Some good news for Windows 8 haters – the Start Button's return has all but been confirmed by leaked screenshots of a pre-release version of Windows 8.1, although perhaps in the way you were hoping ...

According to Foley's source and Thurrott's screenshot, the Windows 8.1 Start button will look just like the flag icon currently in the center of the Charms bar. It will probably be on by default ...

Windows 8 aptly accommodates these alternative launch methods. However, if you would still like to restore the old Start button on your Windows 8 computer, you can do so by installing the third-party ...

In the Desktop mode of Windows 8.1, this Start icon appears on the taskbar, just like a pinned application. Boot to Desktop. The next thing of note is the new ability to set the operating system ...

Because Microsoft thinks it knows what’s best for users and apparently wants to confuse the living daylights out of them, Windows 8 has no Start button. I’ll just say that again so it sinks in ...

Microsoft has introduced the familiar ‘Start button’ to Windows 8 with a new update that also includes new search features. UK News Website of the Year 2024 Search Icon ...

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.

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.

The Start icon right-click menu options in vanilla Windows 8. Microsoft also has a few other tweaks planned for Windows 8.1 that coincide with the return of the Start button.

Ditching the Start button in Windows 8 is consistent with these broader trends. The Start button is something that people will use many times a day; it's an interface that will inevitably be learned.

Windows 8.1 given first official outing, and yes, the Start button is back New operating system builds on what we have now but makes it better. Ars Staff – May 30, 2013 8:00 am | 263 ...

Windows 8: I'm working in the desktop and want to launch Adobe Photoshop. Since I use it only occasionally, I don't have it set up as a desktop or taskbar icon.