No need for third-party software to manually build Windows 8 Start Menu

  
This article describes the manual creation of a Windows 8 start menu 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. But if it's a special need and a really nostalgic user, it's a bit uncomfortable to start the button to "disappear". Then through the introduction of this article you will be able to create a start menu of your own to make up for the loss. Some inconvenience of the button.

this writing ideas from the earliest excessive Vista to Windows7, at that time Microsoft is to remove the Quick Launch bar followed by a more advanced super task bar, the excessive relative afterlife relatively smooth, 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!

that now use this method to achieve under Windows8 no third-party tool to create the Start menu, because after learning some articles and in fact did not know Windows8 the Start menu to remove, remove only the start button, because at the beginning A large part of the program below the screen is also from this location - Windows can not be removed, the ingrained "start" menu.

first step, we first in the Super Taskbar, choose to create a new toolbar, as shown:

New Toolbar

second step, the pop-up enter the following parameters in the dialog box:

% programdata% MicrosoftWindowsStartmenu

copy the code shown in FIG:

input parameters, and select the folder
< BR> the third step is to adjust to your liking, or you can create it from adding items as shown to enrich your start menu

I add a computer, computer attributes, control panel, etc. New content. In addition, it is also more convenient to create a new toolbar "Desktop" to use the floating window to complete more operations under the traditional interface.

such a short add, modify, DIY process is to better facilitate the individual's work, although it's still Windows8 public beta (Consumer Preview), but this new system to better meet We are also always looking for a more interesting way to make the original over-commitment difficult to accept. Methods

appendix, adding that the third step in the picture looks similar system of "shortcuts" in:

First of all, this is not a shortcut, but a special file Folder, Windows uses a device called CLSID to manage it and use Shell32.dll to execute and schedule.

Next, the operation (Winkey + R) input

% programdata% MicrosoftWindowsStartmenuPrograms

to copy the code into the user interface.

Finally, create a new folder, naming can be so

computer. {20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

in front of a dark blue font can be manually free to modify, and immediately behind a half-angle of the dot ".", and then followed by a light blue CLSID ID number, the ID number will determine this folder rather than the simple new feature that can be given a simple single folder .

view on CLSID and what are the ID can be used so you can search RegDllVIEw in http://www.nirsoft.Net/below, and locate the Filename as "C: Windowssystem32shell32.dll" of the following documents, various descriptions CLSID under the viewing pane (Name):

course there are ready-made list of CLSID common good summary on the CB, this connection may not be able to use some of the following Windows8
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