Win8 system to retrieve traditional desktop usage habits

        I believe that the first thing after installing Windows 8 is to decorate your own lock screen and start screen to make the whole system more cool. But don't forget that we still keep the traditional desktop we used 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 possible to lock frequently used programs on the taskbar for easy operation. However, the default setting of Win8 "display desktop" is not the same as Win7, and it is not very obvious, so it is often mistaken for cancellation.

Like Win7, Win8's "Show Desktop" button is also at the far right of the taskbar. You can switch to the desktop after clicking it, 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 "Use Peek Preview Desktop" option, you can tick before this.

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 users who transition directly from XP may not be 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".

Custom Notification Area

The above are the common settings of the Win8 taskbar. Those operations such as hiding and shrinking are all clear 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. The common "My Computer", "Folder" and "Network" are not available. Here we will find them again.

Retrieving the desktop icon

First click the right mouse button on the desktop and find "Personalization" click inside. So we open the personalization interface, but we are not going to set it here, but as a path. Pay attention to the several items on the left side of the interface, there is a "change desktop icon", which is what we are looking for.

Changing the desktop icon is what we are looking for

Entering the desktop icon settings, we can "My Computer", "User's File", The "Control Panel" and so on are displayed on the desktop, as long as you check the front of each item. At the same time, we can also customize the appearance of the icon, using the "change icon" button.

Check the display

Here we will talk about the power options of Win8, mainly because the entrance of this setting is 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 can adjust the control panel to a non-"category" state.

Power Management in Screen Saver Settings