Customizing the Windows 8 "Start Menu" Winx menu

What is the biggest controversy about Windows 8 consumption preview? Believe that more than 99% of those who use it will choose "Cancel Start Menu and button" this change. Although many people would like to put the Start menu button back, but Microsoft seems to be iron heart to remove it, that will definitely not rejoin the Start menu button. Therefore, although the opposition is not small, but also can only accept this reality. But there is a saying in the West: God closes a door and opens a window, which corresponds to Windows 8: Microsoft took off the Start menu button, but also gave a different menu, the new menu is called "Winx menu."

Win8 newly added Winx menu

As for why this menu is called "Winx Menu", on the one hand the shortcut key to call it is "Windows + X", on the other hand the folder name of this menu is Winx.

The Winx menu commands are in these three folders.

Open the WIN8 installation disk under the user \ Login username \appdata\local\microsoft\windows\winx, you will see three folders, each folder has a number of command shortcuts, respectively, corresponding to the menu two lines divided three parts. Group1 is the desktop, Group2 is the Task Manager, Control Panel, resource manager, search and run, the rest of the program and functions, network connectivity, etc. are in Group3.

Since this menu is made up of folders and shortcuts, it's natural to think about modifying it, removing some shortcuts that you don't often use, or adding some other shortcuts.

Delete Shortcut

Simply, go to the folder and remove the shortcuts you don't need, and then restart Windows Explorer.

Note: Win8 allows users to directly restart Windows Explorer through Task Manager. To do this, start Task Manager from the Winx menu, locate Windows Explorer under the Process tab, right-click, and select Reboot.

Win8 can restart Explorer directly through task management