Microsoft today announced that they are bringing back Start Menu to Windows 8.1. Currently, you have a Start Button there and when you click it, you are presented with the Start Screen. Microsoft is changing it back to Start Menu. The new Start Menu will look like the above with the combination of Live Tiles and program shortcuts. Another feature Microsoft announced was the ability to run Modern Apps as separate Windows, just like you use all desktop apps. You can minimize, maximize and resize them the way you want. These features will be coming via update to Windows 8.1 in the future.
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