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November 19th, 2012, 22:01 GMT · By

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Windows 8 Start Menu App Sells Thousands of Copies

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A Start8 license can be purchased for just $5 Enlarge picture - A Start8 license can be purchased for just $5
The lack of a Start Menu in Windows 8 has turned Stardock’s Start8 application into a huge success now that Microsoft’s new operating system is generally available.

Start8 is a small Windows 8 application that brings back the utterly popular Start Menu back for only $5 (€3.5). Tens of thousands of copies have already been sold and Stardock expects to sell even more in the near future.

"We were having some success with word of mouth before the Windows 8 release, and since the release, the floodgates have been opened, and the demand is surprising even us," Kris Kwilas, Stardock's vice president of technology, told USA Today.

"It tells me that early adopters of Windows 8 feel there's something missing -- a comfort factor for how they want to use their PCs, vs. how Microsoft has decided for them how they should use their computers."

Of course, Stardock’s Start8 is also available on Softpedia, so you can use this link to download it right now. The app features many more tweaks, but you shall discover them all once you install it.

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Comment #1 by: Nate on 19 Nov 2012, 22:03 UTC reply to this comment

There is also this open source program as well:

http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/


Comment #2 by: Mircea on 19 Nov 2012, 22:18 UTC reply to this comment

I think Softpedia is advertising this program a little too much! Nearly every day I see an article or a mention to this software. There are free and better programs like this http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/ and I use my custom win 8 logo...


Comment #3 by: DAP on 20 Nov 2012, 00:26 UTC reply to this comment

Classic Shell - a scoureforge application - does all the above (and more) for FREE. See http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/index.html


Comment #4 by: Marie on 22 Nov 2012, 03:27 UTC reply to this comment

Classic Shell from SourceForge is excellent and I love that it is open-source. I am pleased with it! (no ads, no selling your info, etc.). I recommend this over Stardock.

I only had the free Win* preview on my desktop but with Win8 download from MS, the upgrade only cost me 39.00 (without a previous bought version on it). Windows for $39 - gotta luv it. I had to have it for work, but I still prefer Xubuntu. :)


Comment #5 by: Tom on 14 Jan 2013, 15:52 UTC reply to this comment

why pay for a start menu when it was free before????

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