How does the Windows 8.1 Start Button work? Microsoft will be only changing the Start “tip” or Power Menu or WinX Menu to the familiar Windows logo.

Microsoft Windows 8.1 Features Detailed: Start Button Revival and App Improvements Coming Microsoft details the changes coming to Windows.

A number of notable upgrades are coming with Windows 8.1, including the return of the iconic Start button.

The Windows logo button handles window and application management, the eyeball-looking menu is an app launcher, and the question mark menu handles Help and file searches.

In Windows 8, the button is a miniature thumbnail depiction of the Start screen. In 8.1, it will simply be the Windows logo.

Windows 8: Revolution or disaster? How to get the old start menu back in Windows 8 Third-party developers responded quickly, offering apps to restore the Start button and Start menu.

Windows 7 Start Button Changer (W7SBC) is a stand-alone and portable application. Unzip it, run the application, and click on "Select & Change Start Button" to swap your icons.

With Windows Blue, aka Windows 8.1, Microsoft is reintroducing a Start button and adding a boot-straight-to-desktop option. Here's how these may work.

Going away? The Start Button as it appears in the lower left of the traditional desktop view in the public Windows 8 Developer Preview.

Most internal builds of Windows 8.1 do not include the Start button or boot to desktop options, but Microsoft is said to be planning how to add these into the operating system.

After that, the Windows 8.1 start button simply disappears and the Pokki "start button" sits in its place. Pokki also has other features I like.

Windows 11, due out later this year, is full of new features, including a new Start menu that's been moved to the center and a Microsoft Store with Android apps.