New toolbar for Windows 8 simulates "Start Menu"

  
Microsoft Windows 8 system's traditional desktop cancels the familiar start button and start menu for Windows users, adds a tile for touch operation and the start screen, some users feel this I am not used to it. I think that in the traditional desktop, I still need the start menu that clearly classifies the installed programs. So some recovery start menu Win8 applications came into being. But if you need to use the function of starting menu in Windows 8 desktop in Win8 and don't want to use third-party application, there are some options. For example, we can create a simple program by using “New Toolbar”. The list, similar to the previous start menu, is used to facilitate program calls in the Win8 legacy interface.
Left: Win7 system "Start menu" Right: Win8 traditional desktop cancels everyone's familiar "Start menu"

The operation steps are very simple, first on the Win8 start screen Select the “Desktop” tile or directly press “Win+D” to enter the traditional desktop of Win8, then right click on the blank area of ​​the taskbar and select “Toolbar & mdash; New Toolbar”.
Icon: Create a new toolbar in the Win8 desktop

Then enter the <quo;system drive letter in the address bar of the pop-up window: \\Users\\All Users\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs” , enter. Select the Start menu and click “Select Folder”

For example, if the current Win8 system disk is a G disk, we will enter “G:\\Users\\All Users\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs”.
Icon: Specify the program folder location for Win8 new toolbar

Now we return to Win8 desktop, we will see the added "Program" in the leftmost part of the right part of the taskbar, click You can see the programs and applications in the current Win8 system and some system tools. If you have a more common program folder address, you can also make the appropriate path settings. Although this menu is different from the Windows Start menu, it still gives you some convenience in the traditional desktop calling program of Win8 that lacks the start menu.
Icon: Win8 new taskbar appears "Program" menu

On June 26, Microsoft will hold the annual Build Developer Conference, which will directly release the upgrade of Windows 8 system. Version release preview for Windows 8.1. From the leaked information we can foresee that Windows 8.1 will restore the start button on the left side of the traditional desktop taskbar, but this start button and Win7 desktop can open the start button of the start menu and it is different, www.dnzg.cn its main The role is to jump from the traditional desktop to the start screen, or to the tile list interface of all applications.
Icon: Win8.1 may restore the start button, but not the start menu

What kind of functions and application updates will be released in the Windows 8.1 release preview, will the start menu return to Win8? Let us wait and see.

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