Application programs included with Windows

With a standard system installation Windows Some application programs are installed on the computer. To go to the list of applications, click right click mouse to an unoccupied space on the Start screen. A button will appear at the bottom of the screen All applications.

Click on this button and a list of programs will appear. First there is a list user installed programs, then there are three foldersService, Special features and Standard.

In the Service section The following programs are available:Windows Defender. Windows PowerShell, Run, Task Manager, Command Prompt, Computer, Easy Transfer Reports, Control Panel, File Explorer, Default Programs, Right & Support, Easy Transfer.

In chapter Special abilities available: Windows Speech Recognition, On-Screen Keyboard, Magnifier, Narrator.

The Standard section contains: Paint, WordPad, Notepad, Windows log, Notes,Sound Recorder, Calculator, Scissors, Math Input Panel, Remote Desktop Connection, Player Windows Media , Action Recorder, Viewer XPS , Character table, Faxes and scanning.

Section Standard

Paint program

This program is designed to work with drawings. The mode window is shown below. The drawing is applied using the mouse. You need to click on the button with a pencil () in the tools field, then move the mouse pointer to the main window, click on the left button, and without releasing it, draw a line, then release the button. At the top of the screen there is a palette with which you specify colors. Click on the color you want and draw another line with the new color. You can draw using the left mouse button (primary color), or using the right button ( background color). Other modes are described below.

Top line Nameless. This means that the drawing is only in RAM. You can save it later in the file or not save it when you exit (the image will disappear in this case).

On the left side top line there is a panel quick launch(), which contains the mode buttons that are most often used. In order to change the set of buttons, you need to click on the triangle (), which is located to the right of the panel and select the desired buttons in the panel that appears. The () button is for undoing the previous operation, and the button is for undoing the previous operation.

Below is the name of the File tab, by clicking on which the main modes for opening, saving a picture, printing and exiting the program will appear.

The line on the right contains tape program modes and includes sections with main teams editor, described below. The names of the sections are displayed in dim colors to show that these are not active modes, but only names. If the window is maximized to full screen, then all modes will be displayed, if it is not maximized Full Screen and there is a low screen resolution, the main modes will be displayed. Below is main window, in which the drawing process is carried out. The drawing may not fit on the screen, so there are scroll lines to the left and bottom to view parts of the drawing that are not displayed on the screen.

In field Tools are buttons with drawing modes. To set the mode, click on the button with the mouse cursor, and it will become depressed. After this, the mode can be applied in the main window (for example, draw a line). On the right, there is a field Thickness for the selected instrument. Click on the line whose thickness suits you, and the arrow on the table will move.

In the Colors field located palette. For selection current color highlight the field Color1, by clicking on it with the mouse, position the mouse cursor on the desired square with the color and click the left mouse button, and the color in the selected field will change to the selected one. For selection background colors highlight the field Color2, by clicking on it with the mouse, position the mouse cursor on the desired square with the color and click the left mouse button, and the color in the selected field will change to the selected one.

Home tab.

Clipboardcontains basic operations:Paste, Cut and Copy.

Imagecontains a command on the left side of the panel Select (). If you click on the triangle at the bottom of the inscription, a panel with modes will appear, as shown in the figure.

Rectangular area() - allows you to cut out a rectangular area of ​​the drawing. To do this, move the cursor to the original point, click on the left mouse button and, without releasing it, move it to the opposite corner of the rectangle that you want to form. When you release the mouse button, the selected rectangle will remain on the screen. This area can then be cut, copied and other operations performed (see description of previous operations).

Allows you to cut out a part of a design of any shape. In order to do this, move the cursor to the original point, click on the left mouse button and, without releasing it, drag along the contour that you want to form. When you release the mouse button, the start and end points of the contour are connected. You can select a figure Cut (right button panel) or Copy to the clipboard. You can transfer data from the clipboard to another application (for example, a text editor) or Insert into the drawing. When inserted, part of the picture will be placed in the upper left corner, after which it can be moved. To do this, place the mouse cursor on the fragment, click on the left mouse button, and without releasing it, move the selected part to a new location. If you do not need to transfer, then left-click. Other actions: a) If you select a figure using this mode, you can move it to another place. To do this, place the mouse cursor on the fragment, click on the left mouse button, and without releasing it, move the selected piece to a new location; b) If you hold down the key Shift, then a trace of the figure will remain on the transfer path, which depends on the speed of movement of the fragment; c) If you hold down the key Ctrl, then the fragment will not be transferred, but copied

Select all () allows you to select the entire picture. It can also be placed on the clipboard or dragged to another location. In this case, where there was no picture, there will be a background color (white in the picture). If you release the mouse button, there will be a frame around the selected area. If you drag the square, the selected area will shrink (or stretch). The same principle as when enlarging/reducing the program window.

