Bring back the Windows Start menu with Start8. Start8 returns the same Windows 7-style Start menu you have depended upon, while adding enhancements just for Windows 8. Quickly access your applications, devices, music, videos and documents the way you always have with Start 8. Features include a Windows 7-style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements; Search for Windows 8-style (Modern UI) apps; Pin desktop and Metro apps; Boot directly to the Windows 8 desktop; Make the Windows 8 Start screen accessible from the Start menu; Jump List support; Unified Search for apps, settings and files; One click access to shut down, devices, music, documents, and videos. In addition to that, it offers Configurable Start menu size; Clean, streamlined UI; Option to disable the desktop Windows 8 "hot spots"; Changing of "Start" button, and a lot more!
What's new in 1.16:
Fixes for inconsistencies with right Windows key handling
Resolved blank share with menu and open with menu not showing all the right items (Open With issue)
Resolved a problem with jump lists and having a file in the list that was on a network location which was not avail
Resolved a problem with search where very rapid searches that only produced results in the files section would show no files found sometimes
Start8Tweak updated with setting to tell Start8 not to search inside files for content
Homepage - stardock.com
