Launch Applications from Desktop in Windows 8

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Video: Launch Applications from Desktop in Windows 8

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   We move our mouse cursor to the lower-left corner of the screen and right-click the area

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   From the menu, click "Run"

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   Once the "Run" window opens, we need to type in "explorer shell:appsfolder"

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   We press "Enter"

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   The Explorer window will open, and there will be all of the applications that we have in the Start Menu.

   

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   To open any of the applications, we need to simply double-click them

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   For example, let's double-click "Maps".

   

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