Charms Bar
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Techopedia Explains Charms Bar
The Charms bar can be accessed by dragging the mouse cursor to the top right or bottom corner, pressing Windows + C or by swiping from the right on touch-enabled devices. When activated, the Charms bar contains 5 different buttons; Search, Share, Start, Devices and Settings which enables a user to search the entire computer or device, search specifically in an application, and switch between the tiled menu, desktop mode and the basic settings menu. When being accessed within an application, the Charms bar displays application-specific administrative settings and configuration options.Advertisement
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Charms Menu
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