Medicted51
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- New York State
I do not miss the Win 7 Start Menu at all. I spend 99 % of my time on the Desktop, but don't miss it. First when I was in Win 7 I created a folder I called Shortcuts that I placed shortcuts to all apps I used all the time. I then created a Toolbar on the Taskbar that pointed to that folder. You can see the Toolbar in my screen shot. Why do I need to go to a Start Menu when my app shortcuts are there.
From left to right:
First is the Quick Launch bar. I pinned the Shutdown, Restart and Log Off shortcuts along with shortcuts for Control Panel and Windows Updates.
Next come Shortcuts for WLM, IE 10, Google Chrome and All Apps
Then comes my Toolbars I created (Right click the Taskbar and choose Toolbars, Create New Toolbar then point to the folder you wish to pin) The Links folder is actually the Favorites bar (IE 10 favorites bar), my Shortcuts Toolbar and a Desktop Toolbar
With these various Toolbars and 6 or 7 shortcuts on my Desktop I can do anything the old Start Menu could do.
Add some keyboard short cuts and I am set!
From left to right:
First is the Quick Launch bar. I pinned the Shutdown, Restart and Log Off shortcuts along with shortcuts for Control Panel and Windows Updates.
Next come Shortcuts for WLM, IE 10, Google Chrome and All Apps
Then comes my Toolbars I created (Right click the Taskbar and choose Toolbars, Create New Toolbar then point to the folder you wish to pin) The Links folder is actually the Favorites bar (IE 10 favorites bar), my Shortcuts Toolbar and a Desktop Toolbar
With these various Toolbars and 6 or 7 shortcuts on my Desktop I can do anything the old Start Menu could do.
Add some keyboard short cuts and I am set!
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My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 7/Win 8 CP Dual Boot
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Sony Vaio
- CPU
- Intel 2.53 GHz
- Motherboard
- Sony Vaio
- Memory
- 8 GB Ram DDR2
- Graphics Card(s)
- ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
- Hard Drives
- 320 GB Toshiba MK3254 GSY SATA