How to Put a Tile to Computer on the Start Screen in Windows 8

Do you miss having one-click access to the Computer folder in Windows 8? Here’s how to put a tile to it on the Start screen. Here’s a hack for everyone who longs to get to the Computer folder in Windows 8 quickly. It’s simple to do.

 Open File Explorer and go to C:\Users\User Name\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Win dows\Start Menu\ where User Name is your account in Windows. You should see the \Programs folder. Right-click the folder and select Create Shortcut. The shortcut created will be called Programs – Shortcut. Right-click it and select Properties. Click the Shortcut tab, and in the Target box, delete what’s there, and instead type this: C:\Windows\explorer.exe explorer.exe /root,,::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D808002B30309D} Go to the General Tab and rename the shortcut Computer. Then click OK (See Figure). 

A tile to launch Computer then appears on the Start screen ( See Figure ). 

If you’d like, you can change the tiles icon on the Start screen. Using File Explorer, right-click the shortcut you’ve created on the Desktop, select Properties, and go to the Shortcut tab. Click Change Icon, and select an icon ( See Figure ).

 That becomes the picture on the tile (See Figure)