{"id":3178,"date":"2018-11-12T00:54:37","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/?p=3178"},"modified":"2018-11-12T00:54:37","modified_gmt":"2018-11-12T00:54:37","slug":"how-to-get-the-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/how-to-get-the-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Get the Classic Start Menu Back in Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Create a Start Menu Toolbar<\/p>\n<p>1.- It\u2019s not a well-known feature, but Windows can create toolbars that show the contents of a folder on its taskbar. This means that you can create a pseudo-Start menu without installing any other software on Windows 8. Just create a new toolbar that points at the Start menu\u2019s Programs folder.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"New Toolbar on Taskbar\" alt=\"New Toolbar on Taskbar\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nextofwindows.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/New-Toolbar-on-Taskbar_thumb.png\" width=\"538\" height=\"254\" border=\"0\" \/><\/p>\n<p>From the desktop, right-click the taskbar, point to Toolbars and select \u201cNew toolbar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2.- Type or copy and paste the following path into the Choose a folder window:<\/p>\n<p>%ProgramData%\\Microsoft\\Windows\\Start Menu\\Programs<\/p>\n<p>3.- Click the \u201cSelect Folder\u201d button and you\u2019ll get a Programs menu on your taskbar.<\/p>\n<p>4.- Right-click the taskbar and uncheck \u201cLock the taskbar\u201d if you want to move the new Programs menu around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Create a Start Menu Toolbar 1.- It\u2019s not a well-known feature, but Windows can create toolbars that show the contents of a folder on its taskbar. This means that you can create a pseudo-Start menu without installing any other software on Windows 8. Just create a new toolbar that points at the Start menu\u2019s Programs folder. From the desktop, right-click&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/how-to-get-the-classic-start-menu-back-in-windows-8\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[42],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3178"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3178"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3179,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3178\/revisions\/3179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genesissystem.com\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}