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  • How to get the Windows Start Menu back on Windows 8

 #21768  by Angel
 04 Mar 2012, 16:01
How to get the Windows Start Menu back on Windows 8

It came as a huge surprise to everyone when Microsoft earlier this month released their new Windows 8 Consumer Edition that it came with no windows start menu and no start orb. Apparently a Microsoft direcetor wanted to take Windows in a different direction. Microsoft's vision is that all desktop computing will one day be touchscreen, sadly most people who already own a desktop computer won't be ready to migrate to a touch screen anytime soon. So the radical decision has been made to remove the windows start menu and replace it with what looks like the new Microsoft Xbox dash board, a decison that has annoyed many Windows users to say the least.

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Fortunately over the last few days I've been working hard to make a version of ViStart that would be more compatible with Windows 8. Now it's here, a version of ViStart that restores the windows start menu and doesn't overlap the existing items on the Windows taskbar. So now users can enjoy a fully functional start menu on Windows 8. You can download ViStart using this LINK.

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And then you are finished. Enjoy having the old windows start menu back.

Source: LeeSoft


NOTE:
Watch out for the "extra crap" that wants to be installed. Uncheck everything!
 #23357  by Animeware
 14 Aug 2012, 22:29
there is a better method read this
Code: Select allhttp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/
Last edited by Shaneee on 14 Aug 2012, 23:03, edited 1 time in total. Reason: Links Coded
 #23589  by Angel
 21 Sep 2012, 18:10
Animeware » Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:29 pm wrote:there is a better method read this
Code: Select allhttp://www.msfn.org/board/topic/157302-windows-7-explorer-for-windows-8/


It's a stupid method IMO. Why replace the explorer of the newer and supposedly better Win8 with the legacy shell of Win7. (I do remember putting the Win95 explorer into Win98 to speed it up a bit :lau1: ). At least with Vistart and ClassicShell you get all the *benefits* of Win8 explorer.
 #24022  by billb61
 27 Oct 2012, 14:54
windows have got it very wrong as per vista with windows 8 the metro screen is ok if you have a touch screen but as for many users who dont its a totally confusing and long way round to getting to all your different apps and programs