I installed Chrome and set it as my default browser then removed the tile for IE 10.
I now want to try out IE 10, but when I use search and replace the tile, I don't get a live tile just an .exe tile, so when I open IE 10 it goes to the desktop version.
Anyone know where the immersive IE 10 tile has gone or how to get it back??
The exact same thing happened to me. I was also wondering how to get it back.
Sorted....Control Panel and reinstate IE as default
To summarize, when a Metro application's tile no longer appears after replacing it as the default application for a given task, you must reinstate it as the default in order to get that tile back?
Personally, I think having the choice of a separate "default" option for Metro and Desktop interfaces would be helpful. For example, right now I prefer Firefox or Chrome on the desktop side, but am limited to IE10 on the Metro side.
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I installed some needed applications like chrome ccleaner on Win 8.There were shortcuts in Metro start menu.But as it was using default style Program icon and name was displayed on tile.Can i change it to make it looks like other built in Tiles?
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I have removed(Unpinned) some tiles how to restore them?
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Not sure about changing icons, but to restore pinned tems, swipe on the right side of your screen (to bring up small black side menu)and hit the search button. All the apps will be there, and you can repin them there.
The tile icon is just for apps. Default programs is 'doomed' to be this way.
Pin removed App in the Start Immersive
mr.harsh said:
I have removed(Unpinned) some tiles how to restore them?
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Just search the application you want to pin by typing it's name in the Start Immersive menu, then right-click on the application, finaly you can click Pin in the bottom bar that will appear...
Here is something I came up with:
Let's say you pin calculator or notepad to Metro desktop and you click on it to launch it. The app launches but with the standard desktop screen/wallpaper in the background which kind of spoils the whole new Metro look interface. Here is a way to get around that...
1. Press the 'printscreen' key on you keyboard to take an invisible screen capture of your Metro desktop.
2. Open 'Paint' application and press paste to paste your screenshot.
3. Save the screenshot to one of your folders.
4. Quit to standard desktop (not Metro) and right click on screen to Personalize and assign the screenshot as your desktop wallpaper.
From now on, everytime you launch a non Metro app, it will open up on what appears to be your Metro desktop, when in fact it is a fake Metro desktop. At least the transition between Metro and standard desktops is unified.
For the artistic ones, blur your screenshot using Photoshop or similar, before applying it as your wallpaper. Now when you launch an application like calculator or any other window app, the 'Metro' background will be out of focus and the opened windows app will be in focus. An artistic alternative
While this is an epic idea, I can't do it, because I rearrange the metro icons a LOT. But I do love the idea, and I'm sure it'll work great for a lot of people.
Thank you! I guess you could do it once you have installed all the apps you want and finally satisfied with the layout ;-)
Is there an easy way to make tiles use a custom color, particularly on a Windows RT device? I'm getting a Surface in 5 days, and but I prefer the tile system on Windows Phone to Windows 8 (ex: I like all my tiles to be one color). I saw a program called "ObyTiles" but that only appears to work on x86 machines and only for Desktop applications.
Thanks!
UPDATE: I figured out that there is in fact an application that can automatically change my lockscreen to the Bing wallpaper, so don't worry about the second question in the title.
I was hoping to get the start screen to be transparent so that it simply overlays the traditional desktop and windows. I think this would give win8 on a desktop a much more complete feel. does anyone know a way of doing this or can help? thanks.
Someone here managed to change the background on the start screen but I'm on my phone so no link. You can start there and maybe make it a transparent image.
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Can you try this link
http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&global=1&q=windows+8#/d5ktp84
Try change setting start screen opacity and tile opacity to your liking
wudien said:
I was hoping to get the start screen to be transparent so that it simply overlays the traditional desktop and windows. I think this would give win8 on a desktop a much more complete feel. does anyone know a way of doing this or can help? thanks.
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My understanding is that the desktop is actually run as a single application on the Windows 8 start screen, so I don't think it is possible to see the desktop and the start screen at the same time.
