It’s official: the Start button is coming back to the Windows desktop … sorta. Microsoft just released a series of new details on Windows 8.1, the upcoming revamp of the operating system ...

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. It’s official. Microsoft is bringing back the Start button.

Start Button. The biggest bombshell appears ... The icon pops up when the cursor is in that position. In the Desktop mode of Windows 8.1, this Start icon appears on the taskbar, just like a ...

Windows 8.1, which will be available for download in a preview version on June 26, will feature the good old Start button in desktop mode. Users who dislike the new Modern UI/Metro interface will ...

Left clicking the Windows 8.1 Start button still takes you to the Metro interface, though; if you want an actual Start menu, you'll need to install a third-party app.

and the unification of the Start Screen and desktop interfaces. I wrote some time back that simply adding Start button to Windows 8 sans other changes would be a bit meaningless. I wasn’t very ...

What if Microsoft relented and granted users who are lukewarm about Windows 8 two of their biggest requests: Allow those who want to boot straight to the desktop, and bring back the Start button ...

Things get a lot more familiar-looking if you click the Desktop tile—ahh, there’s the Windows we know and love—but once again, Windows 8 has no Start button. Which begs the question ...

While the Windows desktop is still available in Windows 8 and works just as well as it ever has, the absence of the Start button and the need to use the Start screen has upset those who prefer the ...

Clicking the desktop option opens a Window that contains – actually not much. The familiar start button went missing in Windows 8 and instead users are left staring at an empty space with no ...

We have confirmed with sources close to Microsoft’s Windows 8 development that a hot corner has replaced the Start button orb. A thumbnail-like user interface will appear in Metro or desktop ...

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 ...