Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Commercial, Freeware
Vista Start Menu: The more things change, the more you forget
by Brad Linder Nov 29th 2007
So what exactly does this application do? It replaces your Xp or Vista start menu with an easy to use menu designed to show you pretty much everything. While Windows Vista hides away most of the programs you don't use every day and shows you those you use most often, Vista Start Menu shows you everything all the time.
The idea is that most people actually don't have a hard time remembering where the applications they use most of the time are. You get used to moving your cursor to a certain part of the screen and launching the program you need. The only time you have a problem is when you've recently deleted an item and your entire start menu shifts. So Vista Start Menu keeps everything in its proper place -- even if you delete an application. The menu just includes a blank space where the old menu item was so that nothing else moves.
On the other hand, if you prefer launching your programs from a run box, you can just type an application name into the search box and Vista Start Menu will find your program for you. It's not as fast or elegant as other program launchers we've seen, but it gets the job done.
Vista Start menu is available as a free download. For $20 you can upgrade to the Pro version which includes a 2-click program launcher, which basically means you can launch programs by clicking on a folder instead of opening up a subfolder to find executables.
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