The Windows 8 and other failed Microsoft products thread - Windows 8 "relaunches" Feb

[Kirby_422]

Out of all the startmenu hacks I've seen, I personally like the hack to use the Windows 7 Explorer.exe in W8.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/35189-Windows-7-explorer-for-Windows-8

It allows each user to choose which explorer they use. When using the W7 explorer, you don't have any of the Metro/ModernUI crap (unless you execute the W8 Explorer.exe)

I tried an older beta of Start8, but the fact that it tries to work alongside Metro/ModernUI rather than abolish it, I didn't like it. (My college has MSDNAA, so we've all had access to legitimate copies of the final build since forever. All of the fools that have upgraded not thinking about it, have been pleased with the W7 explorer hack. They really should of just used VMs like me trying to get a build that actually works ok.)

[jcap]

wait what WAIT WHAT THEY SERIOUSLY GOT THE W7 EXPLORER IN W8?

The problem is these hacks are still absolutely no excuse for Windows 8. You should never have to depend on third party tools to achieve basic function out of your computer.

In the case of Start8, it adds an extra peice of software to the machine which runs as a background process and becomes yet another liability requiring constant updates. It also doesn't help that it needs to be manually deployed and can't support the Windows group policies.

The W7 start menu hack for Windows 8 is a "better" long-term solution since it actually adds the code back, but since it alters the Windows 8 explorer, you will probably run into Windows Update issues. And it's even worse that this is a third party hack with no support.

[thehoodedsmack]

It's official. We don't know anything about computers anymore.

[§partan 8]

After reading 30 pages of this all I can say is just wow.

[Amit]

Out of all the startmenu hacks I've seen, I personally like the hack to use the Windows 7 Explorer.exe in W8.
http://forums.mydigitallife.info/threads/35189-Windows-7-explorer-for-Windows-8

It allows each user to choose which explorer they use. When using the W7 explorer, you don't have any of the Metro/ModernUI crap (unless you execute the W8 Explorer.exe)

I tried an older beta of Start8, but the fact that it tries to work alongside Metro/ModernUI rather than abolish it, I didn't like it. (My college has MSDNAA, so we've all had access to legitimate copies of the final build since forever. All of the fools that have upgraded not thinking about it, have been pleased with the W7 explorer hack. They really should of just used VMs like me trying to get a build that actually works ok.)

If you buy a PC from a big retailer (lol!) and get Win8 installed on it, this may be useful so you don't have to reinstall Windows 7, but otherwise there's no point in upgrading to Windows 8 since this hack makes it pretty much the same as Win7.

[Timo]

Am I the only one here that's really not bugged about the new interface?

[Amit]

DIE TIMO.

[t3h m00kz]

timo you ought to get virtualbox, get the demo if it's still available and try it out for yourself~~

I only say it cuz I love you bro.

[Timo]

DIE TIMO.

How often do you really use the start menu, once everything is setup? I've got half a dozen things pinned at the top I always use, which could easily be made into a group in the metro interface. You can still hit the start button and start searching immediately as well, which is what I use to get to any app that isn't pinned.

timo you ought to get virtualbox, get the demo if it's still available and try it out for yourself~~

I only say it cuz I love you bro.

I used it for a little while and didn't see what the fuss was all about :s

[Warsaw]

I actually think the Start screen is a fantastic idea.