Users can still switch to a more traditional desktop mode by clicking on an icon, but the environment lacks the start menu button offered since Windows 95.

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Brings back the Start Button and Start Menu with more functionality and customizability.

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RetroUI Pro allows you to brings back features which Microsoft removed in Windows 8, such as the Start Button and Start Menu, and adds RetroUI exclusive features that allow you to run the new Windows 8 Start Screen and new Windows 8 Apps on the classic Windows desktop.

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As you probably know, there's no Start button, and the Start Menu is comprised of Windows Phone-esque Live Tiles.

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Navigation: The green Start button always brings you back to the Start menu from any location in your Portable Media Center.

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So, the Start button is back, but not the Start menu.

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