If you ever feel the need to peek at the old Start screen, just click the small “Start” button in the bottom-left corner of the taskbar. The next time you start the computer and log in with your Microsoft password, you should start off in the desktop mode. Once you have made your changes to the Taskbar and Navigation Properties box, click Apply and O.K.
If you want to disable the Windows 8 “charms bar” - the menu that pops into view every time you move the mouse to the upper-right corner of the screen - you can turn it off in the “Corner navigation” area. In the options in the “Start screen” area, turn on the checkbox next to “When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start.” In the Taskbar and Navigation Properties box that opens, click the Navigation tab. Start by switching to desktop mode if you are not there already.įrom the Windows 8.1 desktop, right-click on the taskbar and choose Properties. Windows 8.1 now gives you the option to start out in the familiar old desktop environment instead of landing on the Start screen when the computer boots up, but the setting is not the easiest to find.
I read that you can make Windows 8.1 start directly in desktop mode instead of going to the Start Screen apps, but how?Ī.