Invert selection() allows you to make the selected area unselected, and the unselected area - selected.

Delete () allows you to delete the selected area.

Transparent selection() allows you to superimpose one image onto another. Let's say we selected two circles, copied it to the clipboard and pasted it into the window. Next, move the area of ​​two circles to the original area. Then two circles will appear above the two original ones, as shown in the figure.

Trim () allows you to leave only the selected part of the picture.

Resize () allows you to compress and stretch the drawing. A window will appear on the screen in which you need to specify parameters.

To turn () displays a panel with modes that are shown in the figure.

Tools.

Pencil () allows you to draw different lines. To do this, you need to move the cursor to the desired location, click on the left mouse button and draw a line with the mouse, then release the left mouse button. You can draw arbitrary lines using the left mouse button with the main color or the right mouse button with the background color. The line thickness is indicated in the field Thickness , to the right of the mode.

Fill () - inserts a color into a specific outline (the outline must be closed). To insert the current color, you need to move the cursor to the area inside the outline and click the left mouse button (in the picture on the right, the orange color is inserted inside the oval). To insert a background color, you need to right-click.

Text ( ) - inserts text into the picture. Place the mouse cursor in the upper left corner where the text will be located, click on the left mouse button, and without releasing it, move it to the opposite corner. This will select a rectangle into which the text will be entered. When entering text, use the key Backspace(to delete the last character entered) and Enter(to go to the next line).

When the action starts this mode, a tab will open Text with modes (picture below). These modes allow you to insert text from the buffer into a field, set the font type, its size, set whether the field where the text will be located will be transparent or opaque, and also set the font and background color of the character.

Eraser () - erases a specific color (or replaces the current color with the background color). If you press the right button, only recently performed operations will be erased. Below the Modes bar are several squares, shown on the right, that allow you to select the eraser size. The line thickness is indicated in the field Thickness , to the right of the mode.

Palette () - inserts a color from the program window. After entering the mode, you need to click on the area in the working window where the desired color is located. If you left-click the mouse, the base color will change to the color you clicked on. If it is on the right, the background color will change.

Scale () - change the scale of the picture. Select an area and click on the button for this mode. A rectangle will appear; if you click with the left mouse button, the area will increase, if you click with the right mouse button, it will decrease.

Brushes allows you to draw lines using brushes. If you click on the triangle located at the bottom of the inscription Brushes, then a panel with different types of brushes will appear.

The picture on the left shows how to draw different types brushes in this mode. Don't forget to use the mode Thickness , which is to the right of the mode.

Figures.

Allows you to draw shapes, the view of which is presented below.

Since usually not the entire list of shapes is displayed, you can use the three buttons that are located to the right of the panel. A triangle with the tip up () allows you to show the upper figures that are not included in the panel, with the tip down () - the lower figures, and the third () - displays the panel with all the figures (picture below).

There is a button on the right Circuit (), which has several different modes how to draw it (picture on the right).

Fill button () defines that the fill type is inside the shape and has several modes, which are shown in the figure on the left.

When drawing figures you need to keep the following in mind. If the figure is installed while the left button is pressed, then the figure will be empty inside; if the figure is installed with the right button, then what is indicated in the mode Fill . If you hold down the key during installation Shift, then when drawing a straight line, the angle of inclination of the line will be a multiple of 45 0 (0 0, 45 0, 90 0, 135 0 and so on). If there are other shapes, then the original shape will be displayed, for example, a circle, not an oval. We will describe how to create some shapes; the rest are created in the same way.

