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How to disable alphabetical App list, on start screen

Anonymous
2014-07-10T02:36:21+00:00

When I recently updated my windows 8 computer, my apps all got in alphabetical order. With a giant letters. I only have like 20 apps and it used to take up about 2 columns, but now It takes up the whole screen. Is there a way to get rid of the giant letters??

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  1. @CmdrKeene 90,616 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2014-07-10T16:25:29+00:00

    Absolutely.  You can go to Settings and say "show more tiles" to make them a little smaller and take up less space.  You can also change the sort order from the drop-down at the top (I have mine set to show the new ones first).

    Example:

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  1. @CmdrKeene 90,616 Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2015-03-31T15:05:23+00:00

    Yes, as you can see in my picture, there are no more big letters.

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  2. Anonymous
    2015-03-31T14:49:00+00:00

    Hi puffer,

    This issue can occur due to display driver setting.

    You need to go to computer manufacturer site so that you can  download display drivers.

    I would suggest you to update the display driver for best resolution.

    Follow this link to resolve your issue.

    http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows-8/get-best-display-monitor.

    Please reply with the status of the issue, so that we could help you better.

    Thanks.

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-03-26T03:50:41+00:00

    This isn't helpful, we want to sort it alphabetically, without huge capital letters making it take up twice the space.  Please make this optional.

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  4. Anonymous
    2014-07-15T13:23:28+00:00

    Thank you. However, before I installed an update they were alphabetical but without the giant letter seperaters. Is there a way to get rid of that?

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