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Start menu

The Start menu (called Start screen in Windows 8, 8.1, Server 2012, and Server 2012 R2) is a graphical user interface element that has been part of Microsoft Windows since Windows 95, providing a means of opening programs and performing other functions in the Windows shell. The Start menu, and the taskbar on which it appears, were created and named in…

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Microsoft Windows

Open-source operating systems

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Start menu

Nodes95
Edges94
Triples171
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.021053
Components1

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Start menu

Top relations

related to Windows Vista/7 · 24
Start menu → All Programs, Also, Classic, Control Panel, If, In Windows, In Windows Vista, Jump, Libraries, Most, Prior, R2, Run, Search, Since, Start, The, The Run, This, Unlike
related to Windows 8.x · 18
Start menu → Active Desktop, For, In Windows Mobile Standard, It, Microsoft, On Windows, Pinned, Start, The, The Start, This, True, Uninstall, Windows, Windows Mobile, Windows Neptune, Windows Phone, Windows Server
related to Location on disk · 17
Start menu → All Users, In Windows, In Windows NT, In Windows Vista, Microsoft, One, Profiles, Programs, R2, Start, The, These, Users, Windows, Windows NT, Windows Server, Windows XP
related to Windows 10 · 17
Start menu → All, Applications, As, Choose, Downloads, File Explorer, It, Music, Pictures, Settings, Some, Start, Tablet, The, The Start, Windows, Windows Store
related to Windows XP · 17
Start menu → Commonly, Computer, Desktop, My Documents, My Music, My Pictures, Network, Network Neighborhood, Start, The, The Start, This, Users, When, Windows, Windows Server, Windows XP
related to Further reading · 15
Start menu → An, Association, Case Study, Computing Machinery, Inc, Kent, Patent, Start, Sullivan, Taskbar, The Windows, UI, Usability Engineering, User Interface, Windows
related to Windows 11 · 14
Start menu → All, An, Android, Category, Grid, In, List, Pinned, Recommended, Start, The, The Pinned, Widgets, Windows
related to Start button · 13
Start menu → Boot Camp, Command, Ctrl, Esc, Mac, On, R2, Start, The Start, Win, Windows, Windows Server, With
related to Windows 95–Me · 11
Start menu → Apple, Being, It, Mac OS, MDI, Program Manager, Start, The, The Start, Windows, Windows NT
related to Microsoft Windows · 7
Start menu → In Microsoft Windows, Start, Windows, Windows CE, Windows Mobile, Windows NT, Windows Phone

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Downloadsinstance ofand additional links to folders0.80text
Picturesinstance ofand additional links to folders0.80text
and Musicinstance ofand additional links to folders0.80text
can be added through Settingsinstance ofand additional links to folders0.80text
Start menurelated to Further readingSullivan0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingKent0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingThe Windows0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingUser Interface0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingCase Study0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingUsability Engineering0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingAssociation0.60section
Start menurelated to Further readingComputing Machinery0.60section

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