Microsoft removes start button in Windows 8; Microsoft explains reason for Windows 8 Start menu; ... Since I use it only occasionally, I don't have it set up as a desktop or taskbar icon.

As such, unless Microsoft does something even more radical, such as make the taskbar a permanent on-screen fixture, Windows 8.1 users cannot depend on being able to see a Start button. Windows 8 ...

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

In Windows 8, Microsoft is killing the Start button. ... It seems unbelievable that Microsoft would kill one of its strongest trademarks just to squeeze in one more app icon onto the Super Bar ...

The good news is, despite Microsoft's best efforts to ensure that the Start button and menu remain banished from its new OS, there are a bunch of third-party Windows 8 Start menu replacement apps ...

A lot of people complained and Microsoft listened. The company brought the Start button back in Windows 8.1. But the button doesn't have to stay there in your taskbar— there are hacks to re-hide it.

Microsoft is resurrecting the Start button with Windows 8.1, ... Just tap the Windows key, and you’ll go to the Start screen, where you can double click an app icon.

There's still a lot we don't know about the new Start Menu. But looking at the videos and images from the Microsoft Windows 11 event, we can glean some interesting details about what's new, what's ...

Windows 11 is nearly six months old, and so far the most impactful change (at least, if you pay attention to Twitter) is Microsoft centering the Start button on the taskbar. However, a recent ...

Leaked screenshots of the latest Windows 8 build show that Microsoft has jettisoned the traditional Windows 8 Start button but tweaked the Charms Bar and other settings.

Say goodbye to the Windows start button. Microsoft has gotten rid of it from the latest build of Windows 8. Hitting the Web over the weekend, screenshots of the new Windows 8 build display the "super ...