I have a new touchscreen PC & after I booted it up, I started to remove & clean up all the junkware & tried to optimize the settings as much as I could & I must have did something because now my homescreen is gone & I get this in the picture.
I no longer have any icons on screen or get access to the regular start menu
How do I revert to my original home screen?
For the display, I frequently get that as part of Windows install or reinstall. Should be able to right-click a blank area of the desktop and Personalize, make some choices. Or Settings, System, Display.
Hello @I WANT MY GIFS,
Have a look at these and see if one helps . . .
> Turn On or Off Tablet Mode in Windows 10
> Enable or Disable Touchpad in Windows 10
I hope this helps.
Last edited by Paul Black; 15 Dec 2020 at 11:08.
New? Reset pc to factory and start over, with more care this time. Much quicker than spinning wheels ...
Did you get into tablet mode by accident?
Turn On or Off Tablet Mode in Windows 10
How do you protect yourself? A little discipline and planning.I have a new touchscreen PC & after I booted it up, I started to remove & clean up all the junkware
Before you make any changes, create your first disk image.
If you have a disk image of your Windows partitions, you can almost always restore a physically working PC to a previous good state.
Then, make some changes. Keep a simple log.
Witness:Update your disk image (e.g. create a differential disk image)How did I accidentally change my home screen like this?
Keep repeating these steps.
Also enable System Restore. Then, you can revert recent changes (if restoring completes successfully).
And remember- you can always perform a clean install of Win 10 (tutorial available) to guarantee you have no trialware.
Some PCs do need special utilities from the manufacturer if they have unique hardware features.
yeah, it must have been tablet mode.
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