Interfaces desktop Windows 8 E1. Switch between Metro applications
Developers from Microsoft Corporation, following the modern requirements for software, I tried to create a unique interface for your new operating system and, I must say, they did it well. Initially, the tile interface is designed to work with tablet computers and other touchscreen devices.
Well, about the owners of the tablet took care, and how to be users personal computers With an old good pair - keyboard and mouse? Own experience suggests that any user has switched to a new OS, whether with Windows XP or Windows 7, many questions and ambiguities immediately appear ... What the tiles where the start menu can be disabled this Metro-interface, how to use all this and Even such questions?
But time passes, and the tile interface does not seem so terrible. Moreover, it can be nice to configure to their requirements. Thanks to several not cunning actions you can transform the updated windows menu And make it very functional.
So, let's start a review and consider a small instruction on changing the appearance and composition of the Metro-interface. Press key WIN. And we get into the "tile" menu. Now right-click Mouse click on the background, free space, immediately at the bottom appears a string with a button All apps (All applications):
Click on it with the left mouse button and get into the general menu of available programs and applications, they are grouped into categories:
Here you can detect such tiles as my computer, control panel and other familiar items. You can add any of them to the main menu; To do this, right-click on the required element, the additional menu will appear from below, in which you want to click " Pin to Start.».
To repeat the same with other labels that you would like to see in the main menu. After adding, press the key on the keyboard WIN., Return and observe the result.
Now proceed to direct modification of tiles present in Metro. For a start, I reduced non-used elements such as People, Messaging and others. It is done very simply - by pressing the right button on the desired tile and select the decrease in the menu below - " Smaller.».
Then I moved the tiles, as I need, for this we cling to the left mouse button, the desired item and drag to a new place. Positions will instantly change, showing a preliminary result. As a result, it turned out such a modest and convenient interface.
Overview of the new interfaces of the Windows operating system, nameable as Metro. Management of interface elements, as well as Metro applications.
As you know, the touch control in Microsoft operating systems appeared in Windows 7. However, the seven interface was quite standard and had too small elements in which to get to the finger, to say honestly, somewhat problematic - therefore, on comfortable work on tablets and smartphones managed by this OS, you can It was only to dream. Microsoft's developers took into account this nuance and new Windows 8, one of the main tasks, was the introduction of a convenient interface that was called Metro.
It can be said that the Metro interface is universal, as it is possible to work in it using the usual keyboard and mouse, and at the same time, it is perfect for touch control.
In the new Windows 8, the tiles of mosaic came to replace us with the usual labels that existed in previous versions of the OS. Perhaps the main difference between the mosaic tiles in the Metro interface from labels, is that they are dynamic, that is, the information on each tile may vary. For example, on a weather tile - which is meterer, the weather forecast may be displayed for tomorrow, or the weather that currently Found in your city, etc.
You can change the size of the tiles and their location, for this it is enough just to capture the desired and drag there, where your place is on the screen.
If the screen size of your monitor does not allow you to see all the desired tiles, it is enough to twist the mouse wheel to go to view the next page. You can reduce all icons in the Metro interface, to such sizes that they will fit all on one page of the screen, after which they can be divided into groups. To do this, just press the Ctrl key and twist the mouse wheel.
Manage Metro Elements Interface
To start the application from the start windows windows 8 It is enough just to click on his tile, it is noteworthy that clicking on the tile you need only once, and not like a shortcut on the desktop, twice. If you need to turn on the control of a single Metro mosaic element, you need to click on it with the right mouse button and the control panel that appears, using special icons, perform the desired action: 1 - "Unpin from Start", remove the tile from the starting window; 2 - "Uninstall", uninstalling the application; 3 - "Smaller" will change the size of the icon.
Probably, it is also worth noting the fact that all applications that are created and in the future will be created for the Metro interface - always run in full screen mode. The poet to manage the running application will require some habit. For example, to collapse or close open programYou need to bring the mouse cursor to the top area of \u200b\u200bthe screen and when it is to change the usual arrow shape on the "Hand Brush" clamp the left mouse button and pull it into the bottom of the screen until the application window decreases in size. It is clear that this method of closing applications is convenient for tablets and smartphones. On ordinary PCs, close the application can be familiar with the Alt + F4 keys.
