wallabee4
Apr 16, 2014, 09:32 AM
Just got a new computer. Trying to master updating from Windows XP to Windows 8.1 Not a techy-type and really stupidly stuck. Please somebody help!
From the Start menu (I hit in lower left corner of my desktop the Start icon and then type in whatever I want to search and at top right of screen a search box automatically appears) I hit enter to search and then results pop up. I can scroll down the choices of various results. But how do I close out that search screen? There is no 'X' in the top right corner. I did see what looked like a 'back' arrow right to the left of the top left block that reads "Results' but if I click on that all it does is makes that arrow disappear and I am still stuck on the search results screen with no way to make it go away.
I do not have touchscreen.
Someone suggested I rest cursor at top of screen and a bar will drop down with the 'X' but mine won't do that. The cursor 'arrow' just changes to a 'hand' and I get no bar or 'X' to drop down.
I moved cursor to lower left and got my desktop back up but now the search screen appears in a split screen on one side and my desktop on the other side. All I have been able to do is slide the sides of the search screen to make it a narrow window to the side of my desktop but it is still there and still open. It's like it is pinned in place.
I tried clicking on the start icon again and it goes to start screen but when I go to desktop the search screen is still there
From the Start menu (I hit in lower left corner of my desktop the Start icon and then type in whatever I want to search and at top right of screen a search box automatically appears) I hit enter to search and then results pop up. I can scroll down the choices of various results. But how do I close out that search screen? There is no 'X' in the top right corner. I did see what looked like a 'back' arrow right to the left of the top left block that reads "Results' but if I click on that all it does is makes that arrow disappear and I am still stuck on the search results screen with no way to make it go away.
I do not have touchscreen.
Someone suggested I rest cursor at top of screen and a bar will drop down with the 'X' but mine won't do that. The cursor 'arrow' just changes to a 'hand' and I get no bar or 'X' to drop down.
I moved cursor to lower left and got my desktop back up but now the search screen appears in a split screen on one side and my desktop on the other side. All I have been able to do is slide the sides of the search screen to make it a narrow window to the side of my desktop but it is still there and still open. It's like it is pinned in place.
I tried clicking on the start icon again and it goes to start screen but when I go to desktop the search screen is still there