Win8 Encyclopedia 37: back to traditional desktop usage

Author: Mayon

I believe we installed the first thing after 8 Windows is decorate their lock screen and the start screen, Make the whole system more cool personality. But don't forget that we still keep the traditional desktops we use in Win8. Although the desktop elements are not much different from Win7, there are still some differences. This issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia" will introduce you how to set up a traditional desktop.

Customize the taskbar

The first thing to note is that our desktop settings today do not include personalized content such as wallpapers and themes, mainly about the operating experience. Let's take a look at the taskbar first.
Win8's traditional desktop

In fact, Win8's taskbar is not much different from Win7. It is also convenient to lock frequently used programs on the taskbar, but the default setting of Win8“display desktop” Not the same as Win7, and it is not very obvious, so it is often mistaken for being cancelled.

Like Win7, Win8's "Show desktop" button is also at the far right of the taskbar. You can switch to the desktop after clicking, but there is no preview in the default settings. We need to right-click on the taskbar to bring up the "Properties" interface, where we can see the option to use Peek to preview the desktop & rdquo; before you can tick it.
Enable desktop preview

In the property interface, we can also redefine the way the taskbar icons are arranged. In the default state, we use the same overlap method as Win7, but directly transition from XP. Users may not get used to it. In the “Taskbar Button”, we can choose “Merge” when the taskbar is full, or “Never merge”, which is like XP.
Taskbar icons do not overlap

Of course, we can also set the tray area on the right side of the taskbar, choose which icons to display or which icons to hide. These can be customized as long as they are customized in the "notification area"
Customize the notification area

The above is the common settings of the Win8 taskbar. Those operations such as hiding and shrinking are all at a glance in the properties, so I won't go into details here. In fact, the taskbar is arranged, and we can basically use it on the desktop, because from Win7, Microsoft encourages users to operate through the taskbar instead of the start menu.

Retrieving desktop icons

We introduced how to set the appropriate taskbar according to your needs. Now let's talk about the common desktop icons. After Win8 is installed, there will be only one icon for the recycle bin on the entire desktop, and the common "My Computer", "Folders" & "Network"; "network" is not available, here we will They rediscovered it.
Retrieve the desktop icon

First click the right mouse button on the desktop and find “Personalization”. Click here. So we open the personalization interface, but we are not going to set it here, but as a path. Notice the several items on the left side of the interface, one of which is “Change the desktop icon”, which is what we are looking for.
Change the desktop icon is what we are looking for

Enter the desktop icon settings and we will be able to display "My Computer", "User's File", "Control Panel", etc. On the desktop, just put a tick in front of each item. At the same time, we can also customize the appearance of the icon, using the “change icon” button.
Check to display

Here we talk about Win8's power options, mainly because the entrance to this setting is more troublesome. Also in the personalized interface, click on the “screen saver” in the lower right corner, and then you can see the power management in the screen saver interface. Of course you can also access through the control panel, but you will adjust the control panel to a non-"category" state.
Power Management in Screensaver Settings

The above is the full content of this issue of "Win8 Encyclopedia". We introduced how to set the taskbar and desktop icons of the traditional desktop to help you get back most familiar. Operating habits. In addition, we also made some introductions to the power setting, which is not easy to find, and I hope to help you.