Rainmeter Forums Skip to content. Quick links. Logout Register. It is currently Fri Jan 14, pm. Two things to notice here. First, the total lack of file names in Metro. Second, note the order in which the results are ranked. In Explorer, files are grouped left-to-right, top-to-bottom. In Metro, files are top-to-bottom, left-to-right. No idea. Can you change it? What began as an px image is now pixels wide. At Reuters. They are downloaded from and updated through the Windows Store itself a perfect example of a Metro app.
Click on any Metro app to launch it. As with the Start page, you can move around using the scroll wheel or the scroll bars, and right-click to bring up a menu of options at the bottom, which will vary depending on the program you're running. When you return to the Start page or the desktop, the app will remain running in the background.
If you want to shut it down completely, move the mouse to the top of the screen where it should turn into a tiny hand , then click and drag down to the bottom. All of the running desktop and Metro apps will be listed together with a thumbnail. Alternatively, with the mouse, move the cursor to the top left-hand corner -- click once to switch to the next app in the list, or move the cursor straight down to see thumbnails of all available apps, including a link to the Start page at the bottom.
Click on any thumbnail to switch to the app. This second method doesn't list individual desktop programs, simply a link back to the desktop environment. One trick you can perform with the list of apps available on the left is to split your monitor into two -- a thin window and a wide window. Click and drag any Metro app down into the screen and you'll have the option to pin it to the left or right-hand side. Many Metro apps support this 'mini' mode, including Weather and People, and it's handy to have another app available while you work in the desktop.
Two Metro apps can be run side-by-side, but the feature doesn't work with desktop apps -- with these programs you can use the window snapping tools carried over from Windows 7. As you've no doubt already noticed, moving the mouse cursor to the corners of the screen is the way to access most of the screens and shortcuts available in Windows 8. I haven't yet covered the right-hand side of the screen, where the top and bottom corners work in the same way -- move the mouse cursor here and you'll see five shortcuts, or what Microsoft is calling 'charms'.
The same five charms appear whether you're in the Metro or desktop environment, no matter which program you're currently in -- Search, Share, Start simply a link back to the Metro Start page , Devices and Settings. Hover over any of these shortcuts and an information panel appears on the left displaying the time, date and current Wi-Fi signal strength.
Search does what you would expect and lets you look for apps, settings or files. It can also be used to search inside Metro apps for a location in Maps, for example, or a contact in People. This search tool will look for files but runs in a Metro-style interface.
To use the traditional search interface, open up Windows Explorer and run a search from there.
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