Start the Windows 8 Start Menu without third-party software

This article describes the manual creation of a Start menu under Windows 8 without any third-party programs. Because product design and a large amount of data research show that Windows 8's higher operational efficiency requires not the start menu but the start screen, which is not a big problem for relatively new beginners or faster update students. However, if it is a special need and a very nostalgic user, it will be a bit unaccustomed to give the start button to "disappear", then you will be able to create your own start menu through the introduction of this article. Make up for some of the inconvenience of losing the start button.

The idea of ​​writing this article comes from the earliest Vista to Windows 7 overdose. At that time, Microsoft removed the quick launch bar and came with a more advanced super taskbar. This is relatively smooth compared to the afterlife. But at the time, many friends liked to use the quick launch bar to start the program :), but the method used was to create a new toolbar on the super taskbar! Now use this method to achieve the creation of the start menu without third-party tools under Windows 8, because after some articles and learning to understand that Windows 8 does not actually remove the start menu, only the start button is removed, because the program below the start screen A large part is also from this location —— Windows cannot be removed, the ingrained "start” menu. In the first step, we right click on the super task bar and select to create a new toolbar, as shown in the figure:

New Toolbar In the second step, enter the following in the pop-up dialog box. Parameters:

1. %programdata%MicrosoftWindowsStart menu
   
   

   Copy the code as shown:
   

   Enter the parameters and select the folder. Step 3 , adjust according to your preferences, or you can create a self-addition as shown in the figure to enrich your own start menu
   

   
   

   I added a computer, computer properties, control panel Wait for new content. In addition, you can also combine to create a new toolbar "desktop"; more convenient to use the floating window to complete more operations in the traditional interface. In short, the process of adding, modifying, and DIY is to make it easier for personal work. Although Windows 8 is still a public beta (consumer preview), we are always better at welcoming this new system. Look for a more interesting way to make the original excess too difficult to accept. Addendum, add the method in the third step image that looks like the system "shortcut": First, this is not a shortcut, but a special folder, Windows uses a thing called CLSID It manages and executes and dispatches with Shell32.dll. Second, run (Winkey+R) input
   

   1. %programdata%MicrosoftWindowsStart menuPrograms
      
      

      Copy the code to enter the user interface. Finally, create a new folder, the naming method can be like this
      Computer.{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

      The front dark blue font can be modified manually, followed by a half-point dot. ;.“, then the light blue is the ID number of the CLSID, this ID number determines the new function that this folder can be given instead of the simple folder. For viewing CLSID and which IDs can be used like this, you can search RegDllView under http://www.nirsoft.net/and locate the file with Filename as "C:windowssystem32shell32.dll“ Various descriptions of the CLSID under the grid (Name):
      

      
      

      Of course, there are also a list of commonly used CLSIDs that are readily available on the CB. Here, some of the Windows 8 cannot be used.