Windows 8 Start Screen get messed up whenever you install and pin a lot of apps to Start Screen. The apps are so mixed up that it’s very difficult to find the desired one but, Microsoft has provided the solution for that also. You can make groups by dragging and dropping apps and then rename them. In this way, you can sort apps by categories like sort them in games, cloud storage, internet, music & video categories etc.
Making groups is easy with just drag and drop gesture but, the option to name them can’t be found easily. This tutorial will guide you on how to find that option.
The name apps option is hidden in the apps bars but, before bringing the apps bar you need to use the semantic zoom feature of Windows 8 which is a bit tricky for newbies. This tutorial will guide you through the steps of finding the group naming feature in Windows 8.
Just follow the instructions below and you would be able to find your apps easily in future as they would be sorted by groups and the groups would have different names.
Instructions:
• First of all, make groups of apps in Start Screen by pressing and dragging the apps if, using a mouse and long tapping & moving the finger to move the app while on a touch screen.
Tip: When moving apps, you would see a white line between two groups which means that a new group can be created between them.
• Now, after you made the desired groups with the apps in them. We need to use the semantic zoom feature.
Info: Semantic zoom is the feature in Windows 8 Start Screen and Store which lets you zoom out to see more apps on the screen. This feature makes the tiles of apps smaller and just shows the icons.
• You can use the magnifier button on the bottom right corner of scroll bar if, you are using a mouse or simply pinch on the touch screen to zoom out.
• If successful, you would see the app tiles smaller in size and the groups would be visible (refer the image below).
• Now, select the group which you want to name e.g. I selected the games one.
• Now, we need to bring the apps bar. Right click on top of screen if, using a mouse and swipe from bottom if, using a touch screen.
• In apps bar, you would see the option of ‘Name Group’ on the left side of app bar. Press it.
• You would be asked to name the group. Name it what you want e.g. I named it ‘Games’.
• Press ‘Name’ and your group would be named. You can name others as well by following the same process.
• After you are done naming, simply press anywhere on the Start Screen or on any group and you would be taken back to the normal view.
• You would see that the groups which you named have now names on top.
• This process can be followed anytime and countless times.
• That’s all
You would be able to find the apps easily thanks to the grouping and naming features of Windows 8.
source:windows8core
