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+1  Q: 

What is the name of the Windows System Menu button?

What is the name of the Windows System Menu button?

I am talling about the round glass-orb looking object (on a Windows 7 operating system) that appears in the lower left of the screen -- usually -- that you can click on to see the menu selection of programs on your compter.

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I believe it is called "Start Menu"

VoodooChild  2010-05-31 21:03:58
+1  A: 

The button is called the Start Button, and the menu is called the Start Menu. It hasn't changed its name since it was introduced with Windows 95.

Michael Madsen  2010-05-31 21:04:14
how do you add web links in your answer?
VoodooChild  2010-05-31 21:06:38
@VoodooChild: see the formatting hints, on the right side of the screen as you're editing a question or answer. Or go here: [Editing help](http://stackoverflow.com/editing-help)
Michael Petrotta  2010-05-31 21:13:51
@VoodooChild There's a Hyperlink button on the edit toolbar (Ctrl+L), or the markdown syntax is defined at http://stackoverflow.com/editing-help ... but perhaps (I don't know) users need some minimum reputation to be allowed to create hyperlinks.
ChrisW  2010-05-31 21:16:01
Thank you guys!
VoodooChild  2010-05-31 21:26:55
The new round button in Vista and 7 was often referred to by MS people as "the pearl" to distinguish it from a button with the word START written on it. I prefer to call it "the marble" because it looks like one. But I agree that "Start button" is the real name.
Kate Gregory  2010-05-31 22:34:30
A: 

"Start Menu" same as it has always been

dan  2010-05-31 21:26:23

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