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Live Tiles are a feature of the Windows 8 Modern UI, akin to "Widgets" in other graphical environments. They can for example display calendars, weather information or e-mails.

Live Tiles are a feature of the Windows 8 Modern UI, akin to "Widgets" in other graphical environments. They can for example display calendars, weather information or e-mails.

Examples of Windows 8 Live Tiles taken from cnet.com:

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How to remove all the tiles in the Windows 10 start menu?

A common problem I have is that I have a new PC that I'll be using for a while. And pretty much every Windows 10 PC I've used (even work PCs) have a ton of junk I don't want in the start menu in the form of a tile. I don't care much about the stuff…
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How can I remove Live Tile updates in Windows 8?

I have a very slow Internet connection and don't want Live Tiles using up my bandwidth for updates. Is there a way to shut them off? I've changed the Show updates for Tiles in the settings but still they show up.
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How to change default size of tile when using "Pin to Start" in Windows 10?

When using "Pin to Start" option in Windows 10 all tiles are set to default size which is "Medium". Is there any way to change the default size to "Small"? I know that I can change that manually. But I would like it to be small as default.
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How can I stop the "Photos" Live Tile from showing deleted pictures?

My Photos tile was showing several photos that I took to test my webcam. I deleted them, but the pictures are still showing up on my live tile (even after restarting my computer). How can I prevent them from showing up on the live tile?
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Windows 10 tile layout in Start Menu resets after reboot

Note: I will be answering this question myself to help other people who come across this problem in the future. Feel free to submit your own answers if you want, I know that other people have had this same problem, but caused by a different…
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Can I select which folders the Photos live tile chooses from?

The built-in Photos app in Windows 8 has a live tile on the start screen that shows photos from your pictures library. It's a cool little visual, even if it's not particularly useful. The problem is that a lot of image files on my computer are not…
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How do I group icons in the Start menu of Windows 8?

I love the new start menu of Windows 8 but I would like to be able to organize my icons into sections. How do I organize my app icons in Windows 8?
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Is it possible to put Tiles on the windows 8 desktop?

I like the new tiles in the Windows 8 modern UI. Is there any way to put the live updating tiles on the start screen onto the desktop?
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Named Group of tiles (Applications) in Windows 8?

Possible Duplicate: How do I group icons in the Start menu of Windows 8? The tiles in Windows 8 ModernUI are just all on that scrolling page (the new "Start Menu"). Like the old iOS had several pages, Windows 8 has these third of a page spaces…
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Resetting the photos live tile

While working on an answer, I managed to get the photos live tile 'stuck' on a specific photo, which I don't even have on the disk at the moment. How would I reset the live tile to select random photos from my library again?
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Do Windows 8 "Live Tiles" actually use a lot of one's monthly broadband data allowance?

Windows 8 Live Tiles are a great way of showing constantly updated information regarding stock prices, weather bulletins etc on the Windows 8 Start Screen. Is it plausible to suggest that they can actually (maybe "sneakily") use vast amounts of data…
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How to reset the Windows Push Notification Platform?

For my user account, the Windows Push Notification Platform seems to be messed up. I have the following symptoms: In the Settings charm, Notifications is grayed out. The tool-tip is Turned off by Group Policy. Visual Studio fails to install an app…
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How to create shortcut of a file in Windows 8 Tiles?

In Windows 8, is it possible to create shortcut of a file on the new Start screen with Live Tiles? If so, how is it done?
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Can I create a tile to change my default audio device?

I want to easily switch between speakers and headphones. Is this possible?
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Do live tiles continue to update when I'm not looking at the start screen?

If I glance at my start screen, do I need to wait a few seconds for the tiles to show up-to-date information? Or do they continue to update when I'm not looking at the start screen?
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