Author: Sergey Tkachenko
How to prevent Windows 8 from auto pinning apps to the Start screen
If you have been using Windows 8, you would definitely have noticed that it automatically pins every application shortcut to the Start screen. This is highly unwanted behavior because your Start screen will become cluttered very quickly. Today I would like to share with you a simple and useful trick which will give you a clean and well organized Start screen. Continue if you are interested.
World Maps theme for Windows 8
This theme features wallpapers with different implementations of World Maps. To get the World Maps theme, click the download link below, and then click Open. This will apply the theme to your Desktop.
Size: 11.9 Mb
Snowy v2.0 visual style for Windows 8
ElevatedShortcut for Windows 7 and Windows 8
ElevatedShortcut has been superseded by Winaero Tweaker and is no longer being maintained. Unlike this app, Winaero Tweaker supports all recent Windows versions, including Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10 and above. It constantly receives updates to improve the end user experience and make all its options more friendly for the end user.
Instead of the standalone ElevatedShortcut app, use the following options from Winaero Tweaker:
You can download Winaero Tweaker here: Download Winaero Tweaker.