Big breaking news Windows 8.1 re-enable start button

Recently, foreign media CNET author talked about some of the details about the development of Windows 8.1, which made it clear that Windows 8.1 will restart the start button. According to sources, the Windows 8.1 Start button looks a bit like the "Start icon" in the Windows 8 Charms section. In the default state, the start button in the lower left corner of the screen is open, users can choose to close if they don't like it, click the start button to enter the Metro style start interface.

Start button in the lower left corner

In Windows 8.1, when the system is booted, the user can choose to go directly to the desktop mode and avoid the Metro start screen. When you click the Start button, you will enter the Metro style start screen.

The button is similar to this

When you enter the Metro interface, the new start button is hidden, and the new start button only appears when the user moves the mouse to the bottom left. Note that in the existing Windows 8, the user's mouse will move to the left corner and the program thumbnail will appear, while in Windows 8.1 it will be replaced with the start button.

Users can use the “All Programs” page (above) to replace the Metro Start Menu

The source also pointed out that the “All Programs” mode will be added to the Start button. Replace the tile. In the existing Windows 8, the system displays the tile combination by default, and only when the user clicks "All Programs" again, the application can be viewed in the form of "App icon + name".

And Windows 8.1 users can directly set "All Programs" to the default mode —— Selecting the Start button will pop up a list of program icons instead of the current tile combination. Users can also rearrange icons according to their own usage, putting the most common ones first. This setting is undoubtedly moving closer to the past Windows desktop.

The Metro interface can use the same background as the desktop mode

In addition, in Windows 8.1, users can use the same background in the Metro style start screen and desktop mode, which is visually two The system is more harmonious.

With the new settings of Windows 8.1, we can see that the new system gives users more freedom to choose, which is undoubtedly a human change.