Windows 10 Academy: The Stress Free Way To Learning Windows 10 Inside & Out (2016)

Chapter 1. What’s New?

One of the very first things you’ll notice about Windows 10 is that while the Charms Bar is still there, you can use Windows 10 without it.

Ever since Windows 8 was created, the Charms Bar has already been there. The problem with it, though, is that a lot of people feel like it’s not really helpful and it just makes the interface confusing.

In Windows 10, you can just hide the Charms Bar—but make sure to hide the System Tray Icon first. Here’s how:

Hide Tray Temporarily

There are two ways to hide the system tray. First is the temporary fix which goes like this:

1. If you cannot see all the items that you need in the tray, just click right under the arrow.

2. Now, if all the icons are present, go ahead and open the task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL), then terminate GWUX/GWXUX Process.

Hide Tray Permanently

Now, if you really feel like you’re not ever going to use the tray, you can hide it permanently by doing the following:

1. Go to Control Panel > Windows Update.

2. Choose Installed Updates on the left side of the screen, followed by View Installed Updates. You’ll now see Installed Updates on top of the screen.

3. When you see the update labeled Update for Microsoft Windows KB3035583, go ahead and remove it.

4. Just skip this update if it shows up another time, just in case.

Hide the Charms Bar

Then, you can proceed to hide the Charms Bar.

Basically, you can just choose Settings on its own, instead of having it appear in the Charms Menu. By clicking Settings, you’re already able to turn off the Charms Bar.

In order to access full Settings without the Charms Bar, here’s what you have to do:

1. Click Charms Bar.

2. Click Change PC Settings.

3. Then, access the first screen that you’d see on Windows 10.

4. Click the Start Button so that the new Start Menu would be displayed.

5. Click the Settings link.

6. Voila! You’re all set!