Working with Running Apps

One of the ironies of Windows 8 is that, at least as far as the new interface goes, there no longer seems to be any windows. After all, when you launch a Windows 8 app, it doesn’t appear inside a “box.” So what happened to the windows that gave Windows its name? The truth is that Windows 8 apps do technically appear in a window, it’s just that by default these windows take up the entire screen. You see this for yourself over the next three sections as we take you through various techniques for manipulating running apps.

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