Several third-party utilities can serve as Start menu replacements for Windows 8 users who aren't as keen on the new Start screen. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and trainer and a ...

With a similar style and function to the classic Windows 7 Start menu, Start Menu 8 is a superb Start menu replacement for Windows 8. Developed by IOBit, a creator of system utilities and security ...

With Windows 10 seemingly just around the corner, Microsoft plans to fix one of its most egregious mistakes with Windows 8: the missing Start menu. By now you may know the story, as the company has ...

If you miss the Start menu on Windows 8, try Classic Shell before spending a dime on commercial alternatives. You’ll probably want to stick with it. Windows 8 doesn’t have a Start button. If you don’t ...

This powerful free/donationware utility adds the features back to Windows 8 and 8.1 that Microsoft should never have taken out. Classic Shell isn’t a me-too Windows 8 fixer. This free utility’s first ...

In my article, "20 Windows 8 Tips," I suggested that if you miss the Start menu, you should restore it by installing a free software add-on. The resulting outrage surprised me. Apparently, I stomped ...

SAN FRANCISCO, DECEMBER 22 th, 2014 - IObit, the world-leading system utility provider, launched the Start Menu 8 v2.0 today, a brand new system tool that brings an advanced Windows style of start ...

The newest version of Parallels Desktop brings a Windows 7-style Start menu and button to Windows 8. If you have a Windows 8 virtual machine running on Parallels Desktop 9, you can change to a Windows ...