Win8 Metro Edition IE10 and email application

Failure Phenomenon:

Win8:metro version IE10 and email application

　　Solution:

In Win8, we used to use IE browser has been upgraded to the latest IE10, the most important thing is the traditional desktop version of the Ie10,metro version of the IE10 is also the Win8 of a major bright spot. But a lot of friends find out that their Metro version of IE10 is still in the form of a desktop version, so we'll show you how to set up the Metro version of IE10. In addition, we will talk about another Metro application: Mail.

Metro version IE10 how to open

I believe that many friends have found that the normal use of the Metro version of the IE10, after a certain day can only be a desktop version of the form opened, of course, this is not a system error, but because of the default browser caused. If IE10 is not the default browser under the current computer, IE10 will not be able to open the Metro version.

Metro version of the IE10 icon

Found the reason, we have to say the following method, as long as the default browser can be changed back. First we open the desktop version of the IE10, and then select the IE option in the tool and switch to the Programs tab.

Here we see the "set IE as the default browser" option, click After we can see the program settings interface, the operation here and IE9 is no difference.

Set IE as the default browser

On the left side of the default program Settings screen, find "Internt Explorer," then click "Set this program as default" on the right, and click OK.

Default Program Settings interface

When all the frame is confirmed, then switch to the Start screen, you will find the IE10 icon has become the Metro version of the white logo, now start the metro version of the IE10 use it.

However, one thing to note is that if you set the IE10 as the default browser, the Metro version of the other browsers will not open, only in the form of a desktop version.

　　Basic Settings for mail application

The mail application in the start interface is built by default when WIN8 is installed, so we can check and send our mails more conveniently through this app. This is handy without Office Outlook because you don't have to switch between multiple mailboxes in each page version.

Mail application

If you are logged in to Win8 through a Microsoft account, you will open the mailbox and open your Microsoft mailbox without having to log in again. Here we mainly introduce the operation of sending mail and account management.

Click on the upper right corner of the "+" to enter the mail delivery interface, the right half of the message to the recipient, the right half of the specific content of the message, including the title of the message.

Create a new message

Right click on the mouse we will find more tools to use, including font settings, various expressions are optional, but also to add accessories. When we add an attachment we enter the Metro's File manager and even send SkyDrive cloud files directly.

Attachment add

Below said account management, slide the mouse to the bottom right corner of the screen to call up the Charm column and select "Settings", click Account options to enter account management. At this time we saw the option to add the account, the current application provides Hotmail, Outlook, Gmail and QQ Mailbox Association, just the account of their own mailbox password input can be automatically associated.

Add new Account

Of course, if you are using a different mailbox, then you can choose "Other account", which provides the EAS, IMAP and POP mailbox account establishment, you can choose according to the actual needs.

When the mailbox is connected, you can manage multiple mailboxes in an application, and when there are new messages, you can also see reminders on the dynamic tiles in the mail application, while the lock screen interface will also have obvious notices.