For example to start a CMD prompt elevated, you press the windows key, type CMD, move the mouse over CMD, right click, move the mouse way to the bottom of the screen and click to run it elevated.

Furthermore, again according to insider sources, Windows 8.2 will introduce a "traditional desktop" SKU that is optimized for mouse-and-keyboard Desktop users and resurrects the original Start menu.

In previous versions of Windows, the Start Menu was a fast way to find and launch programs . Microsoft killed it in Window 8, but if you're a fan of it, it's easy to get it back.

The new Start Menu was not popular, but it was revised with Windows 8.1. Windows 8 introduced numerous features that Windows 10 is better known for, like the Microsoft Store and UEFI.

Meanwhile, Windows 11 has gradually added a lot of touch gestures that make a bit more sense, but a lot of the UI still doesn't feel made for touchscreens, from the Start menu itself to File Explorer.

Pokki isn’t a flawless Start menu replacement, and it could use more hooks into the new Modern interface of Windows 8. I’d love a way to see Windows 8 notifications in the right pane, and to ...

For those who dislike the new Windows 8 Start screen, Walt Mossberg has tested two third party plug-ins that bring the traditional Start menu back to the Windows 8 desktop. (Photo: SweetLabs, Inc.) ...

Windows 8 Blue Poison unlocks additional features in Windows 8. Windows 8 Start Menu Toggle lets you toggle between the classic Start Menu screen and the Metro version.

Windows 8 is indeed, as many complain, two different operating systems with little in common. There’s the mobile-optimized Start screen and the more traditional Windows Desktop.

Our 2013 review of Windows 8.1 notes its “great compromise,” offering an (albeit hidden) way to bypass the controversial tiled Start menu and boot to the desktop directly.

Necessary refinements aside (such as restoring the Start button for desktop users, which happened in Windows 8.1), one could argue that Windows 8 was ahead of its time, or "too much and too soon ...