Pc Help Again

[mazie]

Hi Sorry to be a pain yesterday the other half must have clicked on something now my screen seems to be stuck in a windows/ microsoft App page. Ive lost the internet Icon , google etc. I've tried as much as I dare to put it right. Basically I haven't a clue what I'm doing. I'm on now as I can still get the internet via Avast Safe Zone. It's a PC, says MESH on the front of the tower thing. x

[Buenchico]

I'm lost! I've been using Windows computers for just over 20 years and I've never had an 'Internet' or 'Google' icon! So it's a bit hard for me to make sense of your question. (I suspect that others will be equally confused too).

However if you've normally got an icon on your desktop which opens your web browser (be that Internet Explorer, Edge, Firefox, Chrome or anything else), and it's disappeared, then it's dead easy to get it back again:

Click on the Start button, then on 'All Programs' and look through the list of programs for whichever browser it is that you use. RIGHT-click on it and select 'Send To > Desktop (Create Shortcut)'. That will put an icon for the program onto your desktop.

If you want to have icons on your desktop which will take you directly to different websites (such as Google, AB, BBC News or whatever), open your web browser and go to a relevant site. Reduce the size of your browser's window by clicking on the overlapping squares at the top right of it. Then click on the little icon just to the left of your browser's address bar and drag it onto your desktop. (If you want to rename your new icon to 'News', 'Google' or whatever, right-click on it, select 'Properties', click on the 'General' tab, edit the name and click 'OK').

[mazie]

Thanks Chris , sorry bad description. I'll give that a go . can't get google or the internet unless I use the avast safezone browser . thanks again x

[Tuvok]

Which version of Windows are you using?

[mazie]

10 Tuvok

[murraymints]

Go to opening page...click on Windows emblem bottom left all your options will be listed ...

[mazie]

There not though Minty. Not since OH clicked on something. It's driving me nuts. xx

[murraymints]

https://www.techadvisor.co.uk/how-to/windows/how-start-windows-10-in-safe-mode-3421988/


Try here mazie xx

[Togo]

Mazie you can open the w10 settings by just clicking the windows key on your keyboard. You will find all programmes by clicking on the 4 horizontal lines top left that say "all apps" when you hover the cursor. Click on that and scroll down to your browser( Chrome I think you say you are using). You can however drag the Chrome icon down to you task bar before you open the browser immediately after the pc has fired up. It should be on your homepage.

[mazie]

Morning Togo

I have clicked on all apps and can see Google Chrome. I have tried dragging it down to the task bar but that's not happening. However It did open Chrome so I can use it now. I'm just going to have a go at following Chris' instructions. x

[mazie]

Just finished replying and I now see that the Chrome Icon is on the tool bar, so thank so. Forgotten how to make it my home page? x

[Flonska]

Click on the 3 dots (top right) and select settings. Scroll down to "on start up".

You can then set which is to be your "home page"

[Flonska]

Once you have confirmed your home page, you can also select "show home button", so that when you "click" on the house (top left) it will take you to that page.

[mazie]

Morning Flonska. Since the start up page has changed those 3 dots aren't there anymore just 3 icons on the left of the page.

The top Icon Is Start
2nd one down is Pinned items
3rd one is " All Apps"

[Flonska]

Sorry, I thought you meant set you home page on t'internet. To do what I suggested , you need to open the browser first. The 3 buttons in Google Chrome are where the "hamburger" used to be at the right of the URL bar.

[mazie]

OK Done that, it says Chrome is my default setting. I really just want to get the old desktop page back... Sorry I;m being so dense but I really don't have much of a clue. x

[Togo]

Now if you RIGHT click the chrome icon at the bottom, you can pint it to the task bar(bottom strip). Then if you again right click the icon for your homepage in chrome, that is showing top left, you can pin it to start up and you will automatically open that page when you click the browser icon in the task bar after boot.

[Arksided]

Hiya Mazie, You don't seem dence at all... this is AB. do you have any pictures down loaded that you like as a desktop background. If you do then select it and right click on mouse, drop down window will open and go down to 'Set as desktop backgoround'

[Togo]

Your old background image should be in Personalisation. (background, lock screen, colours)
Again click the windows icon bottom left, or press the windows key on you keyboard. When the menu opens click on the little cog wheel bottom left and choose Personalisation from that menu.
Now chose Background and set the image from the list.
Choose picture from the list in the box (other choices are solid colour or slideshow)
Then where it says choose picture check the "browse" box.
Choose your image and in the box below choose "fill" to give a full screen image.