There are myriad ways to open programs in Windows 10 -- use the Start menu/screen, pin shortcuts to the taskbar, or use Cortana. But if hands-free isn't your thing, you can also use keyboard ...

Windows makes it easy for you to open up these files by setting up default programs for each file type -- images files, for example, will open by default in the Windows 10 Photos app.

You can change startup programs in Windows 10 — the applications that start when you turn on your computer — to make your computer run faster.

Not happy with the Windows 10 Start menu? Open Shell is a free Start menu alternative worth trying.

The easiest way to open Programs and Features in Windows 11 or 10 is through the Run command dialog box. Just hit Win + R on your keyboard, and a small window will pop up.

Need to use third-party programs to open files on your PC? Here's how to change file associations in Windows 10 and choose which apps open which file types.

Got a PC with too many programs running in the background? Here's how to open the task manager in Windows 10 and 11 to solve that problem.