Creating a curved line. First, a straight line is created, then, selecting an arbitrary point, we change the line to a curve, pulling the line to the side. After that, pull out the other part of the line. To make a simple arc, after the first step, click the left mouse button. Below the toolbar are line thickness values, samples of which are shown above.

Creating a rectangle. Place the mouse cursor in the upper left corner, where the rectangle will be located, click on the left mouse button, and without releasing it, move it to the opposite corner. The rectangle will be highlighted with dotted lines. After left button will be released, a rectangle will appear. If you hold down the key Shift, a square will be created.

Creating a polygon from straight line segments. Place the cursor at the vertex of the polygon to be created and left-click. Next, move the mouse to another vertex, click again - and so on until a closed figure appears. If you hold down the key while creating a polygon Shift, then the straight lines will be inclined at 45 0.

Creating an ellipse. Place the cursor on the leftmost or rightmost point of the ellipse being created, click the mouse and, without releasing the left button, move the cursor to the opposite point of the ellipse. If you hold down the key while this mode is operating Shift, a circle will be created.

Create a rectangle with rounded edges. Place the mouse cursor in the upper left corner, where the rectangle will be located, click on the left mouse button, and without releasing it, move it to the opposite corner. In this case, a rectangle will be highlighted with dotted lines. After the left button is released, a rectangle with beveled edges will appear. If you hold down the key Shift, a square will be created.

Thicknessallows you to set the thickness of the selected tools. For example, if a brush is selected, then the thickness is set for the selected brush shape, if a pencil is selected, then the thickness is set for the pencil, etc.

Colors.

On the right there is a button called Color1, which defines the color of the lines, that is, the foreground color and the button Color 2, which specifies the background color. The color in the button indicates what the current color is set to. To change the color, you must first select the button where you want to change the color ( Color 1 or Color 2), then click on the desired color in the palette. The color on the button will be set to the desired one.

Changing colorsallows you to change or add colors to the palette. When you enter the mode, a window will appear, the appearance of which is shown below. Select a color on the right side of the window by clicking on the color in the main window. You can use the brightness scale to the right of the screen. Either by setting values ​​in the fieldsHue, Contrast, Brightness or in Red, Green, Blue. After selecting the desired color, click on the buttonAdd to set.

View tab .

Scale.

Allows you to Enlarge or Reduce representation of the picture on the screen or set the scale to 100% .

Can be installed Rulers above and to the left of the picture, Grid lines in the figure for ease of drawing (figure on the right), and also installStatus bar, which is located at the bottom of the window.

The status bar contains: coordinates of the current position of the mouse cursor (), size of the picture ( ) in pixels, scale bar ().

Text editor WordPad

The text editor has limited opportunities Compared to the Word package, it is used for small texts and is convenient when working with low-speed computers. After calling the program, a window will appear on the screen, the appearance of which is shown below.

You can read about what elements a window contains, the title bar, menus, mode buttons, text selection, and working with the mouse and keyboard in the section on Word editor. Below we will briefly describe the operation of the modes with the top menu buttons.

Top linecontains the name of the file being worked with. If the name was not specified when you first entered the package, then it will be - Document. This means that the document is only in RAM. You can save it later in the file or not save it when you exit (the text will disappear in this case).

On the left side of the top line there is a quick launch panel (), which contains buttons for the modes that are most often used. In order to change the set of buttons, you need to click on the triangle (), which is located to the right of the panel and select the desired buttons in the panel that appears. The () button is used to cancel a previous operation, and the button is used to undo a previous operation.

Below is the tab name File , by clicking on which the main modes for opening, saving a picture, printing and exiting the program will appear.

The line to the right contains tape program modes and includes sections with basic editor commands, the description of which is given below. The names of the sections are displayed in dim colors to show that these are not active modes, but only names. If the window is maximized to full screen, then all modes will be displayed; if it is not maximized to full screen and the screen resolution is low, the main modes will be displayed. Above shown main window, where you can enter text. If the document does not fit in this window, scroll lines will appear on the left and bottom to allow you to view parts of the document that are not displayed on the screen.

Editor operating modes (buttons)

Below are the buttons that are visible when the program window is fully open.

Home tab.

Clipboardcontains basic operations:Paste, Cut and Copy (picture on the right).

