How to Change the Windows 8 Desktop’s Background 1 Right-click your desktop and choose Personalize. The Personalization window appears. 2 Select Desktop Background from the windows’ bottom left. The window shown here appears. 3 Click a new picture for the background. Be sure to click the drop-down. Open the Settings application. Click or tap on 'System'. In the pane on the left of the screen scroll all the way to the bottom until you see 'Tablet Mode'. Ensure the toggle is set to off to your preference. How to Change the Windows 8 Desktop’s Background 1 Right-click your desktop and choose Personalize. The Personalization window appears. 2 Select Desktop Background from the windows’ bottom left. The window shown here appears. 3 Click a new picture for the background. Be sure to click the drop-down.
With Windows 10, Microsoft has expanded the usefulness of keyboard shortcuts that rely on the Windows key. In general, Windows-key shortcuts govern tasks at the operating-system level, while shortcuts using the Control and Alternate keys usually work within the active application.
These instructions apply to Windows 10. Previous versions of Windows do not support virtual desktops managed by the operating system.
How to Display and Hide the Desktop
Use the Win+D shortcut to display and hide the desktop.
When pressed on its own, this shortcut forces Windows to switch to the desktop immediately and minimize all the open windows to the taskbar. Use the same shortcut to bring back all those open windows. It acts like a toggle switch.
Virtual Desktops
Change Windows 8 To Classic View
Windows 10 includes virtual desktops, which offer more than one version of your desktop. Use them to separate home from work activities, for example.
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Pressing Win+Ctrl+D adds a new virtual desktop; each press creates a new virtual desktop. Pressing the Win+Ctrl plus the left and right arrow keys cycles through those virtual desktops.
Display the Task View to See All Virtual Desktops
Pressing the Task View button on your toolbar opens a full-screen overlay that displays thumbnails of each virtual desktop as well as apps that support timeline history. This feature was new in the Windows 10 18.09 release.
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How To Change Windows 8 Desktop View
When Task View is activated — the button looks like a little filmstrip, and its placed by default next to the Cortana icon on the taskbar — you can find apps and web pages you previously browsed, but you can also delete, move to, or add new virtual desktops.