In Windows 8, running Metro applications do not need constant closure. Unlike conventional programs, if you need to go to another application, the active Metro program will automatically switch to work in the background. As for hardware resources, then when they lack of Windows 8 trained itself to close with the preservation of data those applications that are most rarely used.
Switch between Metro applications
The lack of taskbar in the Metro interface at first can cause a lot of questions. However, not everything is so bad. As in past versions, Windows 8 supports switching between running programs and applications using the Alt + Tab keyboard. Click these buttons on your keyboard and on your monitor screen will appear sketches of all running Metro applications.
And if you click Win + Tab, then this keyboard key will result in sketches on the sidebar.
This is the following today review of the new Metro interface in Windows 8. It cannot be said that all users will quickly get used to it, they will have to do, because everything is new, not familiar. On the other hand, if using Windows 8 will have to tablet computer, there should be no special difficulties.
In addition to the Metro startup window, in the G8 there is a worker and usual users windows tablewho, by the way, lost the "Start" menu. But this topic is a separate review.
Why is the chapter dedicated to the interface of the system, I begin to describe the entry into it and completing work? It turns out that in the case of Windows 8, it is impossible. Microsoft committed, in my opinion, a very significant miscalculation in the interface new systemAnd he simply infuriates.
Sign in simply. Everything, as in any other systems, choose the username and enter the password. The input window interface is somewhat unusual (especially if it did not work with Windows Phone), but you can get used to everything.
But with the completion of the work, it did not work out ... Remember the old good menu of Start of the same "seven." It had a button shutdown, by pressing which the computer turned off the power. Placed Near the arrow button to the right allowed you to select other options for completing the system. Everything is very logical and simple.
METRO Windows 8 interface
Now, when we know how to turn off our computer, you can start acquaintance with Metro - a new Windows interface. Looking ahead, I will say right away - the interface for an amateur, but do not rush to delete the freshly installed "eight" - you get used to the new interface quickly.
As I noted, everything is new - well forgotten old. Remember the "ancient" computers of the end of the eighties or the beginning of the nineties with their simple interfaces. Neither shadows nor 3D, nor transparency or other graphic effects. Everything is extremely simple - the possibilities of technicians of those years were very limited.
So, Metro is a panel interface without any graphic or three-dimensional effects. Everything is very simple, but colorfully. And it is very different from already boning classics. The Metro panels may contain updated data - for example, display the news channel or weather forecast. At the same time, Metro applications have no windows as such. They are all full-screen. It turns out that Windows 8 is Windows without windows ...
How to return the standard Start menu in Windows 8
The Start menu is now completely replaced by the Metro start-up screen, to call which you need to click windows key. The start screen also completely replaces the panel. windows tasks 7. On the start screen you can quickly find any application, just as it was done from the menu. Starting Windows 7.
To go to the traditional desktop, click the Desktop button on the Metro start screen.
Key combinations in Windows 8
The table shows the key combinations that I recommend to remember. Working with Metro interface will then be much more convenient for you.
Initial screen in Windows 8
How to work with the elements of the starting screen (in any case, with most of the opportunities provided), for sure, you have already figured out yourself. As already noted, the starting screen elements can be moved with a mouse or just with your finger if you have a touch screen.
Search for applications, settings and files in Windows 8
In the process of searching there is nothing complicated - click the key combination The application search screen opens. Enter the desired string to the designed field and get the result.
