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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Hi Brink, I couldn't get back to you this afternoon because I was blocked from the entering the forum as (jstack2000). I had to re register as Jerryboy and here I am. I went back to the tutorial and found that I did not follow all the steps. When I did the link worked as you said and the new...
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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Yes, the shortcut was created and it is on my desktop and it works from the desktop. I tried to drag it to the taskbar (at the bottom) and there was no option to pin it to anything other than 'Internet Explorer'.
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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Hi, I was able to follow the instructions (I'm not exactly computer literate) and was able to create a shortcut to my brokerage firm and it is on my desktop. I was even able to change the background. However I could not pin it to my start page. I dragged it down to the task bar but the only...
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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Sorry Blink, I don't know what a Modern app is. When I go to a website that I use frequently I add it to my system so that I can just click on the tile on my start screen. That's the tile that I am trying to change. I would like the title to be more descriptive then what the system assigned when...
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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Thanks for the quick response. The app is for my Brokerage that I created when I first set up this computer. What should I try next?
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    Start Screen Tiles - Change Icon and Name in Windows 8

    Rename tile/app Hi, I tried your tutorial and it was different on my screen. When I right click on the tile/app that I want to rename, the bottom screen only says 'unpin' and on the right it says 'customize' I can't get to the location as shown above. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help....Jerry
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