Confirmed: Windows Blue Will Be Free, to Be Called 8.1
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If you are using classic shell like me then it works fine.
Got windows 8.1 the way I want it to look now, areo and start are back.
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Was Aero easy to do? Saw some tutorials but looked like a PITA for transparent bars
Yeah real simple, all the info is linked below.
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163570-aero-glass-for-win81-rtm-beta-1/
http://www.msfn.org/board/topic/163570-aero-glass-for-win81-rtm-beta-1/
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seems to be an issue now with win store.
i downloaded a game and the new fb app. neither show up on my start screen, and when finding them in winstore they say they're installed but no way to then open the app, and i've since uninstalled the fb app amongst overs but they still show as installed. bit lame
i downloaded a game and the new fb app. neither show up on my start screen, and when finding them in winstore they say they're installed but no way to then open the app, and i've since uninstalled the fb app amongst overs but they still show as installed. bit lame
in the preview apps did not automatically appear on your metro screen... you had to swipe up from the bottom to get the full list of apps then from there you could choose to pin it to start
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New apps are no longer automatically pinned to the start screen you have to pin them manually from 'All Apps' view.
Thats how win8.1 works, one of the complaints was things auto added to the start screen.
All you have to do is search for it and pin it, or go to all apps, down arrow bottom left corner (if you have a mouse attach) or swipe up from bottom of screen on a touch device.
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got it thanks. makes more sense this way, just takes a moment to get used to
According to HowToGeek:
"With Windows 8.1, these deprecated backup tools are no longer present. Windows 8.1 still allows you to import backup images created with Windows 7, so you can access your old files, but you can’t create a Windows 7 backup or a system backup image anymore. The advanced startup options menu no longer includes a “System Image Recovery” option to restore from a system image.
If you want to create a system image backup or restore from one, you’ll need to use third-party backup software."
Well thats kind of wrong, it depends exactly what you want to do, win8 comes with refresh & restore, which refreshes to a clean install, however you can make a custom image, so it refreshes to that image.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2748351
Can you actually get them to download though? They keep getting so far through than I get a fatal error, even when using the download manager.They're on my VLC
Seemed to have lost a few things from my photos and music folders.
I can see the pictures in the photos app, but they do not appear in the actual folder.
All music that wasn't in a folder in my music folder has no disappeared also.
Any idea where to find them?
Search isn't giving me any clues
I can see the pictures in the photos app, but they do not appear in the actual folder.
All music that wasn't in a folder in my music folder has no disappeared also.
Any idea where to find them?
Search isn't giving me any clues
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From here http://www.hdwallpapers.in/digital_universe-desktop-wallpapers/page/3 ,plenty there.
Thanks pal
Interested in an answer to the above myself
All up and running, weather app is great, with the map one and the average one.been sin g 8.1 preview so used to all of it anyway. Cant see any immediate differences.
Hopefully a slew of app updates over the next week or so, to take the new split screen size and tile sizes.
Hopefully a slew of app updates over the next week or so, to take the new split screen size and tile sizes.
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