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    Windows 10: The Charms bar is dead; Start screen dead...

    Windows 10: The Charms bar is dead; Start screen dead...


    Posted: 26 Jan 2015

    Late last week, Microsoft pushed out a new build of Windows 10 to those of you who are participating in the 'Insiders' program. The latest version of Windows 10 comes with it many new features, some easily accessible, others not, but one thing is for certain, the Charms bar is dead.

    Replacing the Charms bar is the Action center which has many of the same shortcuts as the Charms bar but also has a plethora of other information too. Notifications are now bundled into the Action center and the shortcuts to individual settings are still easily accessible from this window.
    The death of the Charms bar is not unexpected; we began reporting that the feature would be going away during the summer. But that's not the only feature to be axed in this build as the Start screen is no longer present for desktop users.
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    labeeman's Avatar Posted By: labeeman
    26 Jan 2015


  1. Posts : 23,195
    Windows 10
       #1

    2 of the best features gone, makes me less likely to use 10 on a tablet
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  2. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #2

    Nar, the Start screen is not dead yet. It's just turned off in build 9926. You can enable it again if you like. :)

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

    Plus, it's still early. Many features can still be restored, combined, or updated before the final RTM is ready.
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  3. Posts : 23,195
    Windows 10
       #3

    That's what I am hoping, to see lots of improvements on this coming up (touch side for tablets)

    For desktops 10 is coming along nicely, but for touch (currently) we seem to be going backwards
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  4. Posts : 630
       #4

    Thank you Brink
    But if they are there, why not just let people chose what they want?
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  5. Posts : 68,543
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
       #5

    Trust_No1 said:
    Thank you Brink
    But if they are there, why not just let people chose what they want?
    We may have UI options before it's all over with, but we shall see. For now, it's just a preview build being patched in pieces for the public to play with to help debug it.
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  6. Posts : 302
    Windows 10 10586
       #6

    I didn't realize the Start Screen was dead, it takes a single click to full screen it in 9926.
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  7. Lee
    Posts : 4,793
    OS X, Win 10
       #7

    Brink said:
    Nar, the Start screen is not dead yet. It's just turned off in build 9926. You can enable it again if you like. :)

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

    Plus, it's still early. Many features can still be restored, combined, or updated before the final RTM is ready.
    Thanks for the work around. . .have the Start Screen up working in TP 9926. . .
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  8. Posts : 15,010
    Windows 10 IoT
       #8

    Brink said:
    Nar, the Start screen is not dead yet. It's just turned off in build 9926. You can enable it again if you like. :)

    https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1...dows-10-a.html

    Plus, it's still early. Many features can still be restored, combined, or updated before the final RTM is ready.
    I wish I had seen that before I went back to 8.1. I think I may just have another go at 10 on my laptop.
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  9. Posts : 5,899
    Win 11 Pro (x64) 22H2
       #9

    a bit confused here...


    Alright I'm a bit confused here...

    I had build 9879 which obviously had the start menu, and when I updated to 9926, the start menu was still there for me. I didn't have to do anything it was just there. Perhaps it's because I'm running the enterprise version?

    I ask because I was just about to post here - Microsoft: don't they ever learn? but decided to double check here first and saw Brinks post, which lead me to his tutorial indicating that you might have to use a registry hack?

    - Start Menu or Start Screen - Select in Windows 10 - Using option One: First step - If you have not already, you will first need to enable using the resizable Start menu. Here's the tutorial for that, which does say you need to do a registry hack - Start Menu - Enable or Disable Resizable in Windows 10.

    I guess the main question is - is all this necessary to get the start menu back. And how come I didn't have to go through those gyrations?

    Thanks
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