On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 15:36:26 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 2015-09-17 15:28, Char Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 14:50:02 -0400, Wolf K wrote:

On 2015-09-17 14:18, Char Jackson wrote:
On Thu, 17 Sep 2015 12:32:41 -0400, knuttle
wrote:

On 9/17/2015 9:21 AM, Snuffy "Hub Cap" McKinney wrote:
Can anyone recommend a way to put the following Win 2000 style links on the Win 8 desktop? I'm having a heck of time finding anything on the computer with Win 8 interface.

1. Win2000 style Windows Explorer that opens in the "old" format --- panel listing drives on the left with folders/files on the right.

2. Win2000 style Start Menu -- with links to programs, settings, search, run


First upgrade Windows 8 to Windows 8.1 There is a world of difference
between Windows 8 and Windows 8.1. Windows 8 is hardly useable, Windows
8.1 is a evolutionary change from Windows XP and 7 and I find very
useable.

I find nearly zero difference between 8.0 and 8.1.

Finally while it is not like Windows 7, I find that with all of the
programs I use pinned to the taskbar, and the Start menu I am quite
comfortable using Windows 8.1. The nice thing about the Windows 8.1
start Screen is that I can see it without my glasses, and I do not have
to fight the horrible collapsing menus that has been a trade mark of
Windows since the beginning.

I never had a problem with the "horrible collapsing menus" and haven't heard
reports from others regarding that aspect. That issue could be (mostly)
limited to your setup.

When you mouse to expand a menu but don't click, moving the pointer to a
menu item will often collapse the menu.

I've never seen that unless you accidentally move the mouse pointer to an
adjacent menu branch, even temporarily. Then, yes, of course the menu
collapses, as it should.

Otherwise, I've never seen the menu collapse on its own and haven't heard
anyone else mention it. Are you seeing different behavior?

Since I made it a habit to click on each menu/submenu item, there have
been nor more collapses. But it could also a bug fix (Win 8.1.)

Interstitial clicking (is that a thing?) might help Keith, as well, since it
would force him to stay on the current menu branch, at least during the
click event. In between those intermediate clicks, though, he could still
let the mouse pointer wander away, causing the menu to collapse again.