FAQ: Application shortcuts in Windows 8.1

FAQ: Application shortcuts in Windows 8.1

As you probably already know, Windows 8.1 made a change for RTM where newly
installed applications' shortcuts are NOT immediately visible on the Start
menu. They are still installed and indexed, but you need to either swipe
down on your touch screen or click the down arrow as shown below. New apps
will be flagged with a "New" badge until you've run them. The main tiled
Start Screen is now a customized favorites panel instead of being the sole
launch menu.

This behavior is the same for ALL applications, putting you in control of
what gets posted to your Start menu.

Please note: this new behavior is NOT a SetupBuilder limitation! It's a
permanent change in the Windows 8.1 operating system. There is no way for
the app to programmatically pin itself to the Start Screen. From now on,
the Start Screen is purely the user's territory. Even the brand new Visual
Studio 2013 can't pin itself in Windows 8.1. You can't make tiles appear on
Start Screen automatically like it did before in Windows 8.0!

You should update your documentation because many users have no idea where
to find their new apps nor how to pin them to the Windows 8.1 Start Screen
or Taskbar. This is how to do it: Install an app, and then access the Apps
view below the Start screen by swiping up from the bottom of the touch
screen. If you have a mouse, click or tap the lower left corner of the
Start screen. Once the Apps view shows up, you'll see all your new apps.
You can then use Search in the right corner of the Apps view to finely
search, or you can sort the Apps view by Recently installed. Once you've
selected an app, choose Pin to Start screen or Taskbar from the app bar
that'll appear.

Welcome to the new Windows 8.1 world...

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I really wonder why Microsoft did not introduce this way of doing in
w3.1 !!!

It is SO MUCH better than the stupid old way of displaying shortcuts on
a desktop - we are all idiots not to have thought of this so much
EASIER WAY of doing! I am ashamed of myself!

Thanks Fredrich for this summ up <g>

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That is extremely inconvenient. Thanks for posting it.

Jeff Slarve
www.jssoftware.com
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I'll search help files & Google for you.

It's quite a quandry, as users get annoyed if you add stuff to their
start screen, but they're likely to get confused when you don't. <g>

Mike Hanson
www.boxsoft.net

Seems those idiots are capable of making a mess out of sh*t.

*Regards*,

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Lee,

> Seems those idiots are capable of making a mess out of sh*t.

I've heard tell monkeys do that... correlation?!<g>

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Quite frankly, there is absolutely no difference between monkeys, baboons
and human beings. Technology and shiny things have proved that beyond any
shadow of a doubt. A human with an iPad in their hands and a baboon in the
Kruger Park with the same device in hands. Identical. Excepting the baboon
is more way more interesting.

J André Labuschagné

I think I've spotted your problem <g>

> Quite frankly, there is absolutely no difference between monkeys,
> baboons and human beings.
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Russ Eggen
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Pick any three. All qualify.

To be fair, the most stupid of the three are the homo sapiens. The other
two, for example, would not make an industry out of smoking. They may
tamper with it out of curiosity but soon realize that it is harmful to one's
health and well being. Do you still smoke Russ?

J André Labuschagné

I think this is the wrong forum for this off-topic question.

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