The way you launch computer programs determines how productive you are. If you click your Windows "Start" button and search for PowerPoint every time you want to launch it, you may be wasting time ...

A reader asks: “How do I get my desktop icons back on Windows? My nephew was playing around with my laptop, and now my desktop is blank except for the start button on the lower right.

Change desktop icons size in Windows 11/10. ... To change the display view in Windows 11, click the Start button and type “Settings.” Go to Settings > System > Display.

TaskBarDock lets you have two Taskbars, Hide the Start Button or System Tray, make Notification Area transparent, center-align taskbar icons, etc.

The desktop in the Windows 8 beta offers no Start button and a few shortcuts. How can you easily populate it with your favorite programs? ... Click the option to change desktop icons.

Click the "Start" button and click "All Programs." ... (Create Shortcut)" to get Notepad's icon on the desktop. The placement of the icon depends on how you configured Windows to sort icons: ...

The text box next to the Start button says pretty much exactly what it does: "Search the web and Windows". Clicking here will pop up a menu that will populate with search results as you type.

A lot of people complained and Microsoft listened. The company brought the Start button back in Windows 8.1. But the button doesn't have to stay there in your taskbar— there are hacks to re-hide it.

CNET's Lance Whitney, for one, is quick to point the flaws in Sareen's undying allegiance to the Metro Start screen. "Windows 7: I'm working in the desktop and want to launch Adobe Photoshop, a ...

Windows 8: I'm working in the desktop and want to launch Adobe Photoshop. Since I use it only occasionally, I don't have it set up as a desktop or taskbar icon.

With Windows Blue, a k a Windows 8.1, Microsoft is re-introducing a Start Button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.