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		<title>Remove The Windows Start Button</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:45:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Martin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Windows]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Users who like total desktop conversions might seek methods of removing standard Windows elements like the Windows Start Button to maximize screen estate. Not everyone would want to give up on the Windows Start Menu but someone who is working with an application launcher like Launchy would probably not miss it at all.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Users who like total desktop conversions might seek methods of removing standard Windows elements like the Windows Start Button to maximize screen estate. Not everyone would want to give up on the Windows Start Menu but someone who is working with an application launcher like Launchy would probably not miss it at all.</p>
<p>But even those users who rely on the Windows Start Menu won&#8217;t have that many difficulties accommodating because Start Killer, the name of the application, removes the Start button only for the time it is running in the background. It furthermore provides keyboard shortcuts to display the Windows Start Menu even while running.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.tordex.com/startkiller/">Start Killer</a> will automatically remove the Windows Start Menu button from the Windows Taskbar once it is running. It works with every taskbar orientation possible which should make users happy who run the Windows Taskbar on the left or right side of the screen.</p>
<p><span id="more-8126"></span>Windows Taskbar:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/windows_taskbar-500x91.jpg" alt="" title="windows taskbar" width="500" height="91" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8128" /></p>
<p>Windows Taskbar with Start Killer running:</p>
<p><img src="http://www.ghacks.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/11/start_killer-500x80.jpg" alt="" title="start killer" width="500" height="80" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-8129" /></p>
<p>A few things need to be explained. The Windows Start Menu can be displayed with the keyboard shortcuts [Windows] or [CTRL+ESC]. That opens the Windows Start Menu at the usual position and hides it again once the user has finished the task at hand.</p>
<p>Start Killer adds an icon to the Windows System Tray which provides access to several settings after right-clicking it. The application can be set to load on system startup. It is furthermore possible to disable the System Tray icon in the options.</p>
<p>Computer memory usage of Start Killer is at the low end with about 2.5 Megabytes and barely any virtual memory.</p>

	Tags: <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/customize-windows/" title="customize windows" rel="tag">customize windows</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/start-button/" title="start button" rel="tag">start button</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/start-killer/" title="start killer" rel="tag">start killer</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/start-menu/" title="start-menu" rel="tag">start-menu</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-design/" title="windows design" rel="tag">windows design</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-software/" title="windows software" rel="tag">windows software</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-start-menu/" title="windows start menu" rel="tag">windows start menu</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-taskbar/" title="windows taskbar" rel="tag">windows taskbar</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-themes/" title="windows themes" rel="tag">windows themes</a>, <a href="http://www.ghacks.net/tag/windows-total-conversions/" title="windows total conversions" rel="tag">windows total conversions</a><br />

	<h4>Related posts</h4>
	<ul class="st-related-posts">
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	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2008/11/14/start-menu-replacement-open-menu/" title="Start Menu Replacement Open Menu+ (November 14, 2008)">Start Menu Replacement Open Menu+</a> (2)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/10/remove-broken-shortcuts-from-the-windows-start-menu/" title="Remove Broken Shortcuts From The Windows Start Menu (June 10, 2009)">Remove Broken Shortcuts From The Windows Start Menu</a> (3)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/05/21/windows-themes-patcher/" title="Windows Themes Patcher (May 21, 2009)">Windows Themes Patcher</a> (4)</li>
	<li><a href="http://www.ghacks.net/2009/06/05/windows-taskbar-software-taskix/" title="Windows Taskbar Software Taskix (June 5, 2009)">Windows Taskbar Software Taskix</a> (4)</li>
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