In field Font are buttons with modes for selecting font parameters. On the right are:

Selecting the font type;

Selecting font size;

Increase selected text by 2 points;

Decrease selected text by 2 points;

Character output in bold style;

Character output in italics;

Character output with underlining;

Strikethrough text;

Subscript;

Superscript;

Text background color. When you click on the triangle to the right of the name, a table of colors will appear on the screen (picture on the right);

Text color. When you click on the triangle to the right of the name, a table of colors will appear on the screen (picture on the left). If you select the mode Other colors and then click on the buttonDefine color, then a window for setting the color will appear on the screen, which is shown in the figure.

Paragraph.

Decrease the left indent of selected text;

Increase the left indent of selected text;

Mark selected text. If you click on the triangle to the right of the button, a list of paragraph markings and numbering will appear;

Setting line spacing. If you click on the triangle to the right of the button, a list of paragraph markings and numbering will appear;

Align text to the left border;

Align text in a paragraph to the center;

Align text to the right border;

Align text to width;

Set paragraph options. A window for setting parameters will appear on the screen.

Insert.

Allows you to insert a picture into the text of a document, as well as change the size of the picture;

Calls Paint program, in which you can create a drawing to later insert into the document;

Allows you to insert the date and time according to the selected format;

Allows you to insert an object, mainly a picture or text. You can also insert another object, such as a music video, which will appear as an icon. If you double-click on it, the program for listening to this fragment will be called.

Edit.

Search () allows you to find a chain of characters (a word, several words) in the text of a document. You can searchOnly the whole wordCase sensitive

Replacement () allows you to replace one string of characters with another (picture on the right). You can searchOnly the whole word, that is, the word is surrounded by spaces or punctuation marks. You can searchCase sensitive, that is, uppercase (large) and lowercase (small) characters are perceived by the program as different symbols;

Select all () allows you to select the entire text of the document.

View tab .

Scale.

Allows you to Enlarge or Reduce representation of the picture on the screen or set the scale to 100% .

Can be installed Rulers above and to the left of the picture, and also installStatus bar, which is located at the bottom of the window. This line contains the scale bar ().

Can be installedWord wrappingand also installUnits, which will be used in rulers. The default is centimeters.

Note that on the top right there is a button for calling the help system ().

Text editor Notepad

Text editor Notebook has more limited capabilities compared to the package WordPad and especially Word. It works with text files (.txt) and has no special formatting characters, so it can be used to edit system files such as Autoexec.bat and Config.sys.

You can read about what elements the window contains, the title bar, menus, mode buttons, text selection, working with the mouse and keyboard in the section about the editor Word. Below we will briefly describe the operation of the modes with the commands of the top menu.

Top Menu

File

Create -allows you to create new document. If there was a document on the screen, you will be asked whether to write the changes to the file. When answering Yes you will be asked for the file name where the document should be written; it is similar to the mode File → Open; No - you can create a new document.

Open... –allows you to open a new file.

Saveallows you to save a document in a file with the name indicated in the top line of the application window (if the document was not created, the name will coincide with the name of the file from which the document was taken by mode File → Open...) .

Page settings… - allows you to set the sheet size, paper feed mechanism, printing along or across the sheet, the distance from the document to the edges of the sheet, and select a printer for printing. In the fieldsPage header And footercontrol characters can be set. For example, &р – inserts a page number. A more complete list of such parameters can be viewed in help system.

Seal... -allows you to print a document on a printer. The window asks which pages to print, the number of copies, etc.

Exit -allows you to exit the editor. If you have a corrected document, a window will appear on the screen in which click on the button Yes in order to save the changes that were made in the current session, click on the button No so that all changes are lost. Button No often used if you are learning to work with the program and the changes do not need to be saved or the current changes turned out to be unnecessary.

Edit

Undo Ctrl+Z– allows you to cancel the last performed operation (pressing it again will cancel previous action etc.).

Cut Ctrl+X –moves the selected fragment to the clipboard (for later transfer to another document or application).

Copy Ctrl+C– allows you to copy the selected part of the document, that is, the selected part will remain in the document, and its copy will be placed on the clipboard.

Paste Ctrl+V –inserting a fragment from the clipboard into a document.

