{"id":51443,"date":"2015-07-28T01:52:55","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T01:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=51443"},"modified":"2015-07-30T18:34:48","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T18:34:48","slug":"uninstalling-programs-from-windows-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/uninstalling-programs-from-windows-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Uninstalling Programs from Windows 8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Windows 8 makes it easy to get rid of a program.–PC Pitstop<\/i><\/p>\n

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Uninstalling Programs from Windows 8<\/h4>\n

By Dave Taylor<\/p>\n

<\/strong>The Question: I tried Classic Shell Start Menu on my Windows 8 computer as you suggested [see: Add a start menu to Windows 8] and it\u2019s nice to have the Windows 7 start menu return. But\u2026 I want to just live in a Win8 world. How can I uninstall a program in Windows 8.1?
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Dave’s Answer: <\/strong><\/p>\n

Glad you found that having a start menu return on Windows 8 to be both useful and a barrier to full adoption of the Windows 8 experience. The thing about the jump from Win7 to Win8 is that it genuinely is a big jump in the user experience, but if you can just stick with it long enough to get the hang of the charms bar and start screen, it\u2019s really just as easy to use. In fact, with the considerably improved search system, I think it\u2019s easier to do things in Win8 than it ever was in previous versions of Microsoft Windows.<\/p>\n

I realize I might be in the minority with this opinion, however.
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As always with Windows 8 \/ 8.1, I\u2019ll accomplish the task by searching for what I want to accomplish:<\/p>\n

Article Continued Here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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