Win8.1 skills to efficiently manage applications

Applications are the core of the user's control of the computer's execution tasks. Therefore, the organization and management of the program is a common thing on the user's computer. Since the release of the Win8.1 operating system, a more efficient program management module has been added. As long as the user masters the method, the control of the program is more than the previous system. Free and convenient.

Setting compatibility and permissions to make the application run normally

1. Setting compatibility mode

Some programs cannot be started on Win8.1 because they are not compatible with the new system. The user simply right-clicks the shortcut icon of the program, selects “property" on the pop-up menu, then selects the "compatibility" tab in the properties dialog, and then from the < compatibility mode" Check "Run this program in compatibility mode", if the program runs smoothly on Win7, select "ldquo;Windows 7" in the Compatibility Mode drop-down list.

2. Use system administrator privileges

Some programs may require higher system privileges, otherwise they will not run. The same way is to right click on the shortcut icon of the program, in the popup Menu selection "Run as administrator", if the user wants to always run the program with administrator privileges, then click on the right-click pop-up menu "Properties", in the Compatibility tab, "Permission Level" In the column, check "Run this program as an administrator".

Program compatibility and permission settings

Saving personalized Windows program configuration under different accounts

Win8.1 system for different accounts in order to balance the situation of multiple users Program settings, build detailed profiles to save each user's personal settings, and provide personalized services. You can move the mouse to the right, click on “Set> on Charmsbar, and select “Change PC Settings” at the bottom right to enter the interface shown below.

Switching or adding accounts

Using different account configurations for a single program

Sometimes, users want to run a personalized configuration of an account, but switch accounts from Charmsbar. It's more troublesome, so Win8.1 provides a very simple account switching method. Hold down the "Shift" key while right clicking on the shortcut icon of the program. The user will find that the right click menu is more than "Other users" Run the option of ” and click Switch.

Run as a different user

Click “Run as another user'; a dialog box appears, enter your username and password to quickly switch accounts.

Switch Account Dialogs to set the default application to file associations

Many users' systems may have many identical functions, such as browsers, mobile assistants, image processing software, etc. You can install a few, and what if the user likes to use one more? Then set it as the default to open the program.

To set the default program: Move the mouse to the right side of the screen, pop up Charmsbar, click “Set”, select “Control Panel", and then click “Default Program” (As shown below), the 1, 2, and 4 options in the dialog box provide three ways to help the user set the default program for opening files.

Setting the default program

Method 1: Setting the application directly to the default

Click on the first option, you can directly select the program installed in Windows, set it as the default program. The list on the right side of the dialog box below provides the programs that have been installed on Windows 8.1. After selecting it, click on the left side to set this program to the default value ”.

Select a program to set as default

Method 2: Change the associated default program from the file perspective

Users can also set the default program from the file point of view, click “ The second item of the default program & rdquo; dialog box, select “ associate the file type live protocol with a specific program, select a file in the list below, and then click “change program” in the upper right corner You can pick and associate a default program for this file in many functionally equivalent applications.

According to the file association default program method three: according to the system navigation list to set the default program

Users can also select the "default program" dialog box fourth item "set program access and this The default value of the computer, then select “Customize”, then the user can set one of the commonly used system software, such as browser, email program, media player, instant messaging program, JAVA virtual machine class Is the default program.

Set the default program according to the system navigation list

Win8.1 system tools are also rich to learn to open and close

Win8.1 system itself comes with a variety of functions, However, these programs are not all enabled by default, and the entries are hidden deep. If users usually need to solve some problems and use these programs, they do not know where to start.

In fact, to open the system comes with the program is also to move the mouse to the right, click on the Charmsbar pop-up "Settings", then select "Control Panel", and then in the "Control Panel" Click on “Programs and Features".

After selecting "Programs and Features" in the Control Panel, the "Uninstall or Change Program" dialog box pops up. The user can select from the list of programs on the right. The installed application is uninstalled and repaired, and so on. And we are looking for the system comes with the program, so then click on the left side of the image below to "enable or disable the Windows function".

Uninstall and change the program

After clicking, pop-up "Enable or disable the Windows function" dialog box (as shown below), the user can see the system comes with the program list in the dialog box. All functions, by checking or unchecking, achieve the purpose of turning the system function on and off, and when the user selects some special programs that come with the system, the program can automatically generate shortcut icons on the start screen. Such as “Hyper-V”.

Turning the system program on and off

The program management method of Win8.1 is introduced here. It mainly talks about three points. First, how to pass the compatibility mode or improve the system permissions. To make the program run normally on Win8.1. The second is to tell the user that some programs need a specific account for normal operation, and how to switch accounts easily and quickly to run a program that saves personal configuration. The third is how to open and close the program that comes with the system. These are the situations that users often encounter when using Win8.1, so some tips are provided. I hope everyone can use Win8.1 system more smoothly.