Windows 8 Start Screen Windows is moving towards a more locked-down direction with Windows 8 and its Start screen and “Modern” app environment. There’s no denying this — you can’t even set a custom Start screen background without installing a third-party utility. Luckily, Windows hasn’t completely shed its legacy of customizability, yet. There are many different hacks you can perform with the Start screen, although most of them should have been included with Windows 8 itself. Microsoft has always had urges to restrict users from customizing Windows, even in the past. That’s why, although a desktop-theme engine was introduced in Windows XP, you still can’tinstall custom Windows desktop themes without bypassing the check that only allows Microsoft-approved themes. Create Custom Tiles Windows 8 includes nice-looking icons for Modern apps from the Windows Store, but what about all your desktop applications or other things you pin, like websites and folders? Their default tiles don’t look very good and there’s no included way to set a nice-looking tile image. Desktop programs can’t even include their own nice-looking tiles. If you want to create your own custom tile images for desktop applications, use OblyTile.
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 12:05:13 +0000
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