devilishlygood
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Hi all,
I have joined this forum in the hope that somebody can help me with a specific problem.
Much as I hate Windows 8 I am sticking with it and generally have been able to get around all the problems with it that I have encountered - except the following.
On watching a video clip a red screen opens up with a 'play' button in the middle. However a timer like icon is below that and once that stops going round the video plays. All well and good so far.
BUT, once that video finishes I am left with a small house at top left, the play button again in the centre of the screen and a round ring with what appears to be a pointer on it on a slider thingy near the bottom of the last frame of said video. I want to exit this application and return to my desktop (I don't use those stupid tiles, what a pig's ear they are!) but there is no cross at top right like there always used to be for closing an application. If I click on the 'house' at top left It sends me to an Xbox Video' page with a lot of movie icons. I don't have an Xbox so I have no use for that screen. How do I get out of this and back to my desktop?
I press the 'Windows' key on my keyboard, but this takes me to those stupid tiles whereupon I then click on the 'Desktop'' tile. What a long winded exercise! How can I close that original video screen and return to my desktop in one easy click of a mouse?
Would it pay me to download a free video player (if so, which one?) and set that as my default so that once a video has finished I can press the 'exit' cross on that application returning instantly to my desktop screen?
Thanks in anticipation for your assistance.
Pete (not computer savvy so please don't reply with a lot of tech-speak!!)
I have joined this forum in the hope that somebody can help me with a specific problem.
Much as I hate Windows 8 I am sticking with it and generally have been able to get around all the problems with it that I have encountered - except the following.
On watching a video clip a red screen opens up with a 'play' button in the middle. However a timer like icon is below that and once that stops going round the video plays. All well and good so far.
BUT, once that video finishes I am left with a small house at top left, the play button again in the centre of the screen and a round ring with what appears to be a pointer on it on a slider thingy near the bottom of the last frame of said video. I want to exit this application and return to my desktop (I don't use those stupid tiles, what a pig's ear they are!) but there is no cross at top right like there always used to be for closing an application. If I click on the 'house' at top left It sends me to an Xbox Video' page with a lot of movie icons. I don't have an Xbox so I have no use for that screen. How do I get out of this and back to my desktop?
I press the 'Windows' key on my keyboard, but this takes me to those stupid tiles whereupon I then click on the 'Desktop'' tile. What a long winded exercise! How can I close that original video screen and return to my desktop in one easy click of a mouse?
Would it pay me to download a free video player (if so, which one?) and set that as my default so that once a video has finished I can press the 'exit' cross on that application returning instantly to my desktop screen?
Thanks in anticipation for your assistance.
Pete (not computer savvy so please don't reply with a lot of tech-speak!!)
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- windows 8
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop