Windows 8.1

Ravi Bhavnani

That's easy. Just use Start8[^]. I also use a few registry hacks to make my Win8 look like Win7. Here's[^] what my Win8 task bar looks like. /ravi

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ed welch

Using taskbar properties, you can make it mostly disappear. You can't get rid of it completely though

ed welch

Windows 7 removed the copy and paste buttons, and in Windows 8.1 they are back.

Ravi Bhavnani

See this[^] post. :) /ravi

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OriginalGriff

...two buttons you don't really need is "a lot better"? :laugh:

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ed welch

Two buttons... which I use *all* the time, so yes they are important. But also, lots of other stuff, the ui just seems to be organised much better

ed welch

expensive though. You can get classic shell for free

Ravi Bhavnani

It's only $5. Classic Shell is nice but doesn't give you everything that Start8 does. /ravi

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Forogar

Oooo! I am glad VS2010 still runs on it. I would hate to have to use VS2012 as well as W8!

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Jacques Loubser

Have you heard of Crtl+C & Ctrl+V ??? Unless you have only one hand, You should not need buttons.

OriginalGriff

I don't surf one-handed...

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Ravi Bhavnani

Yes, VS2010 runs flawlessly on Win8. It's still my favorite version of VS. :) /ravi

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LloydA111

You use buttons "all" the time when Ctrl + C/V is all you need?

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Bill_Hallahan

Lloyd Atkinson wrote:

You use buttons "all" the time when Ctrl + C/V is all you need?

True. And if he doesn't want to use his other hand, then after selecting files and/or folders, right-click and select the "Copy" menu item, followed by right-clicking in the destination location and selecting the "Paste" menu item. It only takes one hand and there is no need to navigate the mouse to a button location.

bryce

coarse or course? ahem. Bryce

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ed welch

you need two hands to activate the shortcut, so you have to take your hand off the mouse and that slows you down. Really there's no reason no to have a toolbar button. It's not like there's no room

Colborne_Greg

Lol To remove metro from windows 8 is to remove all advancement in technology, while you use compatibility mode aka the desktop. Brilliant: viva la resistance

JeremyBob

Remember, windows is for the masses, not just the power users. Otherwise we would all just be called users. Personally I actually enjoy a lot of windows 8 (Except NewUI which I find stupid on my dev machine!) But they have improved a lot of system functionality. Saying that though, I really really miss the prettiness of Windows 7. I want my transparency options back.

Clumpco

A word of warning about your old backups... Windows 8 had a "restore from Windows 7 backup" option which would read backups from W7 and Vista. In their wisdom Microsoft have removed this from 8.1 so you need to "Install Win 7 on a VM and restore via that" (seen on Technet). I can just imagine old grannies turning up at PC World asking for help with Hyper-V Manager.

xiecsuk

I guess he means that you set your system up to boot directly to the Desktop. You also set it up to go to the Apps screen when you select the System button so you never need see the Start screen at all. My Win 8.1 system looks exactly like my Win 7 system most days. There are odd times when I need the Apps screen to start a system app, or play a game or two over lunch, but I never go into the Start screen.