I don't think its possible to actually overlay the start screen on the desktop but you could get some consolation by downloading the omnimo ui theme for rainmeter which overlays a modern ui interface on the desktop.
I was able have my desktop background on modern ui using the link provided (post #3) Its quite nice actually to use as if you never leave desktop ui.
You can even see a youtube video playing, or whatever apps you open on screen(not minimize) on desktop ui hover over modern ui.
Its just matter of adjusting the setting. My setting I leave tile opacity off, start screen opacity to 214 or something, of course with use desktop wallpaper box tick
anduios said:
I was able have my desktop background on modern ui using the link provided (post #3) Its quite nice actually to use as if you never leave desktop ui.
You can even see a youtube video playing, or whatever apps you open on screen(not minimize) on desktop ui hover over modern ui.
Its just matter of adjusting the setting. My setting I leave tile opacity off, start screen opacity to 214 or something, of course with use desktop wallpaper box tick
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this is almost exactly what i want. now, it seems that "start screen opactiy" affects the tiles opacity (or basically, the entire start screen). is there a way to keep the tiles opaque and the background 100% transparent??
also, the next step would be to be able to click off tile (on the background) to bring up the desktop ui.
Try Decor8
http://www.stardock.com/products/decor8/features.asp
wudien said:
this is almost exactly what i want. now, it seems that "start screen opactiy" affects the tiles opacity (or basically, the entire start screen). is there a way to keep the tiles opaque and the background 100% transparent??
also, the next step would be to be able to click off tile (on the background) to bring up the desktop ui.
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Very interesting ideas but I don't know how . The best thing is to post your ideas on the developer link and hope the developer implements them on the next release.
Hello,
I've been searching for a while but I couldn't find sufficient answers on how to do this.
Is there a tutorial to manually make and set tile icons for any program/app that fill up the tiles as a whole just like Store app icons, without using any editing software?
The reason I want to do this manually is because the apps in the Windows Store that can edit these icons have to pop up every time I start the program that I have edited its icon with the editing app. This seems to be something that can't be disabled in Windows 10
Oblytile seemed to be a good editing app that doesn't pop up every time you start up the program you've edited its icon of, but unfortunately it's not compatible with Windows 10 anymore.
Also, if there is an editing app that doesn't pop up, I'd really like it to be able to also make wide tiles (not just small or medium squared tiles) since some editing apps don't support that.
Looking forward to answers on this.
JohnnyGui said:
Hello,
I've been searching for a while but I couldn't find sufficient answers on how to do this.
Is there a tutorial to manually make and set tile icons for any program/app that fill up the tiles as a whole just like Store app icons, without using any editing software?
The reason I want to do this manually is because the apps in the Windows Store that can edit these icons have to pop up every time I start the program that I have edited its icon with the editing app. This seems to be something that can't be disabled in Windows 10
Oblytile seemed to be a good editing app that doesn't pop up every time you start up the program you've edited its icon of, but unfortunately it's not compatible with Windows 10 anymore.
Also, if there is an editing app that doesn't pop up, I'd really like it to be able to also make wide tiles (not just small or medium squared tiles) since some editing apps don't support that.
Looking forward to answers on this.
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Yes, just look for "Customize Tiles on Windows 10 Start Menu" on youtube or something like that.
Something that bothers me is that icons also change on the taskbar, when the program is running, which is something I want to avoid, and I don't know how to keep the original icon on the taskbar.
FcoEnrique said:
Yes, just look for "Customize Tiles on Windows 10 Start Menu" on youtube or something like that.
Something that bothers me is that icons also change on the taskbar, when the program is running, which is something I want to avoid, and I don't know how to keep the original icon on the taskbar.
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Thanks for the reply. The problem is, I can't find any way to make wide tiles manually. I think this would need an app but the problem is that apps usually always pop up for a very brief moment when you open the concerning app for which you've made a customized wide tile.