Delete Del– allows you to remove the selected fragment of the document.

Find...Ctrl+F –allows you to find a word placed in a field What , after pressing the button Find next. You can search Case sensitive, that is, uppercase (large) and lowercase (small) characters are perceived by the program as different characters. Can be installed Direction search, which may be Up to the beginning of the document or Down towards the end of the document.

Find next F3– allows you to continue searching for text that has already been typed using the mode Find .

Replace- allows you to replace a chain of characters. The window view of this mode is shown on the right. In field What place the characters to be replaced in the field How Enter the characters that should replace what you entered earlier. You can search for a chain that is case-sensitive, that is, so that uppercase characters correspond to uppercase characters, and uppercase characters correspond to uppercase characters. If you press the button Find next , then the search will be carried out without replacing characters, Replace - replace the next found chain, Replace all - find all strings of characters that need to be replaced.

Go- allows you to go to the desired line number.

Select all Ctrl+A – selects the entire document.

Date and time F5 –sets the current date and time to text.

Format

Word wrapping – allows you to organize text wrapping within the window, that is, when the right border of the window is reached, the text will be moved to new line. Otherwise, each paragraph of text typed in Word will occupy one line, that is, the end of the line is the place where the key is pressed Enter.

Fontallows you to installFont:, Style:, Size: and Character Set ( Cyrillic or other).

View - allows you to insert a status bar.

Reference – contains an entry to the help system, which is similar to the Windows help system and described above.

Notes.

Allows you to create notes about current affairs. When you call a program, the program icon () will appear on the bottom line and a blank note will appear on the screen. Let's enter text into the note using the keyboard. Notes can be removed from the screen by clicking on the program icon. If you click the icon again, the notes will appear on the screen again. On the left there is a plus () icon, when clicked, you can create the next note, and a cross () icon to destroy the current note.

Sound recording

This program allows you to record sound through a microphone.After entering the program, a window will appear on the screen.

There is a field in the middle of the window; During playback, a green horizontal bar will appear, representing sound waves. If you press the button Start recording , then it will start through the microphone. After finishing recording, a new window will appear to save what was recorded.

Calculator

This program allows you to make calculations.

You can enter data using the mouse, clicking on the buttons in the window or entering data from the keyboard (for example, you can enter: 5 * 6 Enter, Where Enter is equivalent to the “=” sign. The result will be 30). At the top there is an indicator where the entered numbers are shown and the resulting values ​​are displayed. To record information from the indicator to the clipboard, click on Ctrl+C, to the indicator - Ctrl+V. The calculator has memory. When you enter a value there, the symbol “M” will appear in the square on the left.

Below is a description of the keys: "0 » , « 1 » , « 2 » , « 3 » , « 4 » , « 5 » , « 6 » , « 7 » , « 8 » , « 9 » - numbers, " . » – the point separating the whole and fractional part numbers, " +/- " – change the sign of the number, " / " - division operation, " * " - multiplication, " - " - subtraction, " + " - addition, "» – square root extraction, « % " - percentage calculation, "1/x" – reciprocal value, "= » (Enter) – final result, “M.C.» – erase all information entered into memory, “M.R.» – a number in memory, “MS" – writing a number into memory, "M+" - adding a number on the indicator with a number in memory, and placing the result in memory, "M-" - subtracting a number on the indicator with a number in memory, and placing the result in memory, "← » – deletion of the last entered character, “WITH» And« SE» – erase the contents of the indicator.

If you click on the menu View , then a panel will appear in it with modes containing several types of calculators, which are discussed below.

Engineering view– allows you to perform additional operations compared to a conventional calculator. Calculations can be carried out trigonometric functions V Degrees, Radians, Gradakh.

As you can see, the following buttons have been added to the standard buttons:Inv– usually denotes the inverse operation (used for sin, сos, tan, ln, log, pi, x^y, x^2, x^3, Ave, Sum), ln- logarithm; (- left parenthesis;) - right parenthesis; Int-the integer part of number; Sinh- hyperbolic sine; Sin- sine; x 2- number squared; n!- n-factorial; dms- converting the number into the “degrees-minutes-seconds” format; cosh- hyperbolic cosine; cos- cosnus; x y- x to the power of y; - x to the power of 1/y; » – the value of pi (3.14...); tanh- hyperbolic tangent; tan- tangent; x 3- x cubed; - cube root of x; F-E- transition from a fixed form of number representation to exponential and vice versa;Exp- exponent; Mod – modulo calculation; log- calculation of the decimal logarithm; 10 x- ten to the x power.