CHARMS menu (charm) windows 8
As already noted, the Charms menu is called key combination
Function Second Screen in Windows 8
Little to ease the life of the owners of several monitors and the projector is called upon the panel The second screen, called by pressing the key combination The lock screen has to be contemplating every time the computer is loaded. The appearance of this screen is quite easy to change. Call the Metro control panel - CHARMS (+) menu, then click on the parameter item, and in the Changing Computer Parameters section, simply select another picture from several for this proposed. The Overview button allows you to select your own image file. It is important to understand that Metro is not just an add-in over a Windows desktop, but an independent environment in which Metro applications are running. Thus, it turns out that Windows 8 provides two types of applications: Metro applications (native applications for the G8) and other Windows applications that you could run in Windows 7 and older versions of Windows. I have a hurry to delight you - ordinary Windows applications should work in the "eight" without any restrictions. Maybe some applications and refuse to run, but, as a rule, these are problems of applications, not the system. The running Windows applications are displayed on the Windows taskbar, which works the same way as in Windows 7. In the "eight" updated and file manager - Conductor. The first thing that rushes into the eye is the interface in the Ribbon style (ribbon). It seems that now all products from Microsoft will be supplied with such an interface, so you have to get used to it. We are already familiar with the new control panel - the first meeting with it took place in the Personalization section when changing the lock screen wallpaper. I immediately want to notice - the new control panel allows you to install not all system parameters, but only basic. Full (traditional - as in Windows 7) the control panel is also available, and then we will figure it out how to run it. Since the Personalization section has already been reviewed, we will move immediately to the Users section. As already noted, Metro applications cannot be closed. So, if you have launched the application, you can't close it. At the same time, how the developers assure, in the background system resources Metro applications are practically not consumed. To be extremely accurate, then the processor resources are not consumed at all, but spent rAM. Personally, I am not very clear, why did you need to take the ideas of mobile operating systems? Is it difficult to make the closing button? However, close the Metro application is still possible - using the task manager. And he has undergone significant changes in Windows 8. The new task manager has become much more convenient even compared to its predecessor in Windows 7, not to mention more ancient versions of Windows. The presence of such a manager of tasks frees the user from the installation of third-party dispatchers with better functionality. Observing a new control panel, I did not find the ability to change the background of the Metro starting screen. You can change the background of the lock screen, the desktop background, but the Metro background cannot be changed. Unfortunately, Windows developers have not yet provided such an opportunity. Most likely, it will be enabled in the final release of Windows 8. In the meantime you can use an unofficial Metro background change guide, found by me on the Internet. This manual is experimental - permanently, if the system is then not started. In addition, it is focused only on 64-bit systems and is not suitable for the X86 version. I did not check the performance of the manual, I did not become one simple reason - why wonder the time to spend time, if in the final version the ability to change the Metro background will be? Some users often reinstall Windows. As a rule, these are experimenters, and reinstalling Windows It is required after another unsuccessful experiment. In Windows 8, there are two ways of "easy" reinstallation: PC recovery without deleting files and delete all data and reinstall Windows. The first reinstalls Windows without affecting your files. The other reinstalls Windows completely. Call one of the ways to reinstall from the new control panel. Call it and go to the General section. One of the most controversial changes in the Windows 8 interface is the lack of the "Start" button. Fortunately, dozens of developers offer their solutions to return the usual button to place. About programs To add the Start button to the Windows 8 desktop, read in this review. The concept of the Windows 8 interface is contrary to the fact that they saw users in Windows 95, 98, 2000, XP, Windows 7 and in other versions of the OS. The new "tiled" interface, of course, will find its supporters, however, those who will remain unhappy "improvements" will certainly be a lot. Over time, part windows users 8 Complete with the unusual movements of the cursor to turn off the computer and get used to the "hot" screen corners from the first time. But the majority until the latter will displeasure to grumble: "Why did they remove this button?" - Having in mind the number one button, with which many started working at a computer. But the truth: why removed the button? It was possible to make it disabled and track, how the number of users will exchange the native "Start" button on the "Pynches" of the new interface. According to Microsoft representatives, the "Start" button is no longer needed, since