Windows 11 | Windows 10 Modifying => Windows 11 | Windows 10 Software | Drivers & Utilities => Topic started by: javajolt on September 14, 2012, 01:04:51 AM
Title: 5 Customization Freeware for Windows 8
Post by: javajolt on September 14, 2012, 01:04:51 AM
Since the Windows 8 launch, there are a couple of things we are struggling with because Microsoft decided to change lot of feature that were in earlier versions of Windows. After I installed Windows 8, I started hunting for any new freeware that would help me in customizing Windows 8. In this article I’ll introduce few of them which I found useful.
Win X Menu Editor (http://winaero.com/download.php?view.21):
One of the feature I found most useful on Windows 8 Windows X Menu.
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Unfortunately Microsoft made it pretty hard to customize it. I wish one could have easily added some more entries to it, like regedit, etc. You can use this utility to add some more entries and thus customize it pretty easily.
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The UI is pretty much self-explanatory. The features are:
It’s a simple utility that allows you to edit the Windows Aero on Windows 8 the usage is pretty simple.
Check on “Enable Windows Colorization” and click on the color to change it. “Force High Contrast Mode” will give you transparency but it’s unusable as the option says. But it’s a fun little app.
Close Threshold for Metro Apps (http://winaero.com/download.php?view.32):
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Close Threshold is a useful application that can set the threshold of closing a Metro app. Many of you may already know to close the Metro app we can press and hold the application and drag all the way down to close it. Well this application can reduce that threshold i.e. you can close it half way through. Here is a simple video that explains how.
Skip Metro Suite (http://winaero.com/download.php?view.33):
You might know on Windows 8 when you start PC, it boots directly into Windows 8 Start Screen. There is a simple work around for it (http://www.thewindowsclub.com/boot-windows-8-directly-desktop-mode). But using this tool you can set to boot your Windows directly to Desktop instead of Windows 8 UI. It’s not a portable application you need to install it.
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The other features of this tool are :
• Skip Start Screen feature.
• Switcher can be disabled.
• Charms Bar Hint can be disabled.
• Can completely REMOVE edge panels, including Charms Bar, Switcher and square start button at bottom-left edge of Desktop.