Remove the Start button in Windows 8.1 with StartIsGone

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Sergey "hb860"

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After release of Windows 8.1 I found its Start button useless. Seriously, there are no issues for me if that button is not shown on the taskbar. Sure, I miss the old good Start menu. Start screen still cannot replace that menu for me, there is no doubt about that. So I decide to restore the behavior of Windows 8, without button.

 

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StartIsGone is my latest application which allows you to remove the Start Button in Windows 8.1 and get the extra space on the taskbar. It is fully native (no .NET required) lightweight zero-privileges portable program. The user interface of this program is just an icon in the system tray and the contextual menu.

Run the app, and the Start button will gone. Tick "Run at startup" and your Start button will be removed every time your Desktop shows.

StartIsGone is available as a separate application for Windows 8.1 x86 and Windows 8.1 x64. The x86 version is not designed to work under Windows x64, it will tell you about this.

 

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Tell me, why? Seriously, i just don't understand why you can't just ignore the button... Besides, i think the Start tooltip that was present in Windows 8 was much worse than Start button in 8.1

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:20, insanelyapple said:

Tell me, why? Seriously

Like sticking a man on the moon or trying to cure cancer the answer is simply "because it's something to do".

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:23, theyarecomingforyou said:

Like sticking a man on the moon or trying to cure cancer the answer is simply "because it's something to do".

 

I think curing Cancer is more a, 'something you should do'. This is not something you should do, but more something you can do. Also, this is stupid, and curing Cancer isn't, neither is landing on the Moon (imo).

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:30, astropheed said:

I think curing Cancer is more a, 'something you should do'. This is not something you should do, but more something you can do. Also, this is stupid, and curing Cancer isn't, neither is landing on the Moon (imo).

 

The original poster can correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm guessing he doesn't have the necessary medical skills to cure cancer.

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:20, insanelyapple said:

Tell me, why? Seriously, i just don't understand why you can't just ignore the button... Besides, i think the Start tooltip that was present in Windows 8 was much worse than Start button in 8.1

 

I think my taskbar looks cleaner without the start button. You might as well say why you can't just ignore people who don't want the start button :P

 

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I am doing a major face palm at this. People want the start button back and demand start button software programs. Now Microsoft puts a start button back in Windows 8 and now people want to gone and software to remove?

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:50, Lone Wanderer Chicken said:

I am doing a major face palm at this. People want the start button back and demand start button software programs. Now Microsoft puts a start button back in Windows 8 and now people want to gone and software to remove?

News flash, far from everyone wanted the start button back. Some people did, mos people jus like complaining.

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:54, Growled said:

I'm just not sure what is the purpose behind this program. It seems a bit useless to me.

 

It is, but people are free to do as they choose.

 

If the majority were satisfied by Windows 8 we wouldn't have Windows 8.1, despite what the deranged Neowin denialists claim.

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  On 11/09/2013 at 21:26, shozilla said:

lol.... 

 

people complain that they want start button back...

 

now this, they want it removed.

 

 

kids these days....

 

+1 Make up your damn minds. You can't have both.

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**** me, what's wrong with everyone?

 

* Some people wanted the start button back, not all

* Some people wanted the start menu back, not all

* Some people want the new start menu gone, not all

 

This guy has given people an app - for those who want it.

 

/ End of thread.  Really...

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I think curing Cancer is more a, 'something you should do'. This is not something you should do, but more something you can do. Also, this is stupid, and curing Cancer isn't, neither is landing on the Moon (imo).

:rofl:

 

It was a joke.

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