A List Of Start Menu Replacements for Windows 8

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Power8:
power8 - Yet another Start menu replacer for Windows 8 - Google Project Hosting

StartMenu8:
IObit StartMenu8 Free download, Bring Start Menu back to Windows 8

Start Menu X:
Start Menu X

Classic Shell:
Welcome to Classic Shell

Spesoft Windows 8 Start Menu:
Free Windows 7 Start Menu for Windows 8

Taskbar Classic Start Menu:
Taskbar Classic Start Menu

ViStart:
Windows 8 Start Menu, Windows 7 Start Menu

BringBack 8:
The start menu for Windows 8. Back again!

Handy Start Menu:
Handy Start Menu: Makes Working with Your Start Menu Easier

Start Button 8:
Windows 8 Start Button

Pokki:
https://www.pokki.com/windows-8-start-menu

Win8StartButton:
Quadsoft Software Development

Windows 8 Start Menu:
Windows 8 Start Menu Application | Free Business & Enterprise software downloads at SourceForge.net

Tweaks.com Start for Windows 8:
Tweaks.com Start for Windows 8 - Restore Start Button

Start Button for Windows 8:
Restore Your Start Button on Windows 8 - Free and Easy to Use Tool

8StartButton:
https://www.totalidea.com/8startbutton/index.php

StartMenuPlus8:
StartMenuPlus8 Advanced Start Menu

Viva Start Menu:
Viva Start Menu for Windows 8 (Official Site)

Win8Starter:
Win8Starter - Copyright by Engelmann Media GmbH

Wentutu Start Menu for Windows 8:
Wentutu Start Menu for Windows 8

StartW8:
Start Menu for Windows 8

Classic Start 8:
http://www.classicstart8.com/

Start Menu Reviver:
Start Menu Reviver

PAID

Start8 (30-day trial):
Start8 for Windows® 8 - Bringing back the Windows Start menu

StartIsBack (30-day trial):
StartIsBack.com - real start menu in Windows 8

StartFinity:
StartFinity: the missing Start Menu for Windows 8

8StartButton:
https://www.totalidea.com/8startbutton/index.php

RetroUI Pro (7-day trial):
RetroUI by Thinix

Win8Starter:
Win8Starter - Copyright by Engelmann Media GmbH
 
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good idea this list, but it will good you put the title before the link, will be more easy to read


( I try RetroUi last night , nice concept , but piece of crap programming,)
 

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Titles of applications added!
 

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    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
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    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
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    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
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    Corsair 12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8 enterprise x64
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Pc-Quebec / Area 66
    CPU
    i7-3960X Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    Rampage IV Extreme
    Memory
    Gskill 4x4 GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    4 x HD 7970
    Sound Card
    onboard
    Screen Resolution
    2560*1600
    Hard Drives
    C:\Intel series 520 SSD , 250 GB
    D:\ WD 750 black with Intel 40gb SSD cache Intel RST
    E:\ WD 2TB Black
    PSU
    Corsair AX 1200
    Case
    TT Mozart TX
    Cooling
    Water Cooled
    Keyboard
    Logitech G-15
    Other Info
    Windows 8 VM is install on his own SSD.
There must be a lot of demand for these things.
 

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windows8startbutton.com seems to be based on Classic Shell from what the License page says. As is Viva Start Menu.

I agree with the first one you mentioned, but I can't find nothing about ViStart being based on CS anywhere on the site, I may be missing it somehow.

He means Viva Start Menu for Windows 8 (Official Site), not ViStart. I tried Viva and it looks like aside from the changed button image and the name of the exe/dll, it is stock Classic Shell.

Edit: Correction - looks like it also installs an extra shortcut that switches to the start screen (similar to the one in Start8). Maybe I should add this as a built-in feature of Classic Shell.
 

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Added Viva Start Menu.
 

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
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    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
Classic Shell always has Shift+click or Shift+Win. :party:
 
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Added Win8Starter.
 

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    Corsair 12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
Could also be a helpful idea to split them into free and purchased?
 

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    Windows 8.1
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My Computer

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
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    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
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    Corsair 12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
Taskbar Classic Start Menu: changed the link to their new site.
 

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    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
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    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
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    Corsair 12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
Added Wentutu Start Menu for Windows 8.
 

My Computer

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  • OS
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
    CPU
    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
    Motherboard
    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
    Memory
    Corsair 12GB
    Graphics Card(s)
    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
Nice list, didn't know there where so many. I'm using start8 and love it because it looks identical (when using a custom VS) and works just like the one in windows 7. Also has a decent amount of options and so far I didn't encounter any bugs.
start.jpg

If anyone is interested the VS is Nite Smooth by =neiio on deviantART
 

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Added StartW8.

On a side note, if anything deserves to be a pinned topic, this is it.
 

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    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
StartIsBack was flagged by my Antivirus and was removed.....
 

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StartIsBack was flagged by my Antivirus and was removed.....

It's a false-positive, but you shouldn't be letting us know, you should be contacting the developer and letting him know!
 

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    Intel Core i7 965 Extreme Edition
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    ASUS ROG Rampage II Extreme
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    Sapphire Radeon HD 4870 X2
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Samsung 245T
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1200
    Hard Drives
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB
    Western Digital external 1TB
I did. Besides others may want to know.....
 

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