the entire screen can be one solid menu. Maybe, according to science, it is, but it must be a lot of time, before people value the advantages of the tile interface, will be accustomed to its "amenities" and will want to use it. In the meantime, the demand for utilities for resuscitation of the usual system interface is quite large, so we went to search for the best replacement of the "Lost" button "Start". Developer: Mikhail Agentmc Makarov, Andrey Khabalevsky Distribution: free Russian interface: yes After installing Power 8 in the corner of the screen immediately appeared button "Start". True, it was different from the one we used to see in Windows: in size, a new button is identical to the key to fold all the windows located in the lower right corner of the taskbar. If you do not suit such "minimalism", nothing terrible - in the settings, as it turned out, the size of the button can be changed. Unlike many analogues, Power 8 allows you to block the starting screen operation. And it is blocked only on the main monitor. If you use a configuration with multiple monitors, on the taskbar on the second desktop, the hot angle feature for calling the tile interface will continue to work. If there will be any errors in the application, an exclamation mark will be shown on the button - it means that in this configuration of the PC, the program has detected problems. In the Power 8 menu, commands have already been made to control the reboot and turn off PC. There are in the menu and some little things that make work more convenient. It is organized in such a way that many items have nested menus. For example, the user is always available control panel items, administration tool commands and so on. The menu of the Alternative Button "Start" has a search function - it works quickly as the original element of the Windows 7 interface. In addition, search queries can be performed not only by local disk, but also in popular search engines. In order for the search for opening in the browser window, you need to enter the key to the user to use this or that search service.. For example, if I enter 3DNews, starts Internet Explorer. With the "Yandex" Results page on the request of 3DNews. Power 8 can search in Yandex, Wikipedia, Google, Bing and so on. Key options for online search can be viewed in the Power 8 settings. Vistart 8 - start with apple Developer: Lee Soft Operating system: Windows 8. Distribution: free Russian Interface: No The "Start" button menu, which is created by Vistart 8, at first glance almost indistinguishable from the one we are accustomed to in the previous version of Windows. Nevertheless, if you look at, you can see some differences. For example, applications labels from the Vistart 8 menu cannot be pulled out to the taskbar to attach, it does not work and over the older to drag the label to the button to secure it in the Start menu. The menu search also does not work in the best way - it is looking only for desktop programs, ignoring applications for Windows 8 and control panels. Key Win program Intercepts, and when it is pressed, the menu appears. In the settings of Vistart 8, the support of this key can be disabled. The design of the "Start" button is very easy to change, specifying a graphic pattern with a pattern. The default program contains several design options, among which there is even an Apple logo - weaponed apple. The basic settings of the program are called from context menuwhich opens by clicking on the program shortcut in the notification area. At the same time, if you turn off the display of this shortcut, you can break your head for a long time, how to open the window with the settings again. It turns out that everything is simple - commands to manage the program should be signed in the Completion menu. windows work. Why did you need to make an additional label and put it in the area of \u200b\u200bnotifications - it is not clear, as is not entirely clear, why do you need to hide the item with the Vistart 8 settings in the completion menu. Developer: Stardock Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: Shareware. Russian Interface: No The STARTOCK developed by the famous company STARTOCK is able to offer almost everything that the Windows 8 user can dream of, which flames the "Start" menu. The menu added is fully integrated into the system and supports the search and launch of new applications for Windows 8, as well as desktop programs. After starting Start 8, a window appears, with which you can configure the appearance and the settings for the "Start" menu. You can call it later if you want to change the parameters installed earlier. The first thing that is invited to choose is the Start Style "Start". Clicking the "Start" button can open the menu in the style of Windows 7 or the starting windows screen 8. The appearance of the button itself can be the most different: it can show a flag or Windows 8 flag. Also in the Arsenal Start 8 a whole set of images of the buttons, familiar users using the old versions of Windows - from XP and to Win7. After decide on external species Buttons and menus, you can proceed to its content. Start 8 can display newly open applications in the menu, to highlight the installed programs. You can also fully configure the links on the right-hand part of the menu and determine which action by default will be assigned to the shutdown button. It is very important that the contents of the Start menu is not limited only to the software for the desktop - it can also be fixed and applications for Windows 8. And the search