![]() However, Snapping one instance of IE11 to one side of the screen and then attempting to open a second instance doesn’t work. With Windows 8.1 you can also run two instances of IE11 in multiple Snapped windows. One of the better known features of Windows 8 is the Snap action, that allows you to run two apps side-by-side. Open the Metro version of Internet Explorer 11 in multiple windows In the Start screen section, tick the box next to "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start." From now on, when you log into Windows, you'll go straight to the desktop. On the desktop right-click the taskbar and select 'Properties', then click the 'Navigation' tab. Now Windows 8.1 offers the option to go straight to the desktop when you log in. Plenty of people have little or no use for the Start screen, but in the past this has been the default lamding page when you boot up your PC. From now on, when you go to the Start screen you'll see a list of all your apps rather than those big tiles. In the Start screen section, tick the box next to 'Show the apps view automatically when I go to Start'. There is, however, a way to turn the Start screen into a useful app launcher. It can be difficult to find the app you need from the Windows 8 Start screen, because tiles take up so much of the screen. Turn the Start screen into an app launcher So now what's going to be in Windows 8.1 Update 2? Will there be any user-interface changes or will it be more a vehicle for under-the-covers programming interface and reliability improvements? I don't know at this point.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]() I'm still hearing that windowed Metro-Style apps functionality remains a Threshold deliverable, not a Windows 8.1 Update 2 deliverable. Myerson also showed off in early April a new option to run Metro-Style/Windows Store apps to run in windows on the Desktop. He didn't specify whether that meant Windows 8.1 Update 2 or Threshold, but based on leaks later in April, the internal plan was to make the Start Menu part of Update 2. Terry Myerson, the Microsoft Executive Vice President who runs the unified operating system group, showed off a Start Menu mock-up during Microsoft's Build conference in early April, noting that Microsoft was going to bring a Start Menu back to Windows as part of the "next iteration" of the operating system. (For those who prefer the more traditional Windows Start Menu experience, there are a few third-party-developed Start Menus for Windows 8 on the market including Start8 from Stardock and the Pokki Windows 8 Start Menu.) The new Microsoft-developed Start Menu isn't going to be the same as the Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7 Start Menus it's expected to offer some familiarity, but also integrate Windows 8's Metro-Style Start screen concept. Microsoft still is moving full steam ahead with plans to try to make Windows 8.x more palatable and usable by those using mice and keyboards, as well as those used to previous Windows iterations. I'm not clear whether the postponement is because the feature won't be fully baked in time, or if there's another reason for the change in plans. Microsoft's operating systems group has decided to hold off on delivering a Microsoft-developed Start Menu until Threshold, the next "major" release of Windows. Threshold, which may or may not ultimately be called Windows 9, is expected to be released in April 2015. Windows 8.1 Update 2 was - and still is, last I heard - slated to arrive in August of this year. Up until recently, Microsoft was hoping to make a new "Mini" Start Menu part of a second update to Windows 8.1. That recent change in plans comes courtesy of a couple of my sources who've had good track records on Windows information, here's the skinny directly from ZDNet, Mary Jo Foley (see source link): This means Microsoft won't be delivering a new Start Menu for Windows 8 with its coming Windows 8.1 Update 2. In a report from it is mentioned that i t's looking like Microsoft's new 'mini' Start Menu for Windows 8.x won't be part of Windows 8.1 Update 2 as originally planned.
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