Step 5: Run Windows 8 style apps in Desktop mode Even if your desktop looks like Windows 7, you have a Start menu and your system boots you directly to the desktop, you may still want to run some ...

Windows 8 has two environments: the full screen, touch-centric Windows Store App interface (also called Metro) and the Desktop interface, which looks and acts like Windows 7.

The high-resolution displays that Microsoft’s Windows 8.1 operating system allowed laptop, desktop and tablet makers to include in their machines is spectacular. Today, users can pick up a ...

What if you like the design or features of Metro apps, or want to use a specific Metro app, but don't want to be forced into the full-screen, keyboard-and-mouse-hating, alt-tab-abhoring Metro ...

Microsoft introduced a completely redesigned user interface called Metro with the release of Windows 8, but it didn't make it easy to turn it off if you or your employees prefer desktop-based ...

If you don't already have a Google Chrome tile on the Windows 8.1 Start screen, type "Google Chrome" while viewing the Start screen to locate the app. Right-click the Chrome app from the search ...