Sunday, 29 March 2015

How to - Boot to desktop in windows 8

Windows 8 always display a start screen instead of the desktop when you login in your system. If you want to access directly to the desktop whenever you boot your system, you can do that by following the simple and quick trick
How to boot to desktop in windows 8
Follow steps to boot to desktop in windows 8:

Step 1: Open the notepad by typing notepad at the start screen
Step 2: Copy the following code in the note pad
[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=Explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop
Step 3: Save it with a .scf extension
Step 4: In the settings category select the scheduled tasks application. Then the task scheduler window will get open
Step 5: select the task scheduler library
Step 6: Create a new task by right clicking on the main pane.


Step 7: Give a name to the task in the general tab.
Step 8: click on the triggers tab. create a new trigger by clicking the new button and set the task as “At log on” and then click ok
Step 9: click on the action tab and create a new action
Step 10: set the action as “Start a program” and then select the .scf file by using the browse option.
Step 11:  click on the conditions tab.
Step 12: Uncheck the check box that shows “Start the task only if the computer is on AC power”. Otherwise it will not boot to desktop when your system is running on battery power.
Step 13: Click ok.

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