Windows 10: Switching between full screen apps

Discus and support Switching between full screen apps in Windows 10 Support to solve the problem; I know not many people use full screen apps, but how do you easily switch between them in 8/8.1 go to start screen load app go to start screen... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Support' started by paulsalter, Oct 5, 2014.

  1. Switching between full screen apps


    I know not many people use full screen apps, but how do you easily switch between them

    in 8/8.1
    go to start screen
    load app
    go to start screen
    load another app
    now you can mouse to top left and select which app you want

    in 10
    go to start screen
    load app and use new charms to enable full screen
    go to start screen
    load another app and use new charms to select full screen

    how do I get back to first app with the mouse, moving the mouse to all corners, top, bottom, sides nothing happens
    the only option I can use is the minimize button, which dumps me back on the desktop, then I can select the apps from the taskbar, but they have all lost the full screen setting I selected

    I understand this side of things might not have been worked on yet, but what a confusing/long winded way to swap between apps

    or am I missing something?

    :)
     
    paulsalter, Oct 5, 2014
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  2. BielVeras Win User

    Maintaining full screen while switching between two desktops.

    Hello! I was wondering if this option is possible. I prefer playing games on full screen mode, and the new option to use more than one desktop really helps me organize my game windows and browsers. The problem is that if I have two games running at the same
    time, on different desktops, and one or both of them is in full screen mode, If I switch to another desktop and switch back, it doesn`t automatically open the full screen game I was playing. Instead, it shows me the desktop and I have to go and click on the
    icon at the toolbar at the bottom of the screen to open it back up.

    Is there a way that I can configure the screen switching so that it doesn`t exit full screen mode when I switch to another desktop?
     
    BielVeras, Oct 5, 2014
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  3. BielVeras Win User
    Maintaining full screen while switching between two desktops.

    Hi.

    All the settings were on, although I read through their descriptions, and none of them seem pertinent to this issue. Also, I don't believe this to be a bug or an error, but rather the standard behavior of the operating system. I was just wondering if there
    is a way that I can configure the desktop switch so that it doesn't automatically exit fullscreen.
     
    BielVeras, Oct 5, 2014
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  4. Brink
    Brink New Member

    Switching between full screen apps

    Brink, Oct 5, 2014
    #4
  5. Thanks, I will have a read through all that tomorrow (signing off for the night, my head is going to explode testing out 10 today)

    That looks like it might work via touch, but not sure with keyboard/mouse as when in a full screen app I don't see the taskbar

    Will give it another check tomorrow

    Cheers for the information
     
    paulsalter, Oct 5, 2014
    #5
  6. Brink
    Brink New Member
    Your welcome. Have fun playing with it. *Smile
     
    Brink, Apr 4, 2018
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