Windows 8.1 Start button makes cameo in Server 2012 R2 Preview

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/06/windows81startbutton01.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/25/windows-8-1-start-button-makes-cameo-in-server-2012-r2-preview/)It's back! Yes, what you're looking at above is the Start button (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Startbutton/) (plus matching options) that's been rumored (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/29/leaked-windows-8-1-build-points-to-the-start-button-return/) to return with Windows 8.1 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/05/30/microsoft-windows-8-1-unveiled/) (formerly "Blue"). Yesterday .NET developer Robert McLaws tweeted a series of screenshots of Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview (build 9431) which show the new Start button and a revised "Taskbar and Navigation properties" dialog -- among other things. Microsoft faced massive criticism last year after shipping Windows 8 without the Start button -- prompting third parties to create replacements (like Start8 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Start8/) and Classic Shell) -- so this is a welcome change. Stay tuned for Build 2013 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Build2013/) (the company's developer conference) which starts Wednesday in San Francisco -- we're likely to find out more about Windows 8.1 and the Start button in short order.

http://www.engadget.com/2013/06/25/windows-8-1-start-button-makes-cameo-in-server-2012-r2-preview/