Statistics. Contains additional buttons:CAD– deleting all entered numbers ; WITH- erase the current number; F-E- transition from a fixed form of number representation to exponential and vice versa; - average value; - root mean square; - sum; -sum of squares; - standard deviation; - filling in the standard deviation; - change of sign of the number; ADD- allows you to add a new number to create a series of numbers.

I was once asked if there is a program that opens all files. The simple answer seems to be that such a program does not exist in nature.

But if you think about it, it’s a stretch to consider such a program an operating system.

Why is it a stretch? Each file has a name, which includes: Nadezda.txt, where the file name is Nadezda and the extension is .txt. The extension is the lifesaver with which the Windows operating system finds the desired program and opens this file.

For example, the operating system sees that the file has a .txt extension, and it immediately understands that this file can be opened using

Thus, the operating system finds a suitable program in its “bins” based on the file extension and uses it to open the file.

Windows developers specifically made file extensions hidden, because if you change them “out of the blue,” then such a file will no longer be open. File extensions can be made open, for example, It is best to look at the file extensions and then make them hidden again.

Typically, the operating system opens files using programs. Next, we'll look at how to open a file with a program other than the default one. More precisely, how to quickly make such a setting so that all files with a certain extension are opened by the program that we like, and NOT the one that the operating system offers us on the sly, that is, by default.

Not all versions popular system Windows provided a centralized tool that would allow easy control of file types and the applications that open them by default.

Newly installed programs often offer themselves as default programs for opening certain types of files. And users who install these programs quite often agree with this. For example, during the process of installing new programs, simply without even noticing the corresponding checkbox, which may be by default.

It would seem, what is the problem? And the fact is that when you delete this earlier installed program the operating system is forced to again “assign” some other program to open files of this type.

And what program will it (the operating system) assign? Perhaps not at all what it was before installation new program, which was subsequently deleted.

Users who, for example, watch videos with the .mp4 extension can quite often encounter this problem.

• Then the operating system easily and simply opens these files for viewing,

• otherwise at some point in time it only allows you to listen to the audio track, but does not show the video,

• or even refuses to open files with this extension at all.

The reason is precisely that the PC user either installs some programs for watching videos and makes them the default programs, then deletes them again.

Thus, users who actively install and uninstall programs in the first place may encounter serious confusion in the process of running programs on the computer. This means you need to know how the default program selection mechanism works, which would allow you to eliminate this confusion, and ultimately bring complete order to the selection of default programs.

Step-by-step setup for installing default programs in Windows 8

1) To launch the panel centralized settings programs use the default interface.

2) Launch the Control Panel, the easiest way to do this is through Search, more about this

Rice. 1 Open the list of all programs installed on the computer in the “Control Panel”

The “Programs” window appears (Fig. 2), in which we will open the list of “Default Programs” (click on the link indicated by number 1 in Fig. 2):

Rice. 2 Open the list of Default Programs in the “Programs” window

4) A window appears with the title “Select programs used by Windows by default”, shown in Fig. 3.

Rice. 3 Go to view the default programs

After which the screen will display a complete list of all programs installed (installed) on your computer (Fig. 4):

Rice. 4 Now you can select the default program at your discretion

5) After selection the desired program in the list (number 1 in Fig. 4), a link “Use this program as default” will appear on the right (number 2 in Fig. 4).

This will match the selected program with all supported file extensions by default, i.e. All file extensions supported by the program will now be opened by this program.

6) You can also use the “Select default values ​​for this program” item (number 3 in Fig. 4), which will allow the user to manually specify file extensions that will be opened by this program by default.

Click on this item, and then the “Specify program comparisons” window opens (Fig. 5):

Rice. 5 Select file extensions that should be opened by default by the program specified earlier (in Fig. 4)

Here we see a list of extensions (Fig. 5) that the selected program (number 1 in Fig. 4) can open correctly.

