The Start Menu was a fast way to find and launch programs in previous versions of Windows. Microsoft killed it in Window 8. Partially that may be because you can pin apps to the Desktop taskbar ...

During installation, be sure to check the option to use Pokki as your Start menu. When that’s done, just head to the Windows 8 Desktop and you’ll see something that looks like an acorn where ...

a menu, or not at all–will be familiar to Windows 7 veterans. But you can also control whether to boot Windows 8 to the Start screen or the desktop, and which key brings up which environment.

Windows 8 removed the Start menu. Windows 8 removed the Start button ... among other common longstanding elements. The desktop was treated as its own “app” rather than the default screen.

This software not only restores the old Windows Start menu but also does a lot more ... and documents Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and Windows 11 Toolbar and ...

From here, you can quickly open Settings, Task Manager, Terminal, Desktop ... You can even go back to the Windows 8 style, full-screen Start menu, if you want. ExplorerPatcher is a free, open ...

A new wave of design experimentation has arrived, and Microsoft seems eager to use it as an excuse to rebuild everything from the ground up. It ...

Start Menu Reviver 2 is a touch-screen-friendly ... StartMenu8 will skip the Windows 8 Start screen and go straight to the Desktop, and disable Windows 8's hot corners. There's also the option ...

In Windows 8, Classic Shell adds the Start button back to a user’s desktop and provides the same classic customizable Start Menu it does in older Windows builds. Classic Shell is available as a ...