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When I launch things like PDF files from a desktop application, it opens in the tile application of Windows 8. How do I close it and do other functions, like print and save, that I can do with the old desktop version?

Start8 1.20 Changelog -Updated for Windows 8.1 Preview build compatibility -Start8 allows customizing the Start button image AND provides a desktop Start menu -Added new prompt on first run to select a default button image. Upgrade installs will not see this prompt. -When running on Windows 8.1...

why do we have the option to perform the operation copy or cut or paste once at a time ...?? windows can create new option so that we can copy or cut more than once and we can easily paste exactly which one we need from the copied or cut item .. -its just an idea ..

May be an old buffer, but I have been programming computers for the last 50 or so years, so can anyone answer this question: Whats the difference between an app and a program?

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Hello everybody, I hope someone can help me get through this. I have an external USB-disk drive that I want to attach to a desktop. However, although there are no devices beyond the internal disk drive <C:> and the internal DVD drive <D:> the folder viewer (START->Computer) will list <C:>...

Hello everyone, We have tried to create an app for windows 8 platform(tablet/phone). The flash content in the app is not playing. Infact no flash is supported inside the app. We are running a url inside an iframe in the app and the url's flash content is not getting displayed. We came to know...

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?22 APR 2013 With the introduction of Windows 8, Microsoft abandoned the Start button, causing an uproar amongst long-standing users of the OS. But according to The Verge, the Start button could be making a comeback with Windows 8.1. But before PC users get too excited, the site's sources claim...

Whenever I do CTRL + Z CTRL + P CTRL + C CTRL + R etc It barley works. What I usually do is hold CTRL and press the key. I end up having to press it like 5 - 15 times then it gets back to normal for a while, then goes back to me having to do that. I installed no new programs or nothing It...

Since the new changes have been implemented the post reply box is now gone from the thread. So now in order to reply to a post, you click on reply which takes you to a new screen where you can reply, as if it's the advanced reply box but does not have the original post to look at. Where the...

I just saw a prototype for the new Microsoft calculator that will be in stores later this year. A few notable features include... 1. The "Addition" key has been permanently removed. 2. The "Multiplication" key has been removed, but it can be purchased separately as a single key keyboard that...

I was at a Best Buy today checking out touchscreens and Windows 8 since my daughter was looking at them. At another store the touchscreen did not seem to have the same functionality as a mouse, but I may have not been doing it correctly. A sales person came up and we starting discussing the...

Hi I'm Mick and new to this forum. I'm running the Win8 Enterprise evaluation (daul boot with Win7) to get a feel of the new OS. There is this one thing that I came across that doesn't work properly and that's the Clear List option in the Download Dialog Box. When the Dialog Box is active i.e...

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We are committed to adapting our policies as the world evolves and with the new Windows Store, we evaluated how to best release security updates for Windows Store apps. Our goal is to have a quick, transparent and painless security update process. With this in mind, we will deliver high quality...

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