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#Start orb windows 10 windows 7
Microsoft, however, still refers to the button at the base of the Start menu as the “Start button” in both its online documentation and within Windows 7 itself. (He still refers to the mystery switch as the “Start Button” in both his books, Windows Vista Secrets and Windows 7 Secrets.) Even Paul Thurrott began calling it an Orb in his review of Windows Vista from November 16, 2006. And many folks on the Internet call the button a Start Orb. The continued reference to the now non-existent “Start” button fails to recognize an important and long overdue change.Ī: An “Orb,” eh? Well, the button is spherical. The Orb is a launch icon that provides access to Windows’ programs and features. As I understand it, the term “Start button” was changed in Vista (and continues in Windows 7), and the button is now called the “Orb.” That’s one reason why the word “Start” no longer appears on the icon. Q: Your book, Windows 7 For Dummies, uses the term “Start” button for the button that launches the Start menu.
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