In reply to a post by johnjburness:

NB:- presumably by the 'Start-Button', you mention above, you don't mean the Desk-Top Start Button, but that funny mini-Metro symbol that only occasionally appears when a Metro-App has 'whole-hogged' the screen??

I mean the faint Windows symbol that appears on all screens when you point bottom L. MS calls it the 'Start Button'.

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

although its limited to 2.

Surely you can run as many desktop apps as you can usefully run in the half-screen?

Yes, as many as you like.

Edited by deleted (Sun 13-Apr-14 15:38:26)

Then how come I just run the Calculator Metro app on the L and all of 1 Command Window, 3 File Explorers, IE, WLM and inSIDDer in a half-screen Desktop on the R?

Admittedly it was a bit of a squash with some overlapping (when isn't there?) but could have run 2 or 3 of these with ease.

The Point is you can run more than 1 in the desktop.

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

I mean the faint Windows symbol that appears on all screens when you point bottom L. MS calls it the 'Start Button'.

Having got a Task-Bar & the "Classic-Shell" Start-Button, I've only ever seen it when 8.1 is in "Metro-Mode" - even then, it does always seem to appear!!

That's right! I switched off Classic-Shell as were discussing Windows as supplied by MS, not some proprietary add-on. Even so, the MS 'Start Button' has been there since Win8.

Thats because you are running Calculator Metro app on the L and all of 1 Command Window, 3 File Explorers, IE, WLM and inSIDDer in a half-screen Desktop on the R?

Try doing it solely with Metro apps though...

Edited by deleted (Mon 14-Apr-14 20:50:57)

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Try doing it solely with Metro apps though.

No need to bother! I already know you can't and never claimed you could. It was only you claiming this that I dispute:

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

You can have Metro and non-metro apps running side by size, although its limited to 2.

Do we have to go on & on chewing over the same old bone?

Edited by XRaySpeX (Mon 14-Apr-14 22:41:59)

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

Try doing it solely with Metro apps though.

No need to bother! I already know you can't and never claimed you could. It was only you claiming this that I dispute:

In reply to a post by MrTAToad2:

You can have Metro and non-metro apps running side by size, although its limited to 2.

Do we have to go on & on chewing over the same old bone?

I'm due to receive a new PC loaded with the one and only Windows 8.1, have I made a mistake in my choice of OS?

I don't think so. You can make it start on the Desktop and never see the Metro Start Screen if you so wish. Also if you prefer a proper classic Start Menu, as I do, you can install Classic Shell to make up for the one that MS forgot.

Also advise when setting up your 1st user choose a local user rather than 1 linked to your Hotmail/Live a/c. There are a few other useful configuration settings we can advise.

Edited by XRaySpeX (Mon 14-Apr-14 23:04:11)