Start10 Alternatives

Classic Shell

Classic Shell is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it. The main features are: Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs Find programs, settings, files and documents Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.

Features:

• Customizable
• Change Start Button
• Multiple languages
• System Tweaker

Open Shell

Open Shell is a fork of Originally Classic Shell by Ivo Beltchev. Flexible start menu that can mimic the menu behavior of Windows 2000, XP and Windows 7 and compatible with all recent versions of Windows 10 and previous versions of Windows. Advanced features: •Choose between “Classic” and “Windows 7” styles. •Drag and drop to let you organize your applications. •Options to show Favorites, expand Control Panel, etc. •Shows recently used documents.

Features:

• Change Start Button
• System Tweaker
• Support for Themes

Pokki

Pokki puts web-connected apps in your taskbar, so they're always only one click away. Welcome to the modern desktop.

Features:

• Program Launchers
• Launcher

Power8

The start menu replacer for Win8, styled and integrated inside taskbar. Designed for Windows8 (v.1.0.1 tested under RTM 9200), works under XP SP3 and Se7en SP1 as well. Benefits: No system files patching; No hooks over system objects; No app-init DLLs; No additional services, drivers, etc; No trash in registry; No installation - just unpack and launch; Small, fast and powerful; Open-source;

Features:

• Launcher
• Multiple languages

Start Menu Reviver

Start Menu Reviver offers an improved Start Menu for Windows 8/7 that blends the traditional Start Menu functions with the Windows 8 design concept and provides quick access to all your desktop and Modern GUI (Metro) applications. Clicking on the newly added Start button will open a stylish Start Menu with touch friendly tiles for application shortcuts and quick access buttons to essential Windows features and settings.