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Windows 8 features an extensively redesigned "[[Metro (user interface)|Metro]]-style" user interface, optimized for touchscreens as well as mice and keyboards. A new "Start screen", similar to the one in [[Windows Phone 7]], includes live application tiles. The start screen replaces the Start menu, being triggered by the Start button or Windows key, and is also the first screen shown on startup. The user can go to the regular desktop by choosing the "Desktop" tile or a traditional desktop-based application. The Start screen also displays the user's name and picture.
 
Windows 8 provides a configurable taskbar in the tradditionaltraditional Windows desktop that spans multiple monitors. The [http://www.dual-monitor.biz/2011/09/14/windows-8-multi-monitor/ Multiple Monitor Taskbar] can be turned on and off and is used to display the minimized windows.
 
===Windows Explorer ===