I have been a big advocate of Ex7For8 to restore the traditional Win7 Orb Start Menu, and up until recently it had been OK. But after installing a batch of recent updates, on start up it takes about 30 seconds after the desktop appears before any apps can be run. And when I click on an app/program it takes another 30 seconds to open it.
Once any given app/program has been opened once, it re-opens next time at normal speed. This only happens when boot is straight to desktop which is running Windows 7 Explorer shell. If boot is to Metro, all apps/programs open instantly. So it seems Ex7For8 has run it's course of usefulness.
Is there a consensus of opinion as to which is the best restoration start menu, and which one most most closely resembles the original Win7 Orb Start Menu?
Or are there as many preferences as there are alternative start menus?
I'm currently running StartIsBack in trial mode and it seems to have fixed the problem.
What I want to know is if this is running Explorer 7 or 8?
And has anyone encountered problems with it?
And how much it costs after the trial runs out?
Once any given app/program has been opened once, it re-opens next time at normal speed. This only happens when boot is straight to desktop which is running Windows 7 Explorer shell. If boot is to Metro, all apps/programs open instantly. So it seems Ex7For8 has run it's course of usefulness.
Is there a consensus of opinion as to which is the best restoration start menu, and which one most most closely resembles the original Win7 Orb Start Menu?
Or are there as many preferences as there are alternative start menus?
I'm currently running StartIsBack in trial mode and it seems to have fixed the problem.
What I want to know is if this is running Explorer 7 or 8?
And has anyone encountered problems with it?
And how much it costs after the trial runs out?
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Ult Reatil & Win 8 Pro OEM
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Built as DIY
- CPU
- 6 core 12 thread & 4 core
- Motherboard
- Inel Extreme & Intel standard
- Memory
- 12GB & 8GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- 3 top end SLI linked & onboard
- Sound Card
- In built in graphics card & onboard
- Monitor(s) Displays
- 24 & 23 inch Samsung LED backlit
- Screen Resolution
- High def
- Hard Drives
- Corsair Force 128GB SATA3 SSDs in each machine. Plus several external USB3 and eSATA spinner HDs