The Start Menu of Windows 7 (and Vista)
The Start Menu in Windows 8
Much
has been written about the missing Start Menu in Windows 8, the little
orb that would usually sit in the bottom-left corner of your Windows
desktop and offered you
quick access to frequently used software programs, documents, search and other parts of Windows.
The Start Menu has been around since
Windows 95
[the original design was rectangular] and is probably one of the
most-used features of Windows. People aren’t therefore feeling very
happy about the demise of Start Menu in Windows 8.
Want
the Start Menu back? There are third-party utilities that recreate the
Start Menu in Windows 8 but you don’t need them – there’s a hidden menu
in Windows 8 that offers most of the Start Menu functionality and you
can activate it by right-clicking in the bottom-left corner of your
Windows 8 desktop.
The menu provide one-click access to Windows Explorer, Run box,
Desktop Search,
Control Panel, Command Prompt and other “power” features. The only
thing missing is a list of your frequently used programs which are
anyway replaced by tiles in Windows 8.