from the menu to which Windows 7 users are used to use the possibility of a new OS. He is looking for all applications, settings and files. When working with Windows 8, press the Win key opens the start screen. Start 8 can intercept this key so that when pressed it, the Start menu opens. Moreover, it can open in the event that the user presses the Win key while in the new Windows 8 interface. The Windows 8 start menu can be opened by clicking the "Start" button with the CTRL key simultaneously or by pressing the Right Win key. If when working on the desktop you interfere with "hot corners", Start 8 can disable them. The appearance of the start-up menu pop-up icon can also be disabled when the cursor is raised to the left lower corner of the screen. Finally, perhaps one of the most sought-after functions of this program is to go to the desktop when loading, bypassing the start screen. In general, despite the fact that you can find and free programs With such functionality, Start 8 definitely deserves attention. It is made very high quality and carefully, in the interface everything is "decomposed on the shelves", and it is only $ 5. Start Menu x 4.53 Developer: OrdinarySoft Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian interface: yes Start Menu X is a new version of one of the most famous alternatives menu "Start" in Windows. The version of this program for Windows 7 was called Start Menu 7, and an earlier edition for Vista - Vista Start Menu. With the release of Windows 8, the potential audience of the program will certainly increase - before it was only those whom the standard menu was not satisfied, now it's all who is missing it. Start Menu X offers seven different options for designing the "Start" button, among which there are even images of popular heroes from the game Angry Birds. The menu itself is slightly different from the standard "Start" menu in Windows 7, but its advantage is the possibility of flexible setting. You can resize labels and inscriptions, you can add on the first level of the button menu for quick access To the off commands, reboot, send a computer to sleep mode and other things. As in the standard Windows 7 menu, the search for installed programs, files and folders. True, Windows 8 applications in the index are not displayed. One of the interesting features of Start Menu X is virtual groups. If you enable them to use, then five groups will appear at the top of the menu: "Graphics", "Internet" and so on. The program will try to streamline installed applications Alone, but you can also attribute programs to different groups manually. True, it is impossible to create new groups - this opportunity is available only for those who wish to upgrade to the PRO version. Classic Shell. 3.6.2 Developer: IVO BELTCHEV Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian interface: yes Classic Shell, as well as Start Menu X, was developed as an alternative standard Menu "Start" of previous versions of Windows, but with windows 8 gained new life. It appeared a number of new features designed specifically for users. new version Systems. And in the settings even added a special partition, which is called - Windows 8. To the "Start" button, it is true, the relationship does not have - here you can configure the transition to the desktop (into the location of the starting screen) when starting and disable "hot" Corners of Windows 8. For registration of the "Start" button, three options are offered: Metro, Aero and Classic. You can also use any image of a suitable size. You can call the "Start" menu or the Windows 8 start screen by pressing the Win key, a combination of SHIFT + Win, click on the Start menu or click when the SHIFT key is pressed. In addition, the "Start" menu or initial screen Can appear when hovering the cursor to the area of \u200b\u200bthe button. The menu itself can be as it was in Windows XP or in Windows 7. It is configured to display special items in the field on the right: links to My Computer, for the latest documents, to favorites. Also in the menu can display a computer shutdown command. The search for the "Start" menu from Classic Shell works fine. With this search line, you can find not only installed software for desktop, but also elements of the control panel, as well as applications for Windows 8. Win8StartButton 1.0.0.5: This could be a button Developer: Deskmodder.de. Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian Interface: No Habit - a terrible thing. For many, who remained dissatisfied with the "Start" button, it is not important that they have lost a convenient tool for running applications. For some users, the Start button is something like a feng shui talisman: it's worth it in the corner of the screen - and let it stand, or for good luck, or for order. At the very least, it was that the German developer who created the Win8StartButton utility was to be reasoned. Its "Start" button does not open a familiar menu, but it is associated with the "tile" menu that appears when pressed. The new menu of Windows 8 in this program is redone so as not to occupy the entire screen. It turned out some kind of parody of the old menu, the point in which, as it seems to us, is not enough. The only plus is a convenient computer shutdown thanks to the labels placed in this menu. The utility also responds to pressing the WIN key. It is necessary to add that the program works not very stably and sometimes mysteriously freezes, without responding to teams. StartMenu8 2.0 Beta. Developer: Iobit. Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian Interface: No Externally, StartMenu8 looks pretty good, the standard icon fits well into the overall interface of Windows 8, and the menu looks classically, without unnecessary decorations. However, besides this, StartMenu8 will not particularly boast. The possibilities of this utility are very modest. The program can separately turn off the "hot corners" of the screen, as well as block the pop-up side panel With new system management elements. In the settings, you can set the automatic passage of the starting screen, which appears before the user after windows startup 8. The utility responds to pressing the WIN key, but the process of drawing the menu is flawed and sometimes delays. Built-in search is also limited - it is performed only on the items that are listed in the menu. The button pattern can be changed - one of the alternative attached to StartMenu8, or on the user. Instructions for designing a button design can be found on the official program forum. Wentutu Windows8 Start Menu - it does not happen easier Developer: Wentutu.com Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian Interface: No The previous utility had a minimum of settings, the same does not have them at all. Her only dignity is that it is free. Menu Standard, the search works, as in the case of StartMenu8, with limitations. All difference - the interface of the button, which, however, is changed to another standard means The programs are impossible. The Windows8 Start Menu menu items cannot be ordered, you can only attach the labels of individual applications to the main level of the "Start" menu. The starting screen is not blocked, and the utility itself starts longer similar programs This review. Convenient menu "Start" 1.73 - a program with a "convenient" name Developer: Chemtable Software Operating system: Windows 7, 8 Distribution: free Russian interface: yes On the features of the next utility influenced the fact that this program was created long before the appearance of Windows 8. Her name speaks for itself - "Convenient Start menu." Initially, this program was positioned as an alternative to the standard menu, and with the release version of the OS without the "Start" button, its value increased. The program is deprived of some shortcomings of the standard menu, and in this we see its main advantage over similar "clones". The utility works very quickly and stably, thanks to which it may well deserve a good recommendation. True, the principle of making a menu in this application is quite specific - it differs from what we see in other substitutes the "Start" button. In this case, the program is grouped by category, and this happens automatically. Applications such as "Opera", Internet Explorer, Chrome are placed in a catalog called "Internet", popular players in the "Music and Video" folder and so on. There is a program and the ability to manually sort applications - you can manage categories, create new and edit existing ones. This principle of sorting makes it possible to work with a small menu. Another feature is the utility - the scale of the shown list. This small little thing in practice turns out to be a very convenient function, especially on screens with a large resolution, when the inscriptions become small and poorly read. The creators of the utility forgot to adjust the interface, so in Windows 8, the completion of the application is completed using the "Return to the Start" menu. In some sense it is logical - after all, it is not necessary to return to what, and the program completes its work. SPESOFT FREE Windows 8 Start Menu Developer: Spesoft Operating system: Windows 8 Distribution: free Russian Interface: No One of the problems that interfere with many developers is the lack of fantasy that does not allow you to come up with an original interface of your program or at least give it an unusual name. We have another Windows 8 Start Menu, this time from SpeSoft. The "Start" button menu draws very slowly - smoothly and beautifully, with the effect of transparency. The quick starting screen call is not blocked, so when you press the Win key or with a random click next to the Start button, the standard "Tile" Windows 8 interface is launched. Windows 8 Start Menu from SpeSoft uses its menu to control the shutdown and reboot commands. If you press the "Shutdown" button in the program menu, a menu will appear on the screen for visually impaired, consisting of huge buttons - "reboot", "sleep mode", "Change user" and so on. Despite the comic size of these elements, such an interface of the shutdown window is very convenient. In such a window, even a very tired user does not miss the desired button. Once again you have to state that the search option is implemented with a limited scan area - no search for "tiled" applications, control panels and so on. Judging by the commands in the context menu of the program, any label menu "Start" can be fixed in it or take into the taskbar. However, the team "Attach to the taskbar" did not work, which says not in favor of stable operation utilities. Conclusion This is the paradox: they say that you get used to good quickly. But for some reason, users still can not get used to the "good" interface of Windows 8 and are looking for ways to return "as it was." The question begins: or maybe it was not worth the developers of the new operating system to chop off the shoulder? It was possible that it was necessary to gradually bring to the thoughts about the need for a new interface - in the eighth version it was possible to leave a