On Windows 8.1, it replaces the new Start button completely with the new Start menu. Classic Shell provides three styles for the Start menu, based on different versions of Windows.

Quick question about upgrading to 8.1. I run classic shell as my start button for windows 8 pro, and I've been thinking about getting the upgrade to 8.1, but not if I have to use the crappy 8.1 ...

(Classic Shell’s version 3.6.8, released in June and compatible with Windows 8.1, was asked to remove its version of the Windows flag, which it calls the “Metro button”, at the behest of ...

Open-Shell is a free software that brings the classic Start Menu & more back to Windows 11/10 desktop. This Classic Shell alternative will customize your desktop experience.

Love it or hate it, Windows 8's most significant user interface change is the Start screen and its accompanying Metro environment. It replaced the classic Start menu and is the first thing you'll ...

Windows 8.1 (Blue) Start screen, with the same wallpaper as the Desktop When you click the Windows 8.1 Start button, you will jump to the Metro "All Apps" view, which is basically a list of every ...

May 30, 2013 — -- The Start button is getting a fresh start. Microsoft has revealed some of the changes coming to Windows 8.1 and, as expected, it has resurrected the Start button in the left ...

Microsoft will resurrect the Start button in Windows 8.1 (Blue), which is due to be released later this year. This follows last week's news that Windows 8.1 will let you to skip the Start screen ...

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.

Most internal builds of Windows 8.1 do not include the Start button or boot to desktop options, but Microsoft is said to be planning how to add these into the operating system.