Ahead of Windows 8.1′s public preview release on June 26, we now know exactly how the resurrected Start button and menu will work. While it’s still bad news for those of you who were hoping for the return of the Windows 7-style Start menu, there is one pleasant surprise: By right clicking the Windows 8.1 Start button you can shutdown or restart your PC.
Yesterday, Microsoft released the preview of Windows Server 2012 R2 to TechNet subscribers — and, as luck would have it, Server 2012 R2 includes the exact same Start button and menu as Windows 8.1. Following the release of the Server 2012 R2 preview, it wasn’t long before TechNet users started sharing screenshots of the new Start button, the Start screen — and, most interestingly, the Start button’s right-click menu and the taskbar’s properties window, which is where a lot of the new functionality is buried.
As you may already know, right clicking Windows 8′s bottom left corner pops up a quick-access menu for Control Panel, Run, and other power user features. In Windows 8.1, shut down and restart will be added to this menu, so that you no longer have to go through the multi-click rigmarole of using the Charms menu. Left clicking the Windows 8.1 Start button still takes you to the Metro interface, though; if you want an actual Start menu, you’ll need to install a third-party app.
Yesterday, Microsoft released the preview of Windows Server 2012 R2 to TechNet subscribers — and, as luck would have it, Server 2012 R2 includes the exact same Start button and menu as Windows 8.1. Following the release of the Server 2012 R2 preview, it wasn’t long before TechNet users started sharing screenshots of the new Start button, the Start screen — and, most interestingly, the Start button’s right-click menu and the taskbar’s properties window, which is where a lot of the new functionality is buried.
As you may already know, right clicking Windows 8′s bottom left corner pops up a quick-access menu for Control Panel, Run, and other power user features. In Windows 8.1, shut down and restart will be added to this menu, so that you no longer have to go through the multi-click rigmarole of using the Charms menu. Left clicking the Windows 8.1 Start button still takes you to the Metro interface, though; if you want an actual Start menu, you’ll need to install a third-party app.
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