Tihiy

You're asking for the third time instead of asking me directly. It's not updated since no one sent me updated file.

I've already told everything - StartIsBack won't work on Blue as is due to all start menu code removed. I don't want to leave users in the dark so I hope there will be a solution.

It's opt-out like most software is. By not 'phoning home' I mean (and I believe it's common term) that software does not report any data about computer / user. And it doesn't; it only calls server with version of software to query if there's a new version.

Sometime or never. Writing a new start menu from scratch will take a long time.

Unfortunately, transparency & animation does not work well with Windows 8. This may or may not be fixed in the future.

Version 2.1 RC0 http://www.startisback.com/StartIsBack_setupRC.exe New: - Configurator fully supports high DPI modes / RTL languages - Folders are sorted before items in All Programs XP style program subfolders - Desktop toast is shown when new version is available Fixed: - Fixed 'Rename Start screen into Apps screen' feature breaking desktop app toast notifications - Fixed 'When I close modern app - Return to last environment' feature not working as expected in 2.0.2 Please test 'Start screen to Apps screen' feature in this build.

Explorer, msstyles, registry - all of them.

This is a definitely sad news. StartIsBack as is won't work on Windows Blue, due to Start Menu implementation removed from it - almost completely.

There's a regression in 2.0.2 in this matter. It will be fixed in the next version.

I don't think it's StartIsBack fault. Dynamic themes seems buggy in Windows 8 by themselves.

Where this idea came to life and why it's useful?

By the way, toasts seems like a nice way to notify about new version of StartIsBack without going to properties. I think I'll use toasts as an additional way of notifying about new SIB versions with v2.1.

And I did. Unfortunately, this is due to the way 'Rename Start to Apps" is implemented - all desktop apps are isolated from Modern UI environment. I'll try to resolve this in the future version. Sorry for the trouble!

You can export HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\StartIsBack registry keys.Version 2.0.2 is out http://www.startisback.com/#download-tab - Improved compatibility with non-fullscreen modern apps (read ModernMix) - Shortcuts for games are no longer created in Games start menu subfolder. Games can be searched from Start menu search - Fix: Start Screen shortcut was removed by some cleaners

Any program which shows windows on desktop.

The way this is implemented is insecure - the CC entry form opens in an overlay of an insecure site. Fixed this.

This is still a preliminary idea and will be discussed later. As for ModernMix, compatibility improvements for it will be in next version.Also, I've implemented long-needed direct card payments on the site.

Yes, SIB 3.0 is planned to have this feature, (when / if) it is released.

That can be fixed by disabling start menu translucency (or animations).

StartIsBack will provide it if/when it makes Modern apps belong to taskbar (like ModernMix does).

It's supposed to be this way. For now, opening another support forum is not worth the security risk / maintenance time.

When you invoke any kind of Modern UI, all hot corners are enabled.

If you turn Start screen into Apps screen, 'Pin to Start' context menu item is removed.

StartIsBack 2.0 is missing some translations. If you can translate SIB into following languages, please help! How to Missing languages: Czech: http://startisback.com/langs/cs-cz.txt Slovak: http://startisback.com/langs/SK-SK.txt Croatian: http://startisback.com/langs/HR-HR.txt New languages are also welcome! Next version should bring RTL translation support.

As the second part of KernelEx brain, I fully support Leyok and applaud to his effort. I wish all the scattered work around the board with KernelEx extensions would be merged into new version. If you need my guidance about API and compatibility, feel free to contact me.