button next to the "tiled" interface, and the next time it may be removed at all. Then, you look, - and those who are unhappy with innovations would be less. Log in twice in the same water is impossible. Despite the fact that many of the utilities presented in this review allow you to compensate for the missing "Start" button, none of them is fully perfect, everyone has some shortcomings - someone has a big one, someone has minor . Well, maybe it is for the better that there is no ideal alternative. Windows is changing and if you do not follow all changes, one fine day can be discovered with horror that you have no idea how to turn off the new PC. But, as one popular kinogery said, "I hope it will not reach this." Developer: Mikhail Agentmc Makarov, Andrey Khabalevsky After installing the POWER 8 program in the corner of the monitor, the Start button will immediately appear. But, in appearance, it differs from the one that has ever seen in Windows: in size, the button is similar to a key to fold all the windows, and it is located at the bottom of the taskbar. And if it does not suit this "minimalism", nothing - you can change the size of the button in the settings. Unlike a variety of clones, Power 8 makes it possible to block the start screen. And it is blocked only on the main monitor. If you use multiple monitors, then on the taskbar, on another desktop, the possibility of a "hot angle" to exit the tile interface will work. If there will be some errors in the application, an exclamation mark will be displayed on the button - it will warn that this configuration of the PC utility has discovered problems. The Power 8 menu already has commands to restart and turn off the PC. It is in the menu and several trifles that allow you to perform work faster. It is designed in such a way that many items are already present in the menu. For example, the user is all the time the control panel items are available, the "Administration" item command commands. In the menu of this button "Start" there is a search function - it works very quickly, as the original windows element 7. The search can be carried out not only on the local disk, but also in all significant search engines. In order for the search opened in the browser window, you need to enter a key for a particular search engine before the word. The key parameters for search can be used in the POWER 8 settings. Vistart 8. Developer: Lee Soft The "Start" button menu, which allows you to get the program Vistart 8, first seems almost indistinguishable from the one that was in Windows before. However, if you look closely, you can see certain differences. But the search in the menu works not well well - it is looking for only on the desktop programs, and does not seek applications for Windows 8 and the "Control Panel" items. The WIN key utility intercepts, and the menu pops up. In the settings of Vistart 8, the support of this key can be turned off. The type of "start" can be very easy to change, specifying a graphic pattern with a pattern. The default application has several types of design. The main settings of the utility are open from the context menu, which is called by clicking on the program shortcut in notifications. Also, if you turn off the display of this shortcut, you can think quite a long time how to open a window with settings. However, everything is very simple - commands to manage the program you need to search in the Windows termination menu. Developer: Stardock Created by Stardock, the Start 8 program makes almost everything you need to use Windows 8, which misses the "Start" menu. The adding menu is embedded in the system and supports the search and launch of new programs for Windows 8, as well as desktop applications. After starting Start 8, the window pops up, which allows you to configure the appearance and parameters of the "Start" menu. You can call it later if you want to change the parameters installed earlier. The touch of the button may be the most diverse: it can show a flag or Windows 8 flag. Also in Start 8 there are many buttons images. After determining with the appearance of the button and the menu, you can proceed to the content. Start 8 can show newly used programs in the menu, and allocate just installed. You can also configure links on the right side of the menu and deliver which default action will be assigned the shutdown button. It can also consolidate applications for Windows 8. And the search for the menu, uses all windows features 8. It searches for all applications, settings and files. In Windows 8, pressing the Win key, a new tile screen opens. Start 8 can also intercept this keySo that the familiar "Start" menu opens. It can still be opened and then when the user clicks on the Win key, while working in the new interface of Windows 8. The Windows 8 start menu can also be opened by clicking the "Start" button, with the Ctrl key or by pressing the WIN key. If "hot corners" prevented on the usual desktop, Start 8 gives a chance to disable them. You can also disable the starting menu pop-up icon when you hover the cursor to the lower left corner of the monitor. And in conclusion, you can make the transition to the desktop when loading, without loading the starting screen. Start Menu X. Developer: OrdinarySoft Start Menu is one of the most popular menu "Start" in Windows. The version of this program for Windows 7 was named Start Menu 7, and for Vista - Vista Start Menu. Start Menu X gives seven different options for the "Start" button. This menu is not much different from the "Start" menu in Windows 