With Windows Blue, aka Windows 8.1, Microsoft is reintroducing a Start button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for ...

The familiar start button went missing in Windows 8 and instead users are left staring at an empty space with no apparent way to access programs and applications.

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 also ...

I know there are still doubters out there, but from everything I've heard, the rumored Start Button is going to be part of Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1. I've heard from one of my good sources that ...

The software giant will add the infamous button and a number of options to Windows 8.1 to appease desktop users in the upcoming update.

With Windows 10 seemingly just around the corner, Microsoft plans to fix one of its most egregious mistakes with Windows 8: the missing Start menu. By now you may know the story, as the company has ...

If you are wondering how you can add or remove programs from the Start Menu on Windows 11/10, this guide will help you do this.

This can be disabled for those who wish to continue to boot Windows 8 to the Start Screen. To add a Start Menu to Windows 8, go to the following web site and download the Classic Shell program.

Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft is just days away from releasing its Windows 8.1 preview, ...