Near final build of Start8 released, gives you the Start button in Windows 8

Ron Email @ronwinbeta Aug 29th, 2012 in Latest news

The folks over at Stardock have released a near-final build of Start8, which is a cool utility that adds the Start button back to the Windows 8 desktop. Not only that, but Start8 also provides a fully functional post-Windows 7 style Start menu!

So whats new in this near-final build of Start8?

Windows 7 style Start menu with Windows 8 enhancements (Users can search for Windows 8-style (Metro) apps with it; Users can pin Metro apps to it; Full support for Jump Lists; Unified Search; Automatically matches color to the color of the taskbar)
Start button is now skinnable
Users can boot directly to the Windows 8 desktop
Optionally disable the desktop “hot spots”.
Fast access to shut down, devices, music, documents, videos
Supports WindowFX 5.1 startmenu animations (currently in beta)
The Windows 8 Start screen becomes accessible from the Start menu
Start menu size fully configurable
Adds option for WinKey to show fullscreen Metro desktop.

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