Microsoft reportedly working to block apps that re-enable the Windows 8 Start button

JMH · May 31, 2012

Microsoft appears to be taking steps to remove legacy code from its Windows 8 operating system that will prevent modifications and hacks to re-enable the Start button and Start Menu. Windows watcher Paul Thurrott reports that the company has been "furiously ripping out" legacy code in Windows 8 recently that lets third parties bring back the Start button, Start Menu, and other legacy parts of the desktop interface. Thurrott claims that several well-known UI hacks that enabled the Start Button in the Consumer Preview do not work on the Release Preview.

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/31/3054348/microsoft-windows-8-start-button-legacy-code-removal

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Microsoft reportedly working to block apps that re-enable the Windows 8 Start button

JMH

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