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As more people turn to Windows 10, they are finding a whole new set of tricks hidden away in Microsoft’s latest operating system. One such involves converting your favourite websites into tiles that you can launch from the Start menu. This is a much quicker way to access websites than using your browser. 

You can only create these tiles using Chrome, so download and install the browser if you need to. Now go to the website you want to turn into a tile (for this example, we’ll use Gmail  www.gmail.com). Next, click the three horizontal lines at the top right of Chrome, move your cursor to ‘More tools’, then click ‘Add to taskbar’ (see screenshot). In the small pop-up window that opens, rename the tile (optional), tick the ‘Open as window’ box, then click Add.

Now open the Start menu and you’ll notice that Gmail (or whatever you named your tile) appears as a tile under the ‘Recently added’ column on the left. You can drag and drop this to the live tiles menu on the right. Click the app tile to open it. You’ll notice that it doesn’t open within Chrome, but in an independent window as with other apps. By following this method, you can create apps for all your favourite websites so you can access them with a single click from within your Start menu.