Windows 8 desktop

[The_Mowgs]

Is it possible to change the start up of windows 8 to go to the normal desktop and not the screen with the tiles?

Similar to how the previous versions started if I make and sense.

 

[agentrfr]

Is it possible to change the start up of windows 8 to go to the normal desktop and not the screen with the tiles?

Similar to how the previous versions started if I make and sense.

It is in windows 8.1. Update and then change the settings for it.

 

[The_Mowgs]

It is in windows 8.1. Update and then change the settings for it.

Thanks very much for the help.

 

[Evo1ve]

http://www.reviversoft.com/start-menu-reviver/

 

[pezulu]

Thanks.
Was also wondering.

 

[biometrics]

Classic Shell
http://www.classicshell.net

 

[KalMaverick]

Is it possible to change the start up of windows 8 to go to the normal desktop and not the screen with the tiles?

Similar to how the previous versions started if I make and sense.

Update to Windows 8.1, that brings the option to boot straight to desktop.

Update to Windows 8.1 Update 1 (ie the one just released a few weeks ago) and it should boot straight to desktop automatically.

If your Windows is completly up-to-date then there is no need for 3rd party applications.

 

[Arthur]

And when you set the metro background to the same as your desktop the whole experience is far less jarring.

 

[The_Mowgs]

Is there a way, with 8.1, to have the traditional start menu, where you get start, programs, accesories etc? This is for my mom and I dont think she will get used to the new layout

 

[kingrob]

Is there a way, with 8.1, to have the traditional start menu, where you get start, programs, accesories etc? This is for my mom and I dont think she will get used to the new layout

Use Classic Shell, as suggested by biometrics : http://www.classicshell.net

 

[Fox1]

Use Classic Shell, as suggested by biometrics : http://www.classicshell.net

+1

 

[Hamster]

Is it possible to change the start up of windows 8 to go to the normal desktop and not the screen with the tiles?

Similar to how the previous versions started if I make and sense.

Do you even google?

http://m.wikihow.com/Go-Straight-to-Desktop-when-Windows-8-Starts-Up

As far as I can see you just create a startup task that runs explorer.exe


EDIT: nm, I see you want the old start menu. You can always just tell your mom to press Win+S and start typing in the name of whatever she wants to open

 

[ponder]

I like Pokki start menu with Win8, https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu

 

[rorz0r]

I use start8 which does a great job at being the old menu. I was using classic shell but after trialing start8 I decided it was worth buying.

There's also a way to bypass that silly "splash screen" before the login screen which is just a waste of time.

 

[atomcrusher]

You can always just tell your mom to press Win+S and start typing in the name of whatever she wants to open

This is the method I have told my 93 year old Dad to use ... he's in the UK, and on Win 8.1, I am in SA, on 8.1, and I grew tired of our skype calls between us, with me trying to explain how to find this & that .. telling him to use Win+S to bring up the search function in 8.1 saved me a lot of repetition

 

[LazyLion]

Classic Shell
http://www.classicshell.net

This one ^^