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How to get the start menu back on Windows 8 or 8.1?

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Hey there. If you recently upgraded to Windows 8 or Windows 8.1 from Win 7 or XP, then you might feel a little uncomfortable with the new tiled interface of start menu. To some people it's just but a bad headache. If you belong to that group, it is the right place to find yourself the accurate pain killer. Unlike pain killers this won't harm you at all (just kidding). Anyway back to the track. Recently Microsoft announced that they are bringing their old folk - the start menu back, in the upcoming updates. That should be great news for you guys. But until they unfold their stuff, let's go make some tweaks by ourselves & get it back. And this post is all about getting back the start menu (the old one, you know) in Windows 8 or 8.1. So let's get the party started.

You're gonna need:

  • Windows 8/8.1
  • Some third party software (I'll tell you what).

Time for the crunch:

There are several awesome software (few of them come free of cost), which will help you to grab back the old classic list style start menu. Here I've collected some of them and made a catalogue for you. Download any of them, install it and boom! It's back. So here's the list:

  1. Classic Shell:  It is really an awesome free tool to get back the old look. You can nicely personalize it according to your needs. You can tweak it to make it look like Windows 7 or XP. In addition to all of those it is open source software.
  2. Start 8: Start 8 is a fantastic way to grab the old start menu out of win 8. Many popular sites like Lifehack recommends this great app. The only thing that keep it back is it's price, though this nice tool worth more than it's cost i.e. $5.
  3. StartMenu8: It's just another simple yet tremendous tool to accomplish our mission. Moreover it comes for free of cost. But as far as our observation it's a little obscure. So you may avoid it.
  4. ViStart 8: It's another magnificent app to make start menu visible again. It's a handy tool and comes completely for free.
You can choose any of those and get back your old-school awesome start menu. That's all for today. Go celebrate your new user interface. Anyway, if you know any other great tools, please comment your suggestions bellow. Peace.

Cover Photo has been remixed from a photo by Viktor Hanace taken from PicJumbo. 
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  1. Rebeca4/05/2014

    thanks man..! I was annoyed with the tiled one.

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  2. Niladri Chatterjee3/28/2015

    You're welcome..

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