Chapter 7
All About Apps
In This Chapter
Making the most of your Surface’s bundled apps
Customizing apps to meet your needs
Organizing your apps
Downloading new apps
Uninstalling or changing apps
Working with two apps on one screen
Installing and uninstalling desktop programs
The latest version of Windows brings many changes, but one of the most baffling is that it no longer likes the word program. As a result, programs — software that runs on the Windows desktop — are now called apps in the new world of Windows. Confusingly, Windows also uses the word apps to describe programs running on the Start screen.
This odd nomenclature causes some confusion. For example, the Surface RT and Surface 2 can run only Start screen apps. The Surface Pro and Surface Pro 2, by contrast, can run both ...
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