is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft appears to be planning on overhauling its Windows 10 icons alongside its ...

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Microsoft has followed up this week's one billion monthly active user milestone for Windows 10 with a video showing off the new Start Menu without Live Tiles, and new interfaces for File Explorer, ...

Although it hasn't always gone smoothly, Windows is undergoing a period of change. It isn't just the way that Windows 10 is being developed and delivered, broken as that may be, Microsoft is also in ...

Microsoft has started rolling out new icons for Windows 10 from among the 100 new designs it revealed in December. Microsoft says Windows 10 users in the Windows Insider Release Preview ring – the ...

The big picture: Microsoft's monochromatic app icons have spent quite some time in Windows 10, but things are soon set to change for consumers, given that the company started pushing out new colorful ...

Microsoft has started rolling out new Fluent-based icons for Windows 10 apps and system applications to Insiders on the Fast Ring. Starting today with the Windows 10 Mail and Calendar icons, Microsoft ...

Microsoft revealed today the redesigned icon for the Windows 10 Task Manager program as part of a user interface refresh coming in the upcoming Sun Valley feature update. Last year, Microsoft ...

Ever noticed an unfamiliar icon on the taskbar—or a familiar one that suddenly looks different? Each icon—and its variation—has a specific meaning, and knowing them helps you quickly spot issues. Here ...

One of the joys of having a computer of your own is the ability to customize it to your liking. Doing this comes in many forms, from altering your device's aesthetic by changing its wallpaper to ...

This post will show you how to create an Icon in Paint in Windows 11/10. Microsoft Paint is a basic graphics editing software. It has limited capabilities compared to specialized icon design software.