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 ...

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

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

To access the 'secret' Start menu, all you have to do is right-click the Windows icon/Start button. ... as well as shutdown options and a Desktop link for quickly viewing the desktop ...

Left-click on the Firefox icon on your desktop and hold the mouse button. Drag the icon to the Start menu, which opens automatically when you hover your mouse over it.

Leave all of the files in the W7SBC folder and run Windows 7 Start Button Changer.exe. Click Select & Change Start Button to browse for a new set of icons – a few are included with the utility.

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.

Microsoft has tried to grab the headlines with the latest incarnation of its desktop OS, sporting a repositioned start button and updated icons. ... Computer Weekly: Where to start with Windows 11 ...