A lot of people complained and Microsoft listened. The company brought the Start button back in Windows 8.1. But the button doesn't have to stay there in your taskbar— there are hacks to re-hide it.

Microsoft decided to jettison the familiar desktop start button in its upcoming OS, but a utility from Stardock offers a promising alternative. Lance Whitney is a freelance technology writer and ...

With a similar style and function to the classic Windows 7 Start menu, Start Menu 8 is a superb Start menu replacement for Windows 8. Developed by IOBit, a creator of system utilities and security ...

Taskbar Styler is a mod that alters your taskbar and new design elements to it. To install it, you need to download and install Windhawk. For that, open a browser of your choice, navigate to ...

Windows: If you enjoy tweaking your OS right down to the little things like the start button icon, Windows 7 Start Button Changer makes it simple to swap the stock icon set for a new one. Windows 7 ...

Not happy with the Windows 10 Start menu? Open Shell is a free Start menu alternative worth trying. The Windows 10 Start menu strives to be versatile by offering you ...

Microsoft launched today its first ever public release of Windows 8.1, confirming what we already thought we knew: the return of the Start button (although the Start menu remains absent), the ability ...