

LIST OF RECENTLY OPENED APPS: To see a list of previously accessed app move your pointer to the top left corner then move it down the left edge. A thumbnail of your previously accessed app will appear on the top left corner. If you are using multiple displays, use the top left corner of any one of the displays. PREVIOUSLY OPENED APP: Move your pointer to the top left corner of your screen. This brings up a side bar menu containing a list of apps that you used recently including a link to the desktop with desktop apps if this was used and a link to the Start screen at the bottom.


LIST OF RECENTLY OPENED APPS: Alternatively, you can swipe from the left edge but not lift your finger. This switches you back to the app you were just using before the current one. PREVIOUSLY OPENED APP: Swipe across the screen from the left edge. The steps are different and is shown below. To switch between apps in Windows 8, this depends on whether you are using driving your machine with touch interface or a pointing device. The new way to switch between apps is as listed below. While Aero Flip 3D was kept in Windows 7, the Win + Tab combination no longer works in Windows 8. Once you have the active app you need at the front of the stack, release the Win + Tab keys to bring it to focus. As you toggle the Win + Tab key, or tap on the Tab key while holding down the Windows key, the stack of windows will move in sequence bringing the windows to the front and sending the front windows to the back. Triggered with the Win + Tab key combination, it presents the active windows on your desktop in a three dimensional stacked. Once you found the app you would like to switch to, release the Alt and Tab keys.Ī fancy Flip 3D animation to switch between active windows was introduced in Windows Vista as part of the Windows Aero experience. Press the Alt and Tab keys then while holding the Alt key down, tap on the Tab key to move from one open app to the next.

In the pre-Windows 8 era, switching between apps on the screen is easy using the quick keys Alt + Tab.
