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   Anonymous
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   http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-397765

   You don't really need a Start Menu in Windows 8

   you can go to this folder...
   to create shortcuts on your desktop, or launch programs

   C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs

   Or better still...
   Right click the taskbar.
   Choose Toolbars
   Choose New Toolbar
   Navigate to C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs
   Choose Select Folder
   Now you will see "Start Menu >>" on your taskbar.
   Click on the ">>" hover on the Programs folder and all of your programs appear.

   Administrative Tools, Microsoft Office, Windows Accessories etc. - They're all there. - right from the good ol' taskbar.

   You don't really need a Start Menu in Windows 8
   But it's just as easy to say
   You don't really need Windows 8
   Business is unlikely to adopt it in any serious form on the Desktop the only place it will find it's way into Business is through the BYOD where personal Tablets and Phones with 8 installed start to get into the inside of the business. Some Business may even Bar their Introduction because that OS is not compatible with their existing systems.

   http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/window-on-windows/add-a-self-made-start-button-to-the-windows-8-desktop/7024

   Add a self-made Start button to the Windows 8 desktop
   Greg Shultz shows you how to create the CLSID shortcut to the Apps screen and set it up like a Start button.

   After my You don’t really need a Start Menu in Windows 8 article was published, the ensuing discussion really took off sprouting points from both sides of the issue. It seems that a lot of people are really ticked off that the Start menu is no longer a part of the operating system. While my guess is that a lot of those folks will opt for a Start menu replacement, such as StartW8, Classic Shell, or Start8, I heard from plenty of others who stated that they were willing to give the new Start screen and Apps screen a shot even though they lamented the passing of the Start menu.
   Seroiously, if you don't like it don't use it. Did we all go out and buy Vista, no becasue it was awful. Windows 7 is still great and still supported so why are you all crying about Windows 8 being crap, you'd think it was the end of the world.
   Microsoft have lost us as a client, here is what we have done....

   Moved our users (115) to a flavour of Linux "Zorin 6" which has a UI that looks and works like WIN7.

   We purchased Zorin 6 Ultimate with DVD media for NZ$30.00 and it has applications also When we can move to Linux flavor Zorin 6 Ultimate, "http://zorin-os.com/premium.html" for NZ$30.00 with DVD and Support per seat.

   This includes Libra Office and a full range of Applications Business, Multimedia, Gaming, you don't need to purchase anything else.

   http://www.techrepublic.com/forum/discussions/102-393978

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   The first 10 things you should do to a new Windows 8 desktop installation

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Flib Gibbet
   Member

   Time for an end to this sort of bogeyman nonsense - I've been using W8 since it was released and it's no big deal. I don't use any apps, I just stick to desktop programs but I do have tiles for all the programs I use regularly pinned to the apps screen (tiles for all programs in the hidden start menu are readily available for pinning); these tiles can be grouped quite easily so that it's not just a hodge-podge.

   Also, more system programs than were included in the old start menu are available simply by right-clicking the bottom left corner of the screen.

   Incidentally I've been using the taskbar toolbar method of accessing the start menu entries for a long time but, unlike when I was using W7, it's very seldom that I need to access it in W8 because of the tiles pinned to the start screen; as I said before, this toolbar isn't strictly necessary because all programs in the defunct start menu are available as tiles, pinned or not pinned.

   Posted 11 years ago #
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   Anonymous
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   https://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/9-windows-start-menus-windows-8-208963

   9 Windows Start menus for Windows 8

   These free and low-cost utilities bring a classic Windows Start menu -- and respite from Metro annoyances -- to Windows 8

   The research Microsoft cited was surprising, to put it mildly; the company said that few people actually used the Start menu. But on top of that were other issues: The growing size of menus was becoming a logistical problem; Modern UI apps and the classic Start menu don't have a way to talk to each other; and most crucial, the old Start menu wasn't optimized for touch interfaces, not least because it was too small to use effectively on a touchscreen.

   Whatever the rationale, the new Start screen turned out to be a bigger thorn in people's sides than Microsoft realized. Users reacted with a litany of complaints: The new Start is too touch-focused. The constantly updating live tiles are too distracting. Type-to-search is far less useful than before. It takes far more clicks to do certain things. Too many features are now hidden too deeply. And so on. In short, many longtime users feel they've been thrown under the bus.

   Posted 11 years ago #

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