Win8 download other area store apps

Skype is not found in Chinese shops.

First open the Control Panel, slide the mouse to the lower right corner of the desktop screen charm bar, select the settings we can find the control Panel. Open the clock, language, and area in Control Panel, and then click Change Area under the area.

Modify the location of changes in a range

The following is very simple, to change the current position from China to the United States, click OK is done.

The current position is changed to United States

Now that we're back at the Windows Store App Store to search for Skype, how about we get to see Skype? and it's still in the first place. The rest is the same as we usually use the application store, download installation will not encounter problems.

Skype showed up.

In addition, the default options are turned on in preferences in the application store settings, but we recommend that you open them all so that you can see more applications even if you are not switching places.

Set Program defaults

We know that generally open a file will use some kind of program, but sometimes this program is not unique. For example, we want to open a music file, you can use the music program to open, you can use the QQ music such a third-party program open. But what if we want to fix a program, or want to change the default program?

Here we need to use the default program management. First, open the Control Panel and choose Program, where we then select "Always open a file type with the specified program."

Default program Settings

In the new window we can set the association. For example, to set the default program for OneNote, just select the OneNote file type, and then select the program in the Change program. The system will automatically provide you with the available options that you can change according to your own habits.

Modifying a File Program Association

Speaking of which, we mention the default operation of media devices, I believe many users have encountered the insertion of a U disk or DVD after the issue of automatic playback. How do you disable it? Also in the program, select Change media or device defaults, and then turn off the "use AutoPlay for all media and devices". In addition, we can choose the appropriate operation for each kind of media.

Prohibit automatic playback of media and devices