Start > Right Click > All Apps > Click the button [-] in the bottom right corner.
This will bring up a 'Directory' listing of all the installed Apps > Click the category (your program) you want and it will jump to the set of programs you want. As for the creating icons etc. I have no idea ;) Damon Pollard On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 9:15 AM, Glen Harvy <g...@aquarius.com.au> wrote: > Hi Shielas and Fellas, > > Installing an application in Win8 results in my desktop applications 3 > "sub - programs" being included as tiles/links on the Win8 Start Screen > whilst the main programs tile/link doesn't get included on the Start Screen > at all. > > I believe I can fix this by pinning the main programs link to the Start > 'Menu' and ensuring the sub-programs are unpinned to the Start Screen. > > The main program still appears on the Desktop Screen but to locate the > sub-programs will mean they are located on another screen that will in > effect hold possibly hundreds of other sub-programs as well. > > There has been some discussion regarding creating a dedicated Metro Style > application that would do nothing else but act as a launch-pad for the Main > and sub-programs. > > I appreciate that eventually programs will be re-written to accommodate > Win8 however this won't happen for years. I'm not to certain that the > current Win8 format with regards to sub-programs will survive the test of > time either. In the interim, what are you doing to make your multi-program > application 'fit' into Win8 as seamlessly as possible. > > Also, how does one create and add a reasonably decent 'Tile' to hold the > applications icon? > > I would have thought all the above would have been discussed to death by > now but I can't find much via Google - probably because I'm using the wrong > search terms! > > Regards, > Glen. > > >
