It is essential for faster and healthy hard disks that you defragment the contents of disks once in a while. If your hard disks become fragmented, then it may increase the disk access time and consequently can make Windows to take a little longer time to respond. You can defragment the hard disks from the Control Panel in Windows 8. But if you want to save time, then you can add the Defragment option in the right-click context-menu of the disk drives in File Explorer.
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Show Hibernate in Power Options Menu in Windows 8
Windows 8 does not have any Start Menu and you have to open the Power options menu in order to shutdown, restart or sleep your computer. But as you must have noticed, the power options menu does not have any hibernate option. If you want to hibernate your computer, then you can add an option to hibernate your PC in the power options menu using the instructions below.
Read moreTurn Off App Usage Tracking in Windows 8
When you use apps in Windows 8, it records how you use the apps and which apps you use the most. This app tracking data is then used by Windows to list the most used apps on the top in search results, search and share panes and drop-down app list in the Picker. If you do not want to have the most used apps to be listed on top and have the app list sorted alphabetically instead, then you can turn off app usage tracking in Windows 8.
Read moreRemove Windows 8 Apps from Desktop using Windows App Boss
Windows 8 comes with Windows App Store which is similar to the Apple App Store for iPhone. You can download free apps or buy commercial apps from the Windows store and install them right away. But after having used some apps, you may want to remove them. Windows provides a way to remove the apps from the Start Screen, but if you want to uninstall Windows 8 Apps from the desktop then you can use the free Windows App Boss.
Read moreQuickly Search Files in Windows Explorer Using Listary
If you want to search for files in Windows Explorer, then you can make use of the search box provided at the top-right corner of the window. But this inbuilt search function of Windows Explorer is not as fast as Listray. Listray is a freeware utility for Windows that makes searching for files in Windows Explorer very easy. It is very fast and uses multiple methods for searching the files.
Read moreClean Junk Files from Windows Using FMJ CleanDisk
We have previously discussed about how we can use the Disk Cleanup tool in Windows to get rid of garbage files. But it does not cover all kinds of junk files present on a typical Windows system. You can use the free FMJ CleanDisk tool to get rid of various different types of unwanted junk files from Windows. CleanDisk is a free tool that allows you to scan and remove over twenty different types of junk files.
Read moreConvert PDF Files to RTF Format using Free PDF Shaper
The internet is full of freeware and commercial software that claim to generate PDF files from any application. But there are fewer applications that can convert PDF files to other formats. The free Glorylogic PDF Shaper is such a tool that allows you to convert PDF files to the RTF format. After converting PDF to RTF format, you can easily edit them as per your requirements using the Microsoft WordPad which comes with Windows.
Read moreClean Garbage Files from Windows 8 Using Disk Cleanup
These days everybody has large hard disks, so there are very few chances of you running out of hard disk space. But if you want Windows to keep running smoothly, then it is essential that you clean your hard disk of junk files that get accumulated over time. These junks files can be temporary internet files, thumbnail files, error reports etc. In Windows 8, you can get rid of these types of files using the Disk Cleanup tool.
Read moreCreate Custom Refresh Image in Windows 8
Windows 8 has a new feature called Refresh which allows you to restore Windows back to original installation state without losing your personal files, photos, music and videos. While Windows Refresh keeps your personal files and apps intact, it wipes out all of your desktop software. This is an undesirable side effect of Refresh. But you can create a custom Refresh image so that after refreshing Windows, your desktop software is not wiped out.
Read moreCreate Simple Start Menu Substitute in Windows 8
Microsoft has removed Start Menu from Windows 8. Without a start menu, most of the people are finding it difficult to work their way around Windows 8. You can use a third party software like Classic Shell to add Start Menu feature in Windows 8. But if you do not want to install any software, then you can easily create your own simple start menu in Windows 8.
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