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how can I deactivate "life at a glance"?

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Friday, August 14, 2015 3:03 PM | 1 vote

my laptop keeps going to this feature each time i click on an email, or use other apps.

how can I deactivate "life at a glance"?

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Saturday, July 23, 2016 6:57 PM ✅Answered | 7 votes

In the bottom right hand corner of your screen press the "Notifications" icon. Then press "Tablet Mode" on the bottom row to unselect it.

Hope this helps.


Friday, August 14, 2015 3:08 PM | 1 vote

Not part of win 10.  I would run a malwarebytes scan to be sure

Please download the free version of Malwarebytes.

Update it immediately.
Do a full system scan
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Wanikiya and Dyami--Team Zigzag


Saturday, August 15, 2015 7:10 AM | 2 votes

It is definitely a feature of Win10


Saturday, August 15, 2015 9:56 AM

Not on a default installation it is not.  Did you run malwarebytes?

Google "life at a glance" and you will not find a win 10 reference.  Use search and see where life at a glance lives and I will bet it is in a temp folder or your browser.

Wanikiya and Dyami--Team Zigzag


Sunday, August 16, 2015 6:01 AM | 3 votes

Hi ,

Thank you for your question.

We could refer to the following steps to achieve it:

  1.        Right click application and choose “Unpin from Start” in “Life at a glance”

2.   The same steps to remove all applications from “Life at a glance”

3.   Then drag the UI edge to left as the following snapshot:

Finally, we will see :

By the way, the same method could deactivate “Play and explore”.

If there are any questions regarding this issue, please be free to let me know.

Best Regard,

Jim

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Friday, August 21, 2015 1:16 PM

I have the opposite problem. I am running dual screens and on the left screen click start does not show the Live Tiles, but on the right screen when I click start, does show the Live Tiles. What controls these? Why would one be on and the other be off? Thanks in advance.


Tuesday, January 19, 2016 3:07 PM

I have just upgraded from windows 8.1 to windows 10 and 'Life at a Glance' is also on my start menu, so definitely part of Windows 10.


Friday, May 6, 2016 4:19 PM | 3 votes

Most definitely a part of Windows 10. I just did a clean install of Windows 10 Professional using an ISO downloaded from Windows.com (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10) and before I even opened a browser, "Life at a glance" and "Play and explore" were both attached to my Start menu.

You should seek training Microsoft products from your employer before providing false answers about things you do not know; your incorrect response reflects poorly upon Microsoft.


Thursday, December 1, 2016 3:47 AM | 1 vote

THANK YOU SO MUCH! You just changed my computer experience again. I was so mad when Life At A Glance took over my desktop and you just made my night!!!


Sunday, January 22, 2017 3:46 AM | 1 vote

On lower right corner click on notifications, then click on 'Tablet Mode'. That will deactivate 'life at a glance'.


Wednesday, May 17, 2017 11:04 PM

I have been searching for this fix for days now and FINALLY!!! Thank you for your help!!


Wednesday, January 23, 2019 11:53 AM

very helpful many thanks