Windows 8.1 added with lot of small improvements, this post highlight the Navigation Customization.
Right click on Task Bar and bring the Properties of Taskbar. Notice it is no more called as Taskbar Property. It is now Taskbar and Navigation properties. Check out these cool settings under “Navigation” tab to improve user experiences.
You can skip remaining post if you got all above settings!
Corner Navigation
- Quick App Switch:
- Mouse: When I click the upper-left corner, switch between my recent apps
- Keyboard: Windows Key + Tab
- Charms Bar
- Mouse: When I point to the upper-right corner, show the charms. You will still get charms using bottom-right corner. This setting is to avoid disturbance if you are using Close button of desktop apps
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- Keyboard: Windows + I
- Default to PowerShell:
- Mouse: Bring the Windows Power User Menu by using Right click, you can set the Power. It is good idea to start using Powershell instead of command prompt.
- Keyboard: Windows + X
Start Screen
- Default Modern UI / Desktop?: You can set your preferred mode as start screen, between Desktop (Icons) and Modern UI Start screen (Tiles)
- Wallpaper as Modern UI background: You can have the same or different wall paper between Modern UI Start Menu and Desktop.
- Windows Tiles / App list as start screen: You can switch between Modern Tiles vs App list as your default likst
- Search default Apps / Everywhere
- List Desktop apps first: When all the Apps list you can bring the Desktop to first.
