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Techradar posted a news and rumors roundup for Windows 8.2



Clicking the Start icon simply takes you to the Metro Start screen. You need to right-click the icon to bring up a Start Menu, with more familiar quick links to Task Manager, Control Panel and Shut Down. Even this menu isn't strictly new: it's hidden in Windows 8 (press and hold the Windows key and press X to open it).

Windows 8.2 could make the Start Menu easier to access and it would be an ideal opportunity to improve the discoverability of other useful options that are currently buried in sub-menus - "boot to desktop" being one, the option to shut down your PC another.

While Microsoft is at it, Windows 8.2 should reinstate Libraries in File Explorer, which don't show by default. Yes, you can turn them back on. But again, the option isn't easy to find. Microsoft's fondness for labyrinthine menu structures is frustrating, especially for inexperienced users.
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