本文摘要：The face of Windows 8-the tablet-like, tile-based Start Screen that comes up every time you start a new PC-is nicely designed and works well on touch screens. But a lot of people hate it. They do almost all of their computing in the traditional Windows desktop environment, which has been demoted to secondary status in Windows 8. And they are annoyed that Microsoft has replaced the familiar Windows Start Menu with the Start Screen in Windows 8.现在每次启动一台新的PC电脑，就不会转入Windows 8那平板风格、布满磁贴的开始屏幕(Start Screen)。

The face of Windows 8-the tablet-like, tile-based Start Screen that comes up every time you start a new PC-is nicely designed and works well on touch screens. But a lot of people hate it. They do almost all of their computing in the traditional Windows desktop environment, which has been demoted to secondary status in Windows 8. And they are annoyed that Microsoft has replaced the familiar Windows Start Menu with the Start Screen in Windows 8.现在每次启动一台新的PC电脑，就不会转入Windows 8那平板风格、布满磁贴的开始屏幕(Start Screen)。这一界面设计精致，在触摸屏上运营流畅。但很多人却喜欢它。因为这些用户完全所有的电脑操作都在传统的Windows桌面环境下展开；而在Windows 8中，传统桌面早已沦落了第二界面。

微软公司(Microsoft)在Windows 8里面用开始屏幕代替了这些用户熟知的开始菜单，他们回应深感恼怒。That means when you want to launch a new app that isnt pinned to your taskbar, you have to jump back and forth between the desktop and the Start Screen, two radically different user experiences. It drives some folks crazy. They dearly miss the Start Button, which launched the Start Menu, at the left end of the taskbar.由于开始屏幕的不存在，如果你想要关上仍未相同到任务栏上的应用于，你就得在桌面界面和开始屏幕这两种截然不同的用户体验中大大转换。这让很多人深感心碎。

他们十分缅怀原本任务栏左侧的开始按键，只要一点就可以启动开始菜单。Microsoft is planning a revision of Windows 8, code-named Windows Blue, later this year that may smooth out the interaction between the two interfaces. But theres been no promise that the company is dumping the Start Screen, refocusing on the desktop, or restoring the Start Menu.微软公司于是以想在今年晚些时候发售代号为Windows Blue的修改版Windows 8，新的系统可能会让两个界面之间的转换显得流畅。

但目前还没迹象指出微软公司不会退出开始屏幕，新的专心于桌面界面，或是完全恢复开始菜单。If youre a desktop and Start Menu lover using Windows 8, you dont have to worry about Microsofts plans. Thats because ever since Windows 8 emerged in October, numerous third-party utilities have sprung up that restore the Start Menu, allow you to boot the PC directly into the desktop mode, and otherwise reassert the desktops primacy over the Start Screen. They essentially allow you to use Windows as you always have.如果你用着Windows 8，又锺爱人桌面和开始菜单，你也并不需要因为微软公司的计划而担忧。

因为自从去年10月Windows 8公布以来，早已有为数众多的第三方软件不断涌现，这些软件可以完全恢复开始菜单，让你可以必要开机就转入桌面模式，或者让桌面界面代替开始屏幕新的沦为配置文件界面。利用这些软件，你可以像以往一样用于Windows 8。

This week, I tested two of these Start Menu add-ons and found each different, but both effective. If you dont like these, there are many others to choose from.本周，我测试了其中两个开始菜单插件；虽然有所不同，但都行之有效。如果你不讨厌这两个插件，那还有其他诸多软件可以自由选择。Start8Start8插件This is a $5 utility I found to be the best I tried at simply restoring the old Start Menu. If the price deters you, theres a 30-day free trial. Start8 comes from a company called Stardock, which makes utilities and games.我实在，这款售价五美元的工具软件是我用过的简单完全恢复传统开始菜单的最佳软件。

如果你因为收费而犹豫不决，那也可以免费试用30天。Start8的开发商是一家叫Stardock的工具软件和游戏开发商。

As soon as I downloaded and installed Start8, the old Start Menu was back. You can choose its taskbar icon-either a Windows 8 logo, the Start8 logo or a custom image, including ones that resemble the Start icons from older versions of Windows. A nicely designed, easy-to-use settings screen allows you to customize many other features of the Start Menu, desktop and computer.下载安装Start8之后，原本的开始菜单就回去了。你还可以自由选择任务栏图标，可以是Windows 8标志，也可以用Start8标志，或者自定义图标，还包括一些类似于更加杨家版本Windows上开始按键的图标。通过设计精致、非常简单易懂的设置屏幕，你可以自定义开始菜单、桌面和电脑的很多其他功能。One huge feature is the ability to boot directly into the traditional desktop once youve signed into your PC. So you dont have to see the new Start Screen at all. This essentially makes your Windows 8 PC behave a lot like a Windows 7 machine. Start8 can be configured to look something like Windows 8s all apps view, if you prefer, but I suspect most users will stick to its default Windows 7 style.一个十分篮的功能是，登入PC后，你可以开机必要转入传统的桌面，再也不是必需看见新的开始屏幕了。

