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On Windows 8, the Windows 7-style traditional interface lives as an app called Desktop. Many legacy programs, and some advanced Windows configuration tools, will launch into the Desktop. It still has Charms and recent-apps bar access, though, so it's quite easy to jump between the two.
August 15, 2012 11:05 AM PDT
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