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Install, upgrade, & activate
- Upgrade to Windows 10: FAQ
- Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro
- Windows Update: FAQ
- Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016 update history
- Windows Update Delivery Optimization: FAQ
- Find lost files after the update to Windows 10
- Activation in Windows 10
- Reactivating Windows 10 after a hardware change
- Why can't I activate Windows?
- Find your Windows product key
- Stop receiving insider builds for Windows 10
- Reinstall Windows 10
- Fix Windows Update errors
Get started
- What's new in this update
- Explore the Store
- See what's on the Start menu
- Sign in with a Microsoft account
- Get to know Microsoft Edge
- Find all your apps and programs
- Group apps into desktops
- Organize your apps
- Sync across all your devices
- What is Windows Hello?
- Personalize your lock screen
- Find your notifications
- Quick Start: Desktop at work (PDF)
Microsoft account
Store
- Get free apps and games in Windows Store
- Check for updates for apps and games from Windows Store
- Change your region for Windows Store
- View your order history in your Microsoft account
- Report a violation in Windows Store
- Make an in-app purchase
- See all apps
- App permissions
- Find app settings
- Pin an app to the taskbar
- Pin apps to Start
- Quick Start: Windows Store (PDF)
Apps on Windows 10
Email & communication
Network & Internet
Microsoft Edge
Cortana & search
- What is Cortana?
- Make Cortana yours
- See what Cortana tracks for you
- Change what Cortana calls you
- Cortana can't hear me
- Reasons Cortana doesn't talk to me
- Fix the problem with Cortana and Windows Speech Recognition
- Switch Cortana on or off
- Dynamic duo: Cortana and Microsoft Edge
- Cortana commands
- Search for anything, anywhere
- Search for help
Security & privacy
- Protect your PC
- Schedule a scan in Windows Defender
- Where is Action Center in Windows 10?
- Turn Windows Firewall on or off
- Using Windows Defender Offline
- Windows 10 and privacy
- Turn on device encryption
- How to encrypt a file
- Add an exclusion to Windows Defender
- Change notification settings in action center
- Quick Start: Windows Defender (PDF)
Gaming & Xbox
- You've got games
- Get achievements, play anywhere
- Play and chat across devices
- Using Xbox One Wireless Controllers on a PC
- Create or edit an avatar on Windows 10
- Stream games and TV from your Xbox
- Record clips of PC games
- Where are my game clips and screenshots saved in Windows 10?
- Game DVR video quality in Windows 10
- Fix problems with Game bar on Windows 10
- Fix problems signing in to the Xbox app
Devices & drivers
- Add a printer
- Fix printer problems
- Connect to a network printer (PDF)
- View the print queue
- How to set a default printer
- Change a printer's status to "online"
- Connect to Bluetooth devices
- Remove a Bluetooth device
- Open Device Manager
- Add a device to a Windows 10 PC
- Fix sound problems
- Fix connections to Bluetooth audio devices and wireless displays
- Try the latest touchpad gestures
- Update drivers
- How to use Remote Desktop
- Troubleshoot screen flickering in Windows 10
Repair & recovery
- Recovery options in Windows 10
- Free up drive space in Windows 10
- Back up and restore your files
- Start your PC in safe mode in Windows 10
- Create a recovery drive
- Create a system restore point
- Get to safe mode and other startup settings
- Troubleshoot screen flickering in Windows 10
- Backup and Restore
- Get help with PC problems
- Find lost files after the update to Windows 10
- Find my BitLocker recovery key
- Find out how much storage your PC has
- Troubleshoot black screen problems
- Troubleshoot blue screen errors
Syncing & saving
- What's changed in File Explorer
- OneDrive on your PC
- Back up and restore your files
- Pin, remove, and customize in Quick access
- Zip and unzip files
- Find the Recycle Bin
- Share files in File Explorer
- Storage Spaces in Windows 10
- Work Folders in Windows 10
- See your OneDrive files in File Explorer
- About sync settings on Windows 10 devices
- Fix OneDrive sync issues
- Change the location of your OneDrive folder
- Keep fewer OneDrive files on your PC
- Turn off OneDrive
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