Stardock has announced the official release of Start10, an easy-to-use program that returns the Windows 10 Start menu to a more familiar look and feel.
As the press release reads, Windows 10 has brought back a Start menu, but the focus is heavily on apps, which are preloaded, pre-organized and viewed as tiles rather than in the simple list of programs in Windows 7. The Start menu is there, but consumers may feel the brunt of this app-focused layout. Start10 returns the familiar Start menu to Windows 10, and allows for additional look and feel customization with just a couple of clicks of a mouse.
Start10 also brings back folders. Currently, the Windows 10 Start menu lists all applications in alphabetic order, which can make the Start menu quite long. In previous versions of Windows, applications like Word, Excel and the other Office applications were found in the “Microsoft Office” folder on the Start menu. Start10 addresses this.
In Windows 10 the search bar has been taken out of the Start menu and placed on the task bar. Start10 allows you to have the search functionality back in your Start menu.
Start10 is currently priced at $4.99.
Stardock also noted that more Windows 10 products are on the way, so stay tuned for more!
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StartIsBack is much better and has been out for a while for Win 10.
Using it on 4 machines, 1 tablet, 2 laptops, 1 gaming rig.
In my opinion, it’s not worth a news… This is a site about games.
As for Windows – I always adapted to new interfaces, I think it needs some time (in my case – not so long) to get used to them. I hate third party programs that must work in the background.
Both 8.1’s start screen and 10’s start menu aren’t bad for me.
exactly what this guys said!
Yes but for many many people start menu for win 8 especially are really bad! It might be a gaming site but news like this one for some people again, me for instance can be found interesting and helpful. Its not like we read an article about politics….
This is rather irrrelvant and has nothing to do with games.
You can pin a games to the start menu so technically it is related. Also Stardock do make games as well.
Oh come on.
I think there are too many conservatives. The old style is horrible. Some people are all about regress and they can’t even see it.
Yeah, the new application listing is pretty good, I don’t miss that old, clunky menu.
How many people took all those ugly big tiles off your start menu and made it look small and now its like Windows 2000. Still miss the old control panel option but hey i still do the same thing i did with 8 and i right click on the start menu. Who really needs big freaking boxes on the desktop instead of icons to open programs?
Exactly, this is a frikking joke, MS and their sh*tty tablet style crap they still tries to force us to :/
Is it to much to ask for a ordinary start meny that you can arange as you will, obviously it seem like that. Well thanks to guys like this we with a pc and not some f*cing tablet, can use a start meny as it should!
I couldn’t understand why they couldn’t give several options for the GUI itself like linux does and no i’m not a linux lover just saying. I’ll never fully understand Microsoft.
lol they want actual money for that…. hahaha con artists.
Because it isn’t
Nice to hear, big thanks for the news John!
Dont listen to those little crybabies, as news like this is good!
Keep up the good work mate 🙂