

As far as I know, on Windows 10 there is nothing equivalent to a Metro desktop unless you have chosen that option. Only if you've changed that setting from Off to On will the Start menu occupy the full screen, However, under Settings -> Personalization -> Start there is a option for "Use Start full screen". That is true even if you've clicked on "All apps".

On Windows 10, there is a Start Menu that, by default, only occupies part of the display, leaving you plenty of room to drag something On Windows 8 and 8.1 there is a Start Screen that takes up the whole display. May also have their windows on that desktop. (Lets avoid confusion by not talking about multi-monitor systems right now.) On Windows 8.1 and 10, apps On 8, 8.1, and 10, strictly speaking, there's only one desktop, and that's where programs have their windows. Linux might not even be such a bad idea after all. I have never rolled back and abandoned a new version before but the changes they made are making me reconsider. I am severely tempted to roll back to 8.1. Properties of programs / files seems to have been permanently removed.

What possible reason did they have for changing this and making it so hard to put a shortcut on the desktop.Īlso, in the Metro desktop when you bring up the list of programs you cannot right click and get a menu that has Properties on it. The Start button on the desktop ( original ) needs to have the old style programs list PUT BACK GAD DAWG IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT WE HAVE TO JUMP THROUGH SO MANY HOOPS and people not familiar and who don't know about this place to get help will NEVER figure it out. It from the left monitor to the right one and NOW after jumping through hoops I was able to get an Icon for Edge on the desktop ( original ). When I drug it to the right it just puts it on the Metro desktop.īut I have two monitors and the Metro desktop only appears on one and the other is the regular desktop ( original ) and I was able to drag the Edge icon to the left onto my second Monitor and THEN I put the main monitor into the regular desktop and drug You put an icon on the desktop ( Original ) from there. However, I discovered this morning that a poster is correct. Have to go to the Metro desktop to get that. If I right click on the Start button I get a menu but not the one that lists your programs. In the old " desktop " ala Windows 7 / 8 where the x86 programs go if I left click on the Start button it sends me to the " Metro " desktop where apps and their tiles reside. There seems to be some confusion as to what is meant by " desktop ".
