This covers the Start menu in Windows 7. For the Windows 10 Start screens, see Win10 abc's and Win10 Start menu. The Windows Start menu is the master index to everything in the computer.

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Otherwise, the Windows 7 Start menu is very much like the one in Vista. This is the big one. In 2012, Microsoft saw the potential in tablet devices after the popularity of the iPad and sought to ...