StartIsBack++ 2.8 RC

StartIsBack++

StartIsBack++ restores original Windows 10 start menu with all its features: search, pinned and recently used apps, fully customizable settings. Start button and Start menu look and behave exactly as they used to in Windows 7.

StartIsBack is lightweight and secure: it does not require administrator rights to install, consumes minimal amount of system resources, does not run additional processes or services.

What's hot about StartIsBack on Windows 10 now:

Live badges for modern apps on taskbar and Start menu!
Ability to reduce resource usage by disabling newer Start menu and Cortana processes from prelaunching
Ability to use adequately sized (32x32) large icons and larger start menu button on taskbar
Modern icon glyphs on Start menu right hand pane
Modern blur, drop shadow and immersive context menus for start menu
Fully dynamic DPI aware start menu and configuration app
New modern style with round user picture
Lots of new minor additions and tweaks

StartIsBack++ 2.8 Beta 1 changelog:

StartIsBack now has Taskbar Perks, which allows advanced tweaks as:

Center taskbar icons
Segmented taskbar
Dynamically clear taskbar
Plus there are additional taskbar icon tweaks available.

Known issues:

Locked segmented taskbar may glitch
19H1 is not supported

Changes in 2.8 Beta 2:

Improved segments style
Initial support for 19H1 and Light theme
StartIsBack now can enable old mixer and sound settings for sound tray icon in 19H1: set EnableMtcUvc (Google it) to not 1.

StartIsBack++ 2.8 RC changes: