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Start8 logo Start8

Start8 returns the familiar Start menu to Microsoft's latest Windows 8 operating system.

Classic Start 8 logo Classic Start 8

Classic Start 8 gives you all the features and functionality of a traditional style start menu for use with Windows® 8. Unlike other start menu solutions for Windows® 8 Classic Start 8 is completely free software.
  • Start8 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-09-12
  • Classic Start 8 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-04-17

Start8 videos

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Start8 review (and the reason why Metro UI's name was changed)

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  • Review - Start8 review
  • Tutorial - How to get Start Menu back in Windows 8 with Stardock Start8 - Tutorial

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Start8 and Classic Start 8)

Start8

Classic Start 8

LMS
87 87%
LMS
13% 13
Note Taking
87 87%
Note Taking
13% 13
OS & Utilities
100 100%
OS & Utilities
0% 0
Bookmarks
51 51%
Bookmarks
49% 49

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What are some alternatives?

When comparing Start8 and Classic Start 8, you can also consider the following products

Classic Shell - Classic Shell was developed for Windows 8 since that was the first version of the popular operating system to forgo the iconic Start menu.

Start Menu X - Start Menu X with Start Button. Power users know how inconvenient and time-consuming it is to launch programs from the system menu.

Pokki - Window 8 Start Menu by Pokki. Get your Start menu back and more. “The Windows 8 Pokki Menu is a crowd-pleaser.” “restore the Start Menu, but with an updated look and feel”. “Pokki helps [Windows 8] a lot.

Open Shell - Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start...

StartIsBack - StartIsBack returns Windows 10 and Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. It's totally awesome and easy solution for your new Windows woes.

Start Button 8 - How to add a Start button to Windows 8? Just install Start Button 8!

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