Start Menu 8 v1.1 available now
Bringing back the Windows® “Start” menu

The Best Start Menu Replacement for Windows 8

Start Menu 8 is specially designed for Window 8. It offers a perfect solution for users who work with Windows Start Menu all the time and are not accustomed to the new Metro start screen in Windows 8. This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu, and offers the option to skip Metro start page, allowing users who only work on desktop to boot to Windows 8 desktop directly. It’s the best start menu replacement for Windows8.

What's new

+ Added user manual
+ Added the option to press Win key to open Metro
+ Added MetroApps and Settings interface in the right pane of the Start menu
+ Added the option to display the number of recently used programs
+ Added Start menu icons
+ Optimized the style of Start menu button
+ Optimized the response of Start button
- Deleted the option to install Advanced SystemCare Ultimate
* Fixed general bugs

1. Send your Feedback

- E-mail us your suggestions or comments directly: beta-feedback@iobit.com
- Join discussion on our forums

The top 10 most valuable beta contributors will be given a Special Present. And their names will be printed in the StartMenu Final version.

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3. Download Free



Operating System:

Windows 8

Any other minimum requirements:
1GHz processor or faster processor
1GB (32bit)/ 2GB (64bit) of RAM
16GB (32bit)/ 20GB (64bit) of free hard disk space
DirectX9 graphics device with WDDM

4. Key Benefits

Get back to the frequently used programs easily.
Provide hotkeys activate and deactivate functions.
Provide multiple options for power button settings
Switch to Metro smoothly by one click.
FREE and award- winning customer support for all users.

5. Functions:

Improved Support for Windows 8
"Small font & Large font" function
Access to the usually used applications
"Deactivate hotkeys” when full-screen task is detected
Fast "Switch to Metro" function
Provide Multiple options for "Power button settings"
Provide "Search" Function
Provide multiple options for “Power” button
Added multiple language files
Improved user interface
Improved "Settings"

6. Screenshot






7. Help us translate

Please download StartMenu8 Language.lng firstly.

Please help us translate both of them via following method:
- Open the '.lng' file with Windows "NotePad" or any other text editors. And you can translate these English words into your own language now.
- All you need to do is translating the words to the right of “=”. Note: Please Do not translate "%s", "%d", "<a>%s</a>" or "<a>%d</a>".
- Please strictly follow the format. Please send you translations to beta-feedback@iobit.com
(edit: We should not allow downloads of translations to be attached. They should be vetted by you prior to posting them. This would be a great avenue for malware.)

Thanks -so- much in advance!

threeone, is this the same app, or a different one? I don't want to get the wrong one, & this one looks a lot different from the one here.

Windows 8 Start Menu

Cat

Hi Cat,

Thanks for attention. No, they are different apps. This StartMenu8 is developed by IObit, a top software vender. StartMenu8 Beta available soon. I will post once download available.

Thanks for making this clear, threeone. I'll wait for the one pictured above. IObit is a top software vendor, they also have some security apps.

The other wasn't really that much different from Start Menu 7, the first one that I tried. It didn't stay on my OS for long.

Cat

startmenuX and startbuttonX are similar, I have them and love them.

Thanks for your program, I hope that it will be even better (the one pictured above is missing) and I was wondering whether it will ever be free or will be paid version?

So far, so good! Seems that I'm on Windows 7, this is an good alternative for those wanting a Start Menu. Now we have another option. Will continue to use it to view it's progress.

I also realize this is still in Beta, Sleep puts the PC in a deeper one than the same in 7 does. More like Hibernation, but that's OK. My wife & I share the same mouse pad, for another week or so. Every time she uses her notebook, she manages to wake up my PC by bumping my mouse, or moving it out of her way. This type of sleep prevents this.

A decent app for an unfinished one. Hopefully MS won't sue for copyright infringement.

Cat

also startbuttoX and startmenuX, more or less the same result, happily working since shortly after win8 DP was released on my system.

Russian language

edited out Russian Language version.

Edit: Please send feedback to threeone using the link provided in Post #1. Do not add attachments with other languages here. Thanks. Ted

Thanks, i use it, and I advice to other !

But if we modify the "ressources" folder nothings appear ...
also, i d'ont very understand the tip with the language file ^^

Sorry, I'm french