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OblyTile for Windows 8 - create Metro-style tiles for non-Metro apps


Steve

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In Windows 8, Metro apps have nice looking tiles on the main Metro start screen, while non-Metro apps just have shortcuts that look like this: -

 

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A guy on XDA Developers has made a free app that allows you to create Metro-style tiles for non-Metro apps called OblyTile: -

 

http://i.minus.com/iLQ15AN9TOT3a.jpg

 

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=1899865

 

It's dead easy to use. You just give your tile a name, select the path to the program you're creating a tile for, then select the image and colour you want to use for the tile.

 

Here's some tiles that I made for Windows Live Mail, Opera and Steam: -

 

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Removing tiles is easy - Just right-click and select the option to remove it, as you would with any other Metro tile.

 

Here's a big pack of artwork that includes images for all kind of popular apps: -

 

Metro UI Icon Set - 725 Icons

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