Stardock Start8 1.41
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!
Changes in 1.41:
Supports Windows 8.1 Update [April 2014]
Fix to allow clicking on section titles in search
Fix for issue with documents showing in most recent apps list
Fix to exclude desktop items from recent apps list-Fixed issue with touch to close on touch-enabled machines re-opening the menu
1.41 update to fix resource leak
SIZE: 6MB
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!
Changes in 1.41:
Supports Windows 8.1 Update [April 2014]
Fix to allow clicking on section titles in search
Fix for issue with documents showing in most recent apps list
Fix to exclude desktop items from recent apps list-Fixed issue with touch to close on touch-enabled machines re-opening the menu
1.41 update to fix resource leak
SIZE: 6MB
