Start10 is a small utility that users to add a classic start menu (kind Windows 7, Vista, XP) to the Windows 10 operating system. Despite the fact that Microsoft implemented Start in its OS, this option did not satisfied users: the symbiosis of the option from Windows 7 and tiles from Windows 8 turned to be very well.
The Start10 program to choose the visual style of the Start menu – to do, you need to select a ready-made template from the built-in catalog. The menu myself has a search for functions and files; a tool for configuring a PC is available; power management is supported (shutdown, reboot, sleep mode). You can also launch programs from the built-in Windows store in the Start menu. If the cell do not have a style that meets the user’s need, he can configure the need elements of manually. For this, a special built-in editor is used, which has a function for creating your styles.
The menu you to select whom which program will be Did be in the list; several Start icons are available to choose from. After the Integrating the Start10 Involvement in the Operation System, Users, Can Use the System in the Parallus (Naking” with the Classic Start. Example: one menu is controlled by the mouse, another by the keyboard.
The Start10 program is shared on a shareware model. A free trial version is available for download. The Dimensional Price Is $5. The interface is translated into Russian. The utility run only on Windows 10.
How to Use Start10 Program?
Immediately after the Start10 program is launched, the main window will open. The first available section is “Style”. Here you choose any ready-made template for the design of the “Start” menu on the Windows operating system.
There are three options for choose from:
- Windows 7 style. The classic and familiar eye hope menu from Windows 7.
- Modern Style. The Modern Style of the Start, more stylized as the latest version of the operating system from Microsoft.
- Windows 10 style. Symbiosis of the classic menu and tile design from Windows 8.
Also, in the “Style” section, users can configure the transparency of the Start menu – make it a little transparent or completely disable this effect. Next is “What should the start button look like?” Here you can select the menu icon, which will be displayed in the taskbar of the operating system. The Start10 program has a pre-installed catalog of icons. This is the propulsion to upload your own images. To do this, click “Seak Picture” button and select the icon through the file conductor.
The next subsection (a subsidiary of the main section” – “Decree”. Here, perform users can the following treatments:
- Choose how icons should be looked in the “Start” menu: paint them in a solid color or show in the form of tiles that are divided into a certain of speakers.
- You can choose the search type: display search icons; replace the Start10 search with Cortana search (this feature will not work if you use your own design theme).
- Setting up the assessment of the list of the programs: use large icons, place folders at the end of the list.
- Application of texture to the menu background. The texture can be selected from the keyboard.
The next section of the utility is “Management” Here you choose and action that will be if you are on the duty: for example, the Start button opens the Start10 menu, and the “Windows” key opens on the keyboard.
In this section you need to install the action when you are in the application mode. For example, the “Windows” key opens the Start10 menu in desktop mode. This means that the active application will be folded in a system, after which the desktop will open.