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How noticeable is the delay? How much 'Metro' apps do you have installed? How much desktop apps?

Seems that I didn't.

2.0 alphas could do it, but there's too much work to make this work decent. RetroUI does not do it even half-decently. Maybe SIB 3.0 could do it.

But 2.0 already has the 'All Programs' expandable flyout menu.

You don't need to reinstall when upgrading StartIsBack. If you want to downgrade 2.0 to 1.3.3, you should uninstall 2.0 first. It's not possible to run both side-by-side.

It's funny to notice that StartIsBack 2.0 new features quickly became Start8 requested features: When I close modern app - Return to last used Environment Windows XP style All Programs menu But we know that 2.0 Beta 0 had them first

Yes, translation is turned off in settings by design, to not confuse users with half-translated UI.

Published full changelog for 2.0beta1 in the second post.

Likely because StartIsBack uses DWM composited start menu and Start8 uses standard (layered) window. You can complain to Startdock, although they're likely to support blur with their WindowBlinds, not this tool.

The right-click bottom-left menu can be assigned to Start button since v1.2. I did not reproduce Outlook issue and there was no additional fixes for it.

A note about 2.0 philosophy. As you should know, StartIsBack is not like others menu replacement programs. StartIsBack offers experience which is as close as possible to default Windows 7 one. Yet 2.0 provides a lot of ways to configure Windows experience. By default, the most non-breaking and non-confusing options are provided. There could be too many options; some were shaved by Occam's razor already. I need your feedback about wording and whole options overall. Interesting and unique possibilities with 2.0: - Launch Modern apps within Start menu. By default, they are displayed in All Programs 'Start Apps' folder (you can rename it). They're not visible in recently used list by default. - Less Start Screen in-your-face. You can configure Desktop to appear when your modern app closes (crashes, snapped) or when you click in bottom-left corner. By default, desktop will show if you used it last. - Disable Windows hotkey (may appeal to gamers). - Use Windows XP style multi-column All Programs flyout (may appeal to xpclient). - Make Ctrl-Win change Windows key mode so you can change swtiching models (Start screen / Start menu) at the press of a key. I'm open to your feedback. Visual improvements will come in next version(s) so don't whine yet.

StartIsBack 2.0 BETA 1 "THE ONE TO RULE THEM ALL" http://www.startisback.com/StartIsBack_setupBETA.exe NOTE: if you've used beta 0, it's recommended to uninstall it with 'Remove settings and license data' checked. Version 2.0 beta 1 represents significant and massive release. It also contains a lot of fixes for longstanding issues. It should be stable but it's not yet visually or feature complete.

Please write to support email (http://www.startisback.com/#support-tab) and i'll have you in mind when time to translate 2.0 comes.

What app version? Do you still have Start button after uninstalling? Nothing is modified in the system permanently so it's unlikely StartIsBack fault.

Glad to report that this issue is fixed in upcoming 2.0 beta 1. Not likely to make it into 2.0, but maybe later, maybe via some registry options. Not sure how this can work out.

That's a funny glitch which is also in Windows 7. To fix this, go to Control Panel - Folder Options, choose 'Single-click to open an item' - 'Underline ... only when i point to them', then click Apply. Check 'Double-click to open an item' back after, if you're using double click.

Trying to work this around via black list won't succeed, too many programs can fail when their state is externally modified. It would be better to trick DWM into thinking windows are layered while they aren't. I didn't find a way yet, but there should be.

Okay, i'll look into this. But to solve this broken record issue right now, go to %appdata%\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned and create there a folder named Games.{ED228FDF-9EA8-4870-83b1-96b02CFE0D52} That will add games into search.

Disable start menu translucency in StartIsBack properties.Congrats on 0.2 release!

Since 1.3.1 newly installed games create shortcuts in Games start menu subfolder so it's searched like in Windows 7. If you don't have some shortcuts there, create them.

'Clear recent items list' is there for me.

Well, giving more problems to user is a bad option. Although I don't understand yet why startscreen.exe is flagged, it's totally one-line app without encryption / network / whatever algorithms. Maybe because it uses DeleteFile API call, lol. Edit: it flags startscreen.exe malware because of icons in it. That's rude discrimination.

Thank you Gen:Variant.Kazy? What the insane stuff again. It's clear, of course. I'll resolve this issue in next version.

Yes, it will be fixed before 2.0 release. You can check how All Programs flyout (XP style) displays with high contrast mode.Thanks for orb images, they're great! Beta testing is not for faint-hearted. Of course it's not default.

Nope.