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The best solution is for the an upcoming update to Start8 to include a feature where the user can decide whether to have one button in the taskbar (like today) or have two buttons, one for Windows8.1 Start and one for Start8 Start. Basically the Start8 button should become a pinable button like any other pinable icon/button. The current design of Start8 was logical and good for Windows 8, but Windows 8.1 changed things. So a change is due in the Start8.

I prefer (and maybe many others) that the two buttons are separate from each other. I use the Start8 button only for Start8 menu and nothing else. And I think that's how it should be. Anything that the new Windows8.1 button does, should be left to the Windows8.1 button. That's why I believe the two buttons should be separate from each other. At least, Start8 should provide option to have two buttons, so everyone will be happy. Some will configure with o

Another correction: far left is correct.

Correction: I meant far right, not far left.

How can I have both the Start8 icon (which opens the classic Start menu) as well as the new Windows 8.1 start icon (which opens the Metro start) to show up in the Desktop taskbar? I would like to have both icons, and not one or the other. Currently, if I want the Windows 8.1 icon, then I have uninstall the Start8. If I want Start8 icon then I can not have the Windows 8.1 icon. Why not allow both icons to live side by side. In the far left the Windows 8.1 start icon, and