这让你的Windows 8电脑运营一起很看起来Windows 7。如果你讨厌，也可以设置Start8，让界面看上去像Windows 8里“所有应用于”的外观。

但我猜测大多数用户都会坚决用配置文件的Windows 7风格界面。The program allows you a host of other choices. You can pin apps to the top of it, show your user picture on it and change the behavior of the physical Windows key so it launches the Start8 menu instead of taking you to the dreaded Start Screen. You also can disable the various new Windows 8 controls that appear when you perform certain swipes or mouse movements.这个软件还可以让你有诸多其他自由选择。你可以把应用于相同在它上面，在上面表明你的用户头像，转变Windows物理按键的功能设置，以便可以必要启动Start8菜单，而不必转入烦人的开始屏幕。你还可以中止在新的Windows 8下某些动作或鼠标移动时经常出现的诸多功能掌控。

What if you want to be able to get to the Start Screen quickly and youve disabled all the usual ways to do it? Well, Start8s menu comes by default with a link at the top to the Start Screen and it lets you directly launch the new-style Windows 8 apps.如果你想要很快转换到开始屏幕，而你又早已中止了所有常规设置，怎么办？Start8的菜单顶部有个默认设置，可以相连到开始屏幕，让你必要启动新的风格的Windows 8的应用于。Start8 worked very well and was worth $5. The company says its been downloaded five million times since Windows 8 launched. You can download it here.Start8用一起十分不俗，五美元是物有所值。Stardock公司宣告，自Windows 8公布之后，这款软件下载量早已超过500万次。

页面这里iTunes。PokkiPokki插件If Start8 recreates the traditional Windows Start Menu, Pokki aims to modernize it. The free product, from a company called SweetLabs, does restore the Start Menu, but with an updated look and feel, as well as a built-in app store.如果说Start8重现了传统的Windows开始菜单，那么Pokki就是把开始菜单改版了。这款免费软件由一家叫SweetLabs的公司发售，不但完全恢复了开始菜单，还重新加入了改版的外观和体验，并且内置了一个应用于商店。Pokki is a window that lists your program categories and recently used apps on the left, and favorite apps in a series of panels on the right. These right-hand panels, which you can flip through, resemble the screen of a smartphone or tablet, with apps represented by icons.Pokki通过一个窗口，在左侧表明你的软件类型以及最近关上软件，右侧以系列面板表明你最喜欢的应用于。

右侧的面板可以翻看，应用于以图标表明，很看起来智能手机或平板的屏幕。The left-hand side is a list, with major categories for Favorites (the smartphone-type view), All Apps, and the Control Panel items.左侧则是一个列表，可以表明最爱人软件(智能手机风格界面)、所有应用于以及控制面板中的项目。

Theres also an app store, which was Pokkis main business before Windows 8 came along and opened the Start Menu opportunity. The apps Pokki offers are all free and many are like Web apps with the browser interface removed. I downloaded YouTube and Gmail, which behaved exactly as they did in a browser. Pokki hopes to make money from app developers.这个软件还内置了一个应用于商店，在Window 8带给完全恢复开始菜单的市场需求之前，这是Pokki的主要业务。Pokki获取的应用于都是免费的，很多就看起来去除了浏览器界面的网页应用于。我iTunes了YouTube和Gmail应用于，运营一起几乎跟在浏览器中运营一样。

Pokki期望从应用于开发商那里提供营收。When first installed, Pokki advertises its apps at the bottom of the Start Menu, but you can turn this off. You cant, however, turn off the icon for the Pokki app store itself, though you can move it. Apps you buy from Pokki are automatically pinned to the taskbar, though you can unpin them.首度加装时，Pokki不会在开始菜单底部引荐应用于，但你可以重开引荐广告。不过，你无法重开Pokki应用于商店的图标，但可以将其展开移动。你从Pokki出售的应用于不会自动相同到任务栏，你也可以中止相同。

Pokki also has a smartphone-like notification system, that, in my tests, listed new messages in the Gmail app.Pokki还有类似于智能手机的通报系统，在我的测试中，不会所列Gmail应用于中的新邮件。Like Start8, Pokki also allows you to boot directly into the desktop, skipping the Start Screen. You can set the Windows key to open Pokki, not the Start Screen.和Start8一样，Pokki也可以让你必要开机转入桌面，跳过开始屏幕。你可以把Windows按键设置为启动Pokki，而不是开始屏幕。

To get quickly to the Start Screen, Pokki has an icon at the lower left. You can download Pokki here. The company says the product has been downloaded three million times since Windows 8 launched.为了很快转入开始屏幕，Pokki在左下方设置了一个图标。页面这里iTunes。SweetLabs公司回应， Windows 8发售之后这款软件的下载量早已超过300万次。

Bottom line: Whatever Microsoft does or doesnt do later this year, you can get back your Start Menu and desktop supremacy in Windows 8, right now, with these utilities.结论：无论微软公司今年晚些时候否完全恢复开始菜单，现在你就可以通过这些工具，在Windows 8上返回开始菜单和桌面模式。

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