Configuration is carried out by deleting or checking the boxes next to extensions.

At the end of the settings, click the “Save” button (number 2 in Fig. 5) to save the changes made.

For example, a checkmark opposite .mp4 (number 1 in Fig. 5) means that videos in this format will be opened by default Windows player Media.

If, in the end, the default program does not open files with the given extensions, then you should change it to the default program that can do this without problems. Most often similar problem Happens when opening and playing video files. This is due to the fact that the video industry is developing very dynamically, and software(even in conditions of constant receipt automatic updates) cannot keep up with these changes.

About setting default programs in Windows 7, XP and Mac OS

It is also important to note that a similar mechanism for setting up programs by default is in the Windows 7 operating system.

In more in simple form it was also in Windows XP - this is no longer a supported or developed version of the Windows operating system. That is, Windows 8 is not a pioneer in this sense; the default program settings mechanism was developed in more earlier versions operating system. But in Windows 8 it took on modern forms.

On Mac OS (for Mac computers) there are also default program settings, but there these settings are minimal. Mac OS developers prefer not to trust users with such important work, because if you make a mistake in the default program settings, you can seriously “damage” the operating system.

For us, users of the Windows operating system, it is important to understand that files created on a Mac and then viewed on Windows require installation in Windows special programs. Since programmers who make programs for OS, produced by Microsoft, did not include the appropriate capabilities and requirements.

For example, video QuickTime files can only be viewed when installed under Windows applications QuickTime. Also, to work with an iPod connected to a Windows PC, you need iTunes program. And the list goes on. The main thing is that in such cases, installing standard Windows OS programs will not lead to success; you need special software.

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Standard programs in Windows 10, 8.1, 8, 7

Standard programs in Windows- a set of useful and popular programs that came with Windows. Serve for various purposes.Standard Windows programs are:Notepad - simple text editor, Paint - simple and convenient graphics editor, Calculator,WordPad, Remote Desktop Connection, Explorer, Utilities and others.Utilities include: Disk Defragmenter, Disk Cleanup, System Restore,resource monitor, control panel, system information and others.

Notebook- a small standard program in part of Windows for viewing and editing text files(usually *.TXT).Notepad can be used for many purposes, such as creating small text notes, as it usually opens faster than office programs.

Paint- A simple graphic editor, a standard program included in all Windows versions. It is also often referred to as MS Paint or Microsoft Paint. Allows you to create drawings, pictures, etc. or edit images. In addition, it can be used to save graphic files V various formats. The main functions of paint, creating screenshots on this.

In standard programs there isinstructions for using the program- built-in help. To call up help, you can press the F1 key or the question mark icon in the upper right corner of the program, if present.

Where to find it in Windows 10, 8.1, 8

On Windows 10:

Method 1) Click "Start" - "All applications" - "Accessories - Windows"

Method 2) (for specific program): Click "Start" - and immediately type, for example: "Paint", "Notepad", "Wordpad"...

On Windows 8:

Anyone who starts working with new Windows 8 or 8.1 will notice that the start menu interface is completely different from previous versions Windows and the user take some time to get used to it.Anyone who uses Standard Programs knows how to open them in previous Windows, but this is slightly different in Windows 8 due to the change in the Start Menu. If you want to open a standard program and you open the Start menu, you will notice that the item standard programs disappeared and the start screen appeared.

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1. In any Windows window or in the Start window, move the mouse to the right top corner your screen or desktop will pop up vertical menu: Search, General access, Start, Devices, Settings. Click the Magnifier icon - search button - the Applications window will open, where all your programs are.
3.a Move the bottom scrollbar slider to the right - you will see the Standard programs group
The programs you are looking for are there.
3.b You don’t have to move the slider or search the entire list of programs, but on the right side of this window in the search bar write, for example, Notepad or notepad and on the left you will see the search result in programs - notepad.

Friends, hello everyone! Today I’ll tell you a little about Windows 8, because I had to familiarize myself with this system and not everything turned out to be easy at the very beginning, but the next day I figured it out a little and I really liked Windows 8. In this article I will briefly talk about where the Start button is and how to launch programs in Windows 8 if problems arise.

