The familiar start button went missing in Windows 8 and instead users are left staring at an empty space with no apparent way to access programs and applications.

Read the file and then close Notepad. Now that Classic Shell has finished installing, you will see a Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your Windows 8 desktop taskbar.

Windows 8 aptly accommodates these alternative launch methods. However, if you would still like to restore the old Start button on your Windows 8 computer, you can do so by installing the third-party ...

Windows 8 provides a new feature that makes this process incredibly easy by erasing your data, reformatting your hard drive, and reinstalling Windows 8 at the press of a button.

After a few months or years the performance starts to deteriorate and you pull out a Windows install disc and spend a full day re-installing the operating system and re-installing all of your apps.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Features Detailed: Start Button Revival and App Improvements Coming Microsoft details the changes coming to Windows.

Microsoft took the bold steps of removing the traditional Windows 8 Start menu and Start button orb from its Windows 8 Consumer Preview last week. Desktop PC users are currently debating the ...