metro apps

I have two machines running Win 7 and Win 8.1 and need this to work on the win 8.1 but if we find a proper solution then it could work on Win 7 as well. I want to display weather on the lock screen. So i found a metro app in the Microsoft store called Forca weather and it worked for about 5...

I accidentally used a theme which I really wanted in my windows 8 pc, but since I reverted it back to normal...My taskbar, metro apps, systen ui, and file explorer has messed up. -When using a metro app, UI freezes and no longer works (app switcher, charms, taskbar) requires crtl+alt+del and...

I tend to use "app" to refer to the metro apps and "program" to refer to things like excel or Word. But in W10 menus, "app" seems to refer to both which I find confusing. Why the blurring of the distinction? Thanks.

I updated an older laptop from W7 to W10. I used the media creator and the update was smooth and uneventful. As part of my explorations I decided to remove all the metro apps using Get-AppxPackage | Remove-AppxPackage because I never use them Don't know if this has anything to do with it...

I have always run both Windows 8 and 8.1 on a netbook as I don't own any big laptops. It is a well known fact that Metro Apps cannot run on netbooks because of the low screen resolution. Until now that is. I recently installed Windows 10 and upgraded to Build9879 and to my surprise all of the...

I really like the look of the interface in Chrome OS, but i don't want to hack my computer and install Chrome OS just to down my functionality and up the interface.Is there a way to make windows look like chrome?Mainly the taskbar.Also here, the concept has a Chrome OS like interface.Is there a...

Hello, I've been looking into this for some time but I was never able to find a clear answer. Is there a way to enable Metro apps when UAC is disabled?

The 'Threshhold updates' are a collection of updates for windows 8.1. Some are saying that this is windows 8.2 but see for yourself: Reference: http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/further-changes-coming-windows-threshold

For the past 3 weeks now I have been trying to buy a windows 8.1 installation DVD so that I can install Windows 8.1 on one of my netbook. So i phoned up PC worls which is the main computer store here in England where I am. The customer services adviser told me they only sell Windows 8 but not...

As most users are aware 8.1 has now been released to the general populace. If however you were running 8.1 prior to the release due to a Technet or MSDN account then do check Windows update as some updates have been released to coincide with the general availability of the RTM. One is even a...

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...

Today Microsoft released updates for the metro Mail, People, Calendar, Messaging and Xbox Music & Video. These updates bring some long awaited fixes and feature improvements to the platform apps. The Mail, Messaging, Calendar and People app combo received the following improvements (pulled from...

Hello i am new in this on posting but this is my problem i had installed windows 8 pro and i have linked my microsoft account to my pc(hotmail account),everything was working fine,i was receiving emails,my calendars was working and all my people were synced,but the problem is the messaging app...

Every time I download pictures from my digital camera while in the Desktop mode, the METRO Photo App pops up. I need to manually stop it from Task Manager, but... A few minutes later, I see that METRO Photo App is running again. When I want to save my edited picture, my the computer freezes...

How to close Apps in Windows 8? "There are 3 ways you can close metro apps in the new Windows 8: 1. If you have a touch screen tablet or laptop, touch your finger on the top of the screen and drag it all the way to the bottom. It will minimize and move the app from your way. 2. If you...

The principal engineer for Nokia's WP7 and WP8 devices has demonstrated, in rather frank detail, how to pirate Windows 8 Metro apps, how to bypass in-app purchases, and how to remove in-game ads. These hacks aren't exactly easy, but more worryingly they're not exactly hard either. Source...

Hi All, I'm looking for some advice on troubleshooting the following issue!:) To explain, Windows 8 Pro (X64) was installed by way of a clean install utilising audit mode to configure the User Profile folder location to a new partition on a secondary drive (D:\Users). The 'main' user...

Hi...I'm Anshay. I've got an odd problem to experience in Windows 8 Release Preview 64-bit after upgrading from Windows 7 Home Basic 64-bit. It is detecting my WiFi Network..and i can access it through Windows 8 Metro Apps but i can't access it through any of the softwares that i have...

Anytime I go to desktop mode to open "Libraries" it will give me this error message; “Documents.library-ms” is no longer working. This library can safely be deleted from your computer. Folders that have been included will not be affected. If it's my pictures folder, documents, or any of the...

I will say, missing or writing the rest of an OS because of a certain Start screen is somewhere between sad & silly. Making an big issue, fuss & blockage over a Start screen, that not only doesn't need to be used (There IS choice) but, gets in the way of nothing, hardly makes grounded sense...