Many of the desktop apps may not even on the list.
Apparently, Windows 10 can only collect activities and store them from certain apps. Then, use the arrow keys and SPACE to select one and bring it front and center. Going through the timeline on one of my computers, there are a lot of activities that are not showing. Type WINKEY + TAB to see Task View, which provides thumbnails of all open applications and other windows. While the feature seems to be a brilliant idea to have, there are still a lot of work Microsoft needs to put in to make it better. Scroll the bar up and down to view past activities, up to 30 days. You will see a timeline bar on the right side of your main screen with the current activities showing at the top of the timeline. To use it, you can either click the Task View button on the Taskbar or simply press Win + Tab keyboard shortcut. Type Task View for the name, and click/tap on. Copy and paste the location below into the location area, and click/tap on Next. The Timeline feature is embedded in Task View. Right click or press and hold on an empty area on your desktop, and click/tap on New and Shortcut. There is also a Clear button at the bottom of the settings page to reset Timeline history to have a fresh start. This action opens the next app running on your PC. To disable Timeline on your computer, simply turn off the collection option and nothing will be recorded. Alt + Tab keys present all the desktop thumbnail in the middle of the screen. If you would like to share the activities across PCs you are using, turn on the option “ Let Windows sync my activities from this PC to the cloud“. Open Settings app, and go to Privacy and Activity history.įirst, check the option “ Let Windows collect my activities from this PC“, and then turn on the switch next to the Microsoft account linked on this computer.
If you are interested in this new feature like I do, here is how to get it started. It even works across activities on different PCs.
Guess which feature stand out of the crowd? Timeline, a feature that resumes activities you started in the past. With Timeline in Task View, you can quickly scroll back to content you opened earlier, like a webpage, document, article, playlist, or task, even if you’ve closed an app or file. Windows Insider Program did a campaign inviting Windows Insiders to vote for their favorite Windows features released over the past six months. Windows 10 Keyboard Shortcuts Using Windows Keys By using Windows key in combination with other keys, you can perform several tasks like File Explorer, apps pinned in the taskbar, launch Settings, Run command, etc. Ive got the Windows 10 technical preview installed on a virtual machine - in particular, I find myself using the new task view feature a lot.