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minimising ie and crome pages

conrail

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Posted November 20, 2012 at 9:23PM

just installed win 8, although spent the last few hours playing around with it the problem is how do I minimise chrome when it's open, I can grab a corner and shrink it but it opens on screen top to bottom on side of screen, I would like it out of the way, is there a way? please help

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Jock1e

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Posted November 20, 2012 at 9:55PM

Is the Taskbar also on the right or on the bottom.If so right click the taskbar.properties.Taskbar location on screen .make sure it is set to bottom.

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conrail

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Posted November 21, 2012 at 10:05AM

thanks Jock1e, the taskbar is on the right, I assume it's the taskbar, it has search; share; start; devices & settings on it, right clicking does not do anything, not can I drag it to the bottom, the settings option does not help. I have been looking here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-GB/windows-8/use-the-taskbar#section_2. also I used to enjoy a game of spider, solitaire or mahjong occasionally but they are not installed, win8 has not kept them from win7 settings, when I click on store it tells me I am not connected to the internet, which I must be otherwise I would not be posting this

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Jock1e

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Posted November 21, 2012 at 2:27PM

I can close mine without the sidebar getting in the way.

Sorry about that it was the Sidebar that you were having problems with and not the Taskbar.

[spider solitaire],Blue icons when computer starts and one of them will say games.You can use Spider Solitaire from that.

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rdave13

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Posted November 22, 2012 at 12:21AM

The sidebar on the right is called the Charms bar. Used for settings on different apps and also search and devices etc.

Possibly the reason you can't download apps is that your account you log in with doesn't have a Microsoft account. I use my Hotmail addy and password to log in to the PC. That allows me to use and download apps from Microsoft.

If you have a Hotmail/ Outlook account, try creating another profile and log in with the email addy and password.

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rdave13

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Posted November 22, 2012 at 12:38AM

For the original question, if you open IE from an app in the start page then you can't minimize as you used to do. If you open IE from the desktop then you're back to a Win 7 environment and you can minimize to the taskbar.

As for Chrome, does it show on the desktop? I don't use it as I don't like it so not up to speed with how it installs on 8. If it only shows as an app in the start page then right click the app and select 'pin to taskbar'.

Go back to the desktop (top left corner) then open Chrome from the taskbar. You can now minimize as usual.

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conrail

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Posted November 23, 2012 at 10:27AM

thanks for your suggestions, sorry about delay in replying, win8 so slow, I mean really slow so googled uninstalling and found I needed to format so used recovery partition to get rid, back to win 7, much easier apart from chrome, see my new post here; http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/28/windows-7-help/4188919/google-chrome-just-a-blank-page/?pn=1 again many thanks for all who helped, I know where I went wrong, I should have set it to double boot, never mind. I appreciate your time and advice.

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Jock1e

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Posted November 24, 2012 at 9:54AM

conrail

If you decide to go back to W/8 you could use this.It makes it so much easier for someone like me but just good to get the start button and all programs back again.

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/index.html

I had gone back to my W/7 computer because I was struggling with W/8 but now back using W/8 again thanks to classic shell.

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Jock1e

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Posted November 25, 2012 at 10:40AM

Press the Windows key + M minimizes the page.A bit late for you now but handy if you go back.

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