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   From: Zaphod.Arisztid.Beeblebrox@gmail.com   
      
   On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 10:08:12 -0500, "knuttle"   
    wrote in article ...   
   >   
   > On 12/20/2012 9:34 AM, Zaphod Beeblebrox wrote:   
   > > On Thu, 20 Dec 2012 08:48:10 -0500, "knuttle"   
   > >  wrote in article  > email.me>...   
   > >>   
   > >>>>  wrote:   
   > >>>> You do *not* have to use the Modern/Metro interface, and if you   
   > >>>> don't, it's hardly distinguishable from Windows 7,   
   > >>   
   > >>   
   > >> Would you tell us how to lock it so it defaults to the Desktop mode not   
   > >> the "Modern/Metro interface"   
   > >>   
   > >> Or are we going to be stuck with starting in "Modern/Metro interface",   
   > >> like we are stuck with collapsing menus from earlier Windows versions   
   > >   
   > > Closest you can come is to start in TIFKAM (The Interface Formerly   
   > > Known As Metro) and have it switch to the desktop shortly after (just a   
   > > few seconds, depending on your system speed) and provide a start menu   
   > > by using a start menu replacement utility like Start8, Classic Shell,   
   > > etc.   
   > >   
   > I very rarely use the start menu as such. I have moved all of the icons   
   > from the desktop and have my photographs as wall paper.   
   >   
   > I have all of my active programs in the Quick launch toolbar, and other   
   > programs are located in folders that are in the Quick launch toolbar.   
   >   
   > The only time I go to the start menu is to shut down the computer.   
   >   
   > I suspect that even if I have to go through the weird interface the   
   > quick launch toolbar is history and there will be no way to clear the   
   > desk top for your own photos.   
   >   
      
   The desktop still exists, so you can change the wallpaper to your   
   photos (and even have them rotate automatically on a schedule).  Also,   
   you can pin any program you want to the taskbar, which should be   
   similar enough to the Quick Launch toolbar to suit your needs.  Start8   
   or Classic Shell are probably still the easiest way to make Windows 8   
   drop to the desktop automatically even if you don't want or need the   
   start menu replacement they provide.   
      
   --   
   Zaphod   
      
   "Yeah. Listen, I'm Zaphod Beeblebrox, my father was Zaphod Beeblebrox   
   the Second, my grandfather Zaphod Beeblebrox the Third..."   
      
   "What?"   
      
   "There was an accident with a contraceptive and a time machine. Now   
   concentrate!"   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)