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How to create a Start Button in Windows 8
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Published onApril 29, 2013
published onApril 29, 2013
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If you, like me, are using Windows 7 in your work environment but often find that you must use Remote Desktop to get to a Windows 8 or 2012 box, then you often are likely slowly dragging the mouse to find the Start button or the Charms menu so that you can reach the Modern UI. No longer. Here’s a solution to help fix this problem.
Or maybe you are just not willing to wait for Windows 8.1 and the possible return of the Start button? Do this on the Windows 8 or 2012 machines to help ease your troubles now:
Now when you press the icon on the Taskbar it will emulate a Windows key press and function as a Start button! Wowza!
Radu Tyrsina
Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time).
For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web.
Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they’re looking for.
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