Winodws 8 has a traditional desktop and a new tile interface. The new interface application is commonly known as Modern UI (or Metro-style) application software, but mainly for the tablet. Operation, the functionality of the Metro interface application designed with tablet thinking is obviously much simpler than the traditional desktop program. In Microsoft Intenet Explorer, Windows 8 has two versions of the traditional desktop and the new interface Modern UI. The default value on the Start screen is the browser version (Metro-style) that launches the new interface. It is a bit uncomfortable to operate the tablet-specific browser on the PC. How to change the desktop browser to the default open browser. This is the subject of this article.
Metro interface application is a tablet-based interface. By default, the Metro interface application will not automatically close, because the tablet is ready to use, so there will be no The "X" close button will also open in full screen with the URL bar at the bottom. (How to close the Metro software, not to switch out)
The desktop version of Internet Explorer is the Windows 7 browser, and its interface operation is similar to Internet Explorer 9, except that the version is upgraded to 10 (below). If you are not working on a tablet, the current PC screen is quite spacious. If you want to use the desktop space flexibly, it is more customary than the traditional desktop version of IE!
Although the Windows 8 system has two operation interfaces. However, there is only one core in its bones. To be honest, I am really not used to browsers that do not have a zoom function. So I directly think of fixing the desktop browser to the "Start" screen, that is, putting the traditional desktop program into it. On the "Start" screen of the new interface, generally press the right mouse button on the program and select "Fix to Start Screen" on the drop-down menu that appears.
Windows 8 has two versions of Internet Explorer, one for the Metro interface version designed for tablets and the other for the traditional desktop version. In principle, the browser on the "Start" screen defaults to the Metro version of Internet Explorer, but after fixing the desktop version to the "Start" screen, you will find two Internet Explorer icons on the "Start" screen, in the following figure. In the two versions of the Internet Explorer icon in the red box, do you see the difference? The large icon on the left is the version of the Metro interface, and the one on the right is the IE browser of the traditional desktop version.
Although the above fixed action allows you to open the desktop version of IE directly, but when you encounter a web page connection, the default value will be opened in the IE browser of the Modern-UI interface, unless you are Tablet users, otherwise you will want to modify the default browser, but fortunately there is an option setting on the desktop version of IE, which allows you to specify a browser that enforces the desktop version.
First enter the desktop screen, press the small icon of IE browser on the work bar, when you open IE browser, please press the gear tool icon on the upper right, and the function menu appears and select "Internet" Option".
After entering the "Internet Options" dialog box, please switch to the "Programs" tab, and under "Choose how to open the link", specify "Always on Internet Explorer on the desktop" so that you can The default value of IE is changed to be opened by the desktop version of IE 10.