Nick Peers reveals quick tips and tricks to give
Windows a fresh look
OFF-THE-SHELF is good as far as it goes, but there comes a
time when you want to put your personal stamp on something,
and with Windows, you’ll be surprised by just how much control
you can wield over its look and feel. We’ve dug out no fewer than
60 tips to help you customize it to your personal satisfaction.
There’s a reminder of some familiar tips, but we’ve dug deeper
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more than simply change the background picture or apply a color
scheme. Indeed, we open this feature by introducing two free
tools that, between them, open up a wide array of customizableoptions that normally require you to be a maestro at Registry
editing. You’ll tackle the desktop and its constituent parts: Start
menu, Taskbar, and File Explorer. You’ll also discover how to
replace parts of the desktop with more visually appealing (but
no less practical) alternatives, transform the way you navigate
your filesystem with a handy File Explorer add-on, and even
make fundamental changes to the desktop itself, replacing the
Windows ‘skin’ with an alternative, offering not just a new coat
of paint, but a fresh approach to how you interact with Windows.
Come on, let’s get those brushes out....maximumpc.com SEP 2019 MAXIMUMPC 33
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