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Charmas bar3/30/2023 You will too.įortunately, all of the controls that used to be accessible from the Charms Bar are still available in Windows 10 - they’re just in different places. I’d grown accustomed to it and found myself reaching for it on instinct. My first thought was “Good riddance!” But then, I discovered that I actually missed the Charms Bar. I couldn’t put my finger on it at first, but eventually, I realized that the Charms Bar was gone. The new Start Menu/Start Screen hybrid took up most of my attention, but I knew that something else had changed. Then, Windows 10 arrived on the scene, and the user interface again took some dramatic turns. By that time, I had primarily begun accessing the Charms Bar from the bottom right corner anyway. I still hated bumping into the Charms bar when I went to close a window. When Windows 8.1 came out and Microsoft began to de-emphasize the touch interface for desktop users, I eventually went to the Navigation tab of the new Taskbar and Navigation Properties dialog and disabled the upper right corner Charms access. To make a long story short, I began to depend on the Charms Bar for certain things. I also began to use the Charms Bar from within certain Windows Store apps to access and configure settings and other options. ![]() I even used it to access the new fangled Share feature. I used it from the desktop to access PC Settings and Search. Of course, from the desktop, I began to use it to access the Power button to shut down and restart Windows. I’m sure many of you reading this had the same experience with the Charms Bar when you first encountered it.Īs time went on, and I began using Windows 8 on a regular basis, I started using some of the features on the Charms Bar. Furthermore, it contained a weird set of icons that I wasn’t sure what to do with. ![]() It popped out when I moved my mouse over to the bottom right corner to go for the Show Desktop. It popped out when I moved my mouse over to the top right corner to go for the Close button on an application. Not only did it have a funky name, but it popped out when I was going to use other normal Windows user interface options. However, when I first began using Windows 8 back in September of 2011, I must admit that I found the Charms Bar pretty confusing. In Windows 8.1, the Charms Bar consists of a set of five icons - titled Search, Share, Start, Devices, and Settings - that provide you with access to a host of controls. ![]() Greg Shultz takes a look at where the controls that used to appear on the Charms Bar have gone in Windows 10. Say good-bye to the Charms Bar on the Windows 10 desktop
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