WINDOWS 8- HACKS AND TWEAKS

WINDOWS 8- HACKS AND TWEAKS:

Hey guys.. so now lets look at some hacks and tweaks to customize your windows 8...If you have used it,, you may have noted that microsoft decided to put the metro interface as their default start screen..as this screen is well suited for touch devices and not PC's, so those of you who would prefer to be switching to the desktop right away on start of the operating system, youmay be interested in bypassing the Metro interfaceautomatically. This method is not disabling Metronor the interface enhancements that go along withit. A tap on the Windows-key for instance bringsyou right back to the Metro interface.

To automatically switch to the desktop during startof the system you need to complete the following

steps:

Create a new plain text document on yourdesktop or another location. You can do so with

a right-click and the selection of New > TextDocument from the context menu. Add the following contents to the new documentand save it afterwards:

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=Explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Rename the text document to metro.scf. Make icon before and after the renaming: it should be different after you have renamed it. Now it is time to add the file as a Task to the Task Scheduler. The easiest way to open the Windows Task Scheduler is to press the Windows-key to get into Metro (how ironic), enter schedule, switch to the settings filter on the right, and select the scheduler from the results listing. Select Task Scheduler Library in the new window, right-click in the task listing, and pick the create new task option from the context menu. Enter a name for the task, e.g. Metro, and switch to the triggers tab. Click on the add button here and select at log on in the begin the task menu at the top of the new window. Switch to the actions tab afterwards, select browse, and then the metro.scf file that you have created previously. When you restart Windows 8 now, the operating

system should automatically bypass the Metro interface. On most PCs, This will work..