Start button and running programs Windows 8

So, my acquaintance with Windows 8 began just recently, I bought new laptop, since mine did not handle video processing in the program Camtasia Studio and other programs, since these programs eat up a lot of resources. All this reduced productivity and took away valuable time. I ended up purchasing a new laptop with processor CORE i-7 on this moment one of the best. What is also important is that my purchase cost me very little, considering the configuration. In general, what is sold for 40,000 - 50,000 rubles cost only 25,900, a little analysis, searching for reviews and a couple of consultations helped me save more than 20,000 rubles. But that is another story. If you are interested, you can look at the information about my purchase, I think it will not be difficult to do this. My laptop, for this price, is just a plane.

For example, my old laptop I processed a 100 MB video in about 15-20 minutes, and this one does the same in 2-3 minutes, I am very pleased with the purchase. In general, there was no limit to my joy, but when I began to transfer all the programs to Windows 8, since 8 was already installed on the laptop from the beginning, I was faced with the fact that half of my programs did not work. The joy had dried up and the problem had to be solved, but more on that below. In the meantime, I’ll tell you where the start button is on Windows 8.

To be honest, the first 10-15 minutes of Windows 8 gave me a stupor, although I have considerable experience working on a computer, but there was still confusion. In fact, there were instructions, quite clear and with the main functions, in principle, everything there is clear. But we always do everything ourselves and don’t always look at the instructions; I actually found it on the third day, when I started removing the box from my laptop :)

It turns out everything is simple and convenient, the start button can be found by moving the mouse to the lower left corner and a menu will open. "Start", there you can sort icons, add and remove unnecessary ones. In order to delete an icon, just right-click on it and a menu will open at the bottom with various settings, everything is simple there and each button is labeled in detail. Also menu "Start" in Windows 8 can be opened by pressing a keyboard shortcut "Windows + C" and click Start, you will see the button in the menu on the right. If you don’t know what the Windows button is, it’s located on the keyboard at the bottom left, it’s the third one on the laptop and the second one on the keyboard regular computer (Windows icon- window). You can also get to the start menu by simply pressing this button, just press the button Windows and that's all.

Being in this menu, you can click on free space right-click and an icon of all programs will appear at the bottom; if you click on it, then all the programs that are on your computer will open and you can select the icons you need and configure them at your discretion. There you will find everything required functions and conductor. Explorer is additionally displayed in the taskbar, which will allow you to quickly find the desired folder. In general, there are no difficulties, everything is quite simple and convenient. By the way, in order to get to Desktop in Windows 8, just click on the Desktop icon in the Start panel or simply press the Esc key. But in order to make everything more clear to you, I recorded a video lesson, which I will post below. And now I’ll tell you how to run programs on Windows 8 if it doesn’t start.

Running programs in Windows 8 (compatibility)

As I said above, after I started transferring and installing the programs I needed on Windows 8, I ran into a problem. The programs refused to work and produced an error. I had to solve this and I turned not only to my friends, but also, of course, to the Internet. Specific solution I didn’t find it, everyone suggested doing one thing, that is to demolish Windows 8 and install seven, but not for everyone this is a way out. Not everyone can install the system, and installation disk you need to either buy or download on a torrent or pay the installer for the work, in general these are additional costs. Of course, I would have demolished the system and installed Windows 7, but I decided to look for a simpler solution and it was found.

Everything is quite simple, you need to run programs in "Compatibility mode", on one of the forums I found a mention of this, but did not attach any importance, in the end I still decided this problem. After you installed the program, for me it was Photoshop, and I also had to use this trick on Dreamweaver, in general, after installing the program, right-click on the shortcut and select "Properties", in the window that opens, look for "Compatibility" and check the box “Run in compatibility mode”, select Windows 7, check the box below "Run this program as an administrator", apply the settings and then run the program and everything will work fine.

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As you can see, it’s a pretty simple solution and there’s no need to reinstall the system; Windows 8 works great. The main thing is to figure it out a little and everything will be great. Below I have recorded a couple of short videos for you, in which I will show you everything that is written about in this article.

Video tutorial “Start button and launching programs in Windows 8”

Video tutorial “Running in compatibility mode”

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