At the moment Win8 opens, those flipped "squares" will surely attract everyone's attention, which is an important part of Win8 ——Win8 application.
In the Win8 system, the Win8 application is a topic that cannot be skipped anyway. These applications can bring great convenience to users in daily use, and also make the office work more flexible. With the Win8 app, users can experience apps on tablets and phones with traditional controls on traditional PCs, and even continue work that was previously unfinished on the tablet.
Use of the Windows App Store
Since Win8 apps need to be obtained from the Windows Store, let's take a look at how the Windows Store will work.
After Win8 is installed, the app store will be installed by default. You can find the tile of the app store in the system's "Start screen" and click to enter.
Windows application store tile
the app store, we will find application in the home of Microsoft into the game, socializing, music and video, work efficiently, safety, tools, education, government, etc. 20 Major categories. There is also a “Boutique Focus” section that brings together the current hot apps. Entering any of the big categories, we can see the rich applications below.
20 applications classified
thing to note here, maybe there are users see the above chart found their own application store applications not as good as the author of many, in fact, require some setup here.
Slide the mouse to the lower right corner of the screen to bring up the Charm bar and select Settings. Click on “Preferences” to adjust both options to “no”, so the system will not filter, so Can present all the applications.
preferences are set to & ldquo; No & rdquo;
Of course, Windows applications store also supports application search function, also was the first to bring up the Charm bar, and then you can see the search button.
In the Windows Store, we can view apps that have already been purchased, and they can be installed on up to five other computers. In addition, in the account settings for the setup options, we can also set up payment information to purchase paid apps in the store.
search
these applications in the Windows Store is the most commonly used part, with such a treasure trove of software, here we can pick your favorite applications to install and use.
Installation, Uninstallation, and Update of Win8 Applications
We have already introduced the normal operation of the Windows Store, so the installation of the Win8 application is a matter of course.
We can browse the app store or search for the app you want, go to the specific app interface, and click Install. Everything is as simple as that, we don't need to choose the installation path, and we don't have to click “> next”, the system will automatically download and install the application. Appear on the screen to start Win8, and then we can customize the tiles;
Click Install to automatically download and install
installed application directly to the magnets in the form of & ldquo; & rdquo nails A reasonable layout can make the start screen more beautiful and easy to use.
Right-click on the app tile, we will see a toolbar pop up at the bottom of the screen, generally there will be "unscheduled from the start screen" and "uninstall" options. As the name implies, the former can prevent the application from appearing on the start screen, while the latter can uninstall the application.
magnets Settings toolbar
should be noted, was undocked from the application can still & ldquo; all applications & rdquo; find and re-displayed on the start screen, and the application can be uninstalled Reinstall in the app store&yquo;your app" and don't have to buy it again.
In addition to “unfix from start screen" & "uninstall", there are some applications that will have the option to "zoom out" (and zoom in) & rdquo; & "turn off dynamic tile" The size of the tile can be adjusted by “zoom out (zoom in)”, and the dynamic tile option can display the content of the app in real time.
purchased application
Finally, we talk about the application of updates. The app store automatically retrieves the latest version of the app while the computer is online. When a new version of the app is detected, it will be displayed directly on the tile of the app store, and the number of updates will be indicated. The user will know that there is an app update at a glance.
Enter the app store, then click the “update” word in the upper right corner to go directly to the app update interface, select the app you want to update, select the “install" button to start the automatic update, operation very simple.
apply the update interface