7, but its advantages are in a flexible setting. You can change the size of shortcuts and inscriptions, as well as add buttons to quickly access the shutdown commands, reboot, send a computer to sleep and the other. There is also a search for installed programs, files and folders. But, applications for Windows 8 are not shown. One of the curious functions of Start Menu X is virtual groups. If you apply them, then five groups will be displayed at the top menu: "Graphics", "Internet", etc. The program can streamline the application itself, but it is possible to also attribute applications to various groups manually. However, it is impossible to make new groups that are available only for those who want to upgrade to the PRO version. Classic Shell. Developer: IVO BELTCHEV The Classic Shell program, like Start Menu X, was planned as the usual menu "Start" of the old versions of Windows, but with the release of Windows 8 received a new life. A lot of new features made for Windows 8 users appeared in it. And a special partition was added to the setup, which is so called - Windows 8. To "Starting", however, it does not apply - it is possible to configure the transition to the desktop - when starting , and turn off the "hot" corners of Windows 8. To make the "Start" button, there are three options: Metro, Aero and Classic. You can also make any liked image, foot size. Call the "Start" menu or Windows 8 start screen by pressing the WIN key, the SHIFT + WIN combination, click on the Start menu or by pressing the SHIFT key. And also, the "Start" menu or the starting screen can appear when you bring the cursor to the button. The menu itself can be done as it was in Windows XP or in Windows 7. You can configure the image of the items in the field to the right: links to My Computer, for the latest documents, to favorites. Also in the menu can be a computer shutdown function. Win8STartButton. Developer: Deskmodder.de. This "Start" button does not start the everyday menu, but it is tied to the "tile" menu that is displayed when pressed. This menu in Windows 8 is done so as not to occupy the entire screen. One plus is a convenient launch of a computer, thanks to the labels integrated into this menu. The program also responds to pressing the WIN key. It must be said that the utility works not so well, and sometimes mysteriously freezes, without responding to teams. StartMenu8. Developer: Iobit. According to the form, StartMenu8 looks good enough, the standard view looks great in the Windows 8 interface, and the menu looks classically, there is nothing superfluous. But, besides this, StartMenu8 has nothing to boast. The functionality of this program is very poor. The program can separately disconnect the work of the hot corners of the screen, as well as turn off the pop-up side panel with new system management elements. In the settings you can do automatic blocking The starting screen, which is displayed after the Windows 8 launch. It reacts to the WIN key, but the process of drawing the menu is underwent and sometimes late. The search is also limited - it is looking for only the items that are in the menu. The type of button can be changed - one of the offered, or to the user. Wentutu Windows8 Start Menu Developer: Wentutu.com The previous program had little minimum settings, this does not have them at all. Her only advantage is free. The usual menu, the search acts, as in StartMenu8, with some limitations. All the difference is an interface that will be changed on other in conventional ways It is impossible. The Windows8 Start Menu menu items will not be sorted to sort, you can only attach the labels of individual programs to the main level of the "Start" menu. The starting screen does not turn off, and she herself launches longer than other programs of this review. Convenient menu "Start" Developer: Chemtable Software At the advantages of the next program influenced the fact that this was developed long before the release of Windows 8. At first it was assumed as an alternative to the usual menu, and with the release of the new version of the OS without a "Start" button, its value has increased its value. She has no some minuses of the standard menu. The program works very quickly and stable. True, the principle of the menu in this application It is quite unusual - it is distinguished by the fact that everyone sees in different buttons "Start". In it, applications are grouped by category, and it is done automatically. There is in it and the function of manual sorting of programs - you can edit the categories, as well as make new and edit old. Another feature is to control the size of the list. This little trifle is very convenient, especially for the screens with great resolution. But the developers have forgotten to make adjustments to the interface, so in Windows 8 the completion of the application occurs with the "Back to the standard" Start "menu. SPESOFT FREE Windows 8 Start Menu Developer: Spesoft The "Start" button menu is drawn quite slowly - smoothly and effectively, with the effect of transparency. The quick starting screen call is not turned off, therefore, when you press the Win key or when accidentally pressing next to the Start button, the usual "Tile" Windows 8 interface is turned on.The panel contains the following options:
Windows 8 lock screen
Starting applications in Windows 8
Windows 8 Explorer
Windows 8 control panel
Windows 8 Task Manager
Metro Background Replacement in Windows 8
Restore and reset the computer in Windows 8
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