Administrator DKT27 Posted August 6, 2012 Administrator Share Posted August 6, 2012 Microsoft has made a subtle, but substantial change to Windows 8 between the previews and RTM and that change will no longer allow you to boot to the desktop environment according to new information. Maybe you'll grow to love it? With Windows 8, there are two distinct environments, Metro and the classic desktop. While each interface offers its own set of unique advantages, one option you won't have, according to Mary Jo Foley, is the ability to select which environment you boot into. The post over at Zdnet and confirmed by Rafael Rivera (who has a new Windows 8 Secrets book out too), states that you cannot boot directly into the desktop experience and instead are forced to the new tiled interface. Of course, there are ways you can work around this and there are several keyboard shortcuts to get you back to the desktop as quickly as possible, but the idea that you cannot select where you boot too is a bit disappointing. With Microsoft making the Start screen default, the company is clearly trying to force users to use the new interface. More importantly, it also highlights that Metro should be the key focus of Windows 8 and is where Microsoft wants you to spend that majority of your time when using a PC. This a bold strategy that will surely anger some who will swear up and down that they will not use Windows 8 because of this and that Microsoft is doomed. For the average consumer, they will likely not care if they can switch where they boot too, but for the power user, being forced into one environment without an easy toggle to make the switch, is nothing short of an annoying inconvenience. View: Original Article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrfCore Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 Alternative: Classic Shell Start menu for Win8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
centserick2 Posted August 6, 2012 Share Posted August 6, 2012 love to boot in metro...plus the charm and unfamiliar keys or icons hidden making the OS win8 amazing...it is just my opinion lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Start8 lets you boot directly into the desktop app. http://www.stardock....roducts/start8/ You can also just move the desktop app to the top lett of the start screen, then just hit the Enter key after WIndows 8 loads. Edit: And what's with the screenshot? That start screen background doesn't exist, at least not on the RTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibm650 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Vistart still works in RTM and looks like start menu and kind of functions like it, start8 now only points to Metro. Note Vistart will ask if you want to add their start and search engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted August 7, 2012 Author Administrator Share Posted August 7, 2012 Edit: And what's with the screenshot? That start screen background doesn't exist, at least not on the RTM. Now, it does. Can't confirm it myself though. start8 now only points to Metro That's interesting. I wonder if MS has anything to do with this move. :think: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ibm650 Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Many people have said that MS will remove all hooks for the start orb functionality once they get you hooked on 8. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spudboy Posted August 7, 2012 Share Posted August 7, 2012 Vistart still works in RTM and looks like start menu and kind of functions like it, start8 now only points to Metro. Note Vistart will ask if you want to add their start and search engines. The reason I don't like Vistart is because it overlaps the first quicklaunch item. (I have XP style quicklaunch on both Win 7 and 8 ) Edit: And what's with the screenshot? That start screen background doesn't exist, at least not on the RTM. Now, it does. Can't confirm it myself though. You are correct. I went through them all earlier and must have overlooked them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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