, modify and tweak the lives tiles the Start screen uses. There are many tools out there to create custom live tiles, and OblyTile.
- Recently, I had a client come in with a Windows 10 PC that had live tiles that were not updating. Upon connecting up his computer, I was surprised to see that not only were the live tiles not updating, they had these strange little down arrows on them and nothing else.
- As you know, the live tiles in Windows 8 are based on those from Windows Phone. And like their handset-based equivalents, the Windows 8 live tiles can display live information that varies from tile to tile. For example, the Mail app’s live tile will display textual information about new, unread email.
Windows 8 Live Tiles Not Working
Customize Tiles Windows 8
For reference, the group policy setting will add and modify the DWORD value in the registry key below.HKEYCURRENTUSERSOFTWAREPoliciesMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionPushNotificationsNoTileApplicationNotification DWORD(delete) = Enable1 = DisableUnfortunately, manually editing the registry above instead of using group policy below will not work to be applied to all users.This will only work if you use group policy in the tutorial steps below.EXAMPLE: Live Tiles on Start enabled and disabledHere's How:1.