Below the backgrounds are colors and accents. To use a new background, simply select the background you wish to use by left-clicking once on it. You can also pin items to the taskbar from the Start screen rather than having to return to the Apps view. One of the features of this new. There's also no way to add something to the charmbar, like a direct shutdown button so only one click would be needed. Turning Off Live Tiles Live tiles can be great for certain things like showing the weather at a quick glance, or headlines, or sport scores, but they can also be a distraction, even downright bothersome if there are too many live tiles going at once. If you like the idea of having desktop background picture as your Start screen background picture, simply follow the instructions given in one of the two methods.
Seriously, when you had the tile colors set to one color in Windows 8. One of the downsides was that it was not highly customizable and one needed to go for third-party tools to set a custom picture as Start screen background. Please let us know in the comments, and thanks for reading!. Method 2: Step 1: Switch to the Start screen either by pressing the Windows logo key on the keyboard or by clicking on the Start button. It is completely free, and if you do not like it you can easily exit it or uninstall it to go back to the Windows 8 default settings. But if you are not satisfied with the above features, there are plenty of alternatives to Start menu and buttons for download. Of note, is the ability to resize tiles to one of four possible sizes: small, medium, wide, and large.
Here is the info required. This gives the impression that you are still in the Desktop environment when you enter the Start Screen, even though you are not. So like I said, one step forward, two steps back. You can select an image of your choice that you want to see as a background of your Start Screen. Sign out from the user you are presently logged in and the Administrator account should now be present on your log in screen.
Further, now applications that install not talking about faux Store apps won't create shortcut in the Start screen anymore either, so you have to add them to Start manually, one by one. Truthfully, I will be advising any of my clients to ignore 8. Step 3: After completing the process mentioned above, you will see the Decor8 tool will open on your screen. The Windows Control Panel in Windows 8 is not located on the Start Screen. I have a lot of apps sorted on it and when I open the Start screen it looks like some sort of depraved candy land that I don't want to be in.
This tool is known as Decor8 that is basically designed by Stardock for Windows 8 Start Screen. Microsoft has already announced that the is going to be on Oct 17th, 2013. Paul Thurrott, the go-to expert on all things Microsoft related, has a of all these changes. So if a tile can only resize to medium, but you select large for the group, that tile will obviously only expand to medium size while the others that can resize to large will do so. Now, I open Start and am like where the heck is anything? Step 2: Once you download it, you need to click the downloaded file to install it on your system.
But the whole spiel was 'customization' when Windows 8. You will see a range of background images in Decor8 window. Post the release of Windows 8, developers came with software to , , , and. The good news is that if you do not like the changes with the Windows 8 Start experience, you can install a more familiar Start Menu, like Start Menu Reviver. Example: I installed the Sigil ebook editor application desktop app.
Some users want to change the Start screen background in Windows 8. How they can develop the Start screen and not give the ability to customize is just incomprehensible. Finally, to move your tiles around, you can simply click or touch, hold, and drag them about. For more tips on Windows 8, check out our guide to the. Before users needed to go to the , but now these settings has been relocated to the Settings menu. In previous versions of Windows you were able to access the advanced startup options menu by clicking on the F8 key when Windows started.
I must admit, if you have the Desktop open with no windows open, and you hit the Start Button, then it does feel like you are still on the Desktop. Unlike previous versions of Windows, Windows 8 does not include any built-in images that you can use as your account picture. So using Classic Shell is one option. This is what it is like every time you want to open an application in Windows 8 from the Start Screen, only the Start Screen has many more objects to scan through and you need to scroll horizontally to view them all. Method 1: Step 1: Switch to the desktop mode. In practice, it is still a major improvement. Underneath it will be small square tiles that represent other backgrounds that you can use.
To select more than one, simply tap each tile you want and they will all have checkmarks. This lets users better tie the desktop to the Start screen, making the transition between them less jarring. Note also, the second-to-last background choice is actually a solid color. Instead if you wish to change your account picture you need to select an existing picture from your computer or take one using an attached. Follow these steps to enable built-in admin account: a.