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So ' bad ass '? More like reeks like ass, download the Windows 10 Preview and see for yourself... Honestly tiling Metro/Modern applications on the Start Menu is functionally idiotic and inefficient; you end up having to move your mouse a mile, and have in essence the identical primitive mess that is the ' Start Screen ' in miniature -- i.e. all things that the Start Menu organizes heuristically is now a flat pile with only simplistic linear organization at

Cool Cool!

Apparently the new 8.1 'Start Button' is a hover affair that only appears when you hover in the lower right corner of the screen (in 'Desktop Mode') and has to receive a second click to toggle to the 'Start Screen' -- article here ... The thing looks to be roughly the same dimensions and aesthetic as used by Start8 now but will also overlap running and pinned apps on the Task Bar:</p

The reports appear to confirm the Windows 8.1 Desktop there will in fact offer a ' Start Button ' on the Task Bar, but it will be functionally identical to the current ' Hot Corner ' toggling you to the Modern UI i.e. no Start Menu functionality will be offered... So, while it appears there will in fact be a button, and there will be an option to auto-boot to the Desktop again this hardly supplants the raiso

Oh FFS how did I even miss that!? Thank you Neil, you guys have thought of everything! [e digicons]:D[/e]

I just did a Windows 8 re-installation, and previously I had a root level shortcut in the Start8 menu that took me to the Metro/Modner interface that isn't present or hasn't appeared in this installation. Can anyone offer how to recreate this shortcut?

What started out as a good application has gotten even better with updates; the level of high quality form that follows function and polish applied to ModernMix™ shouldn't surprise as it was I believe Stardock that originally designed the Windows Compositer that led to theming and Aero in Windows NT 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1... While Microsoft appears to have applied considerable code to the work in this latest incarnation of a Desktop Compositer; Stardock's latest success is another t

I'm a registered (paying) Start8 Customer, and I'm getting a 'maximum activations used' message: What's the maximum? Is that it, a few Windows reinstallations and my license is not good anymore? [e digicons]:omg:[/e]

My ' pet wish ' application for Windows 8 that's along the lines of the sort of thing Stardock does best would be a more fully functional TWM or Tiling Window Manager for the Metro/Modern/NCI interface. While Microsoft has set app standards for the limited two application split at roughly 33:66, this was developed for low resolution hand held and tablet displays; on the desktop with larger screens a

I'm wondering if there's a a way to back-up the Start8 configuration once a User has everything they way they want it? It appears that at least some of the settings are saved under the Windows Registry Key: [code="RegistryKey"]HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock[/code] Though it doesn't appear everything is there... It would be slick to have a simple ' export settings ' feature similar to Classic Start which saves to XML, but in Sta

Four out of five OEM's feel Start8 KILLROSCO is needed! [e digicons]^_^[/e]

Thanks Neil that works like a charm! Are there any other command line parameters that invoke other Start8 features, behaviors or... Easter Eggs? [e digicons]:thumbsup:[/e]

In exploring Start8's utility in the NT 6.2 Server 2012 environment I've discovered that while it appears well behaved run as a portable app sans installer and Windows Service, it will not exit cleanly when closed or killed with the Task Manager or 'taskkill'... In the app or one of it's libraries appears to remain hung in memory though no longer is displayed in the Windows Task Manager o

I'd like to vet such an option, then hire me and I can sell it! There's a considerable market that will exclusively use Sever 2012 that includes not just the obvious Enterprise Sever deployments, but Students, Developers, and Media Production where Server 2012 is deployed as a Workstation -- as well as other ' mission critical ' Workstation deployments; it is for this reason the '<em

Well for the Server OS speed of starting Start8 will almost never be a consideration; in fact being able to start and stop it manually will often be preferred or even required. Will Start8 run correctly if the "Start8Srv.exe" is disabled or even uninstalled? As to a leaner approach to a faster start to make the application more like a functional part of the boot environment for desktop systems; there are several “auto-start&rdqu

Why exactly would you need a Windows Service to start an application? If you need to automate this both Windows 8 and Server 2012 offers a slew of more secure native methods to automate launching the application... [e digicons]8|[/e]

If Start8 like other Start Menu alternatives for Windows NT 6.2 is using the " Start8Srv.exe " Windows Service primarily to 'auto switch' to the Desktop; it would be preferable to have an alternative run Start8 without this Windows Service as the Sever iteration of NT 6.2 already incorporates a faster native method for auto-loading the Desktop which is enabled in the Windows Registry Key "<s

I'm a paid/registered Start8 User/Owner -- bought version 0.95 two days ago, today when I hit the "Check for update..." button in the "Stardock Start8 Configuration" dialog I was taken to this URL which gives me the opportunity to 'upgrade' my 'expired' beta: <img style="vertical-align: middle; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" src="http://i45.tinypic.