Start10

Microsoft's redesign of the Start menu in Windows 10, with its square live tiles, changed the way many people organize and navigate their PC. Not everyone welcomed losing familiar functionality for a new look. Start10 by Stardock brings back a classic Start menu for Windows 10 users, similar to the one found in Windows 7. All your pinned programs, files, and folders are easily accessible again, and you can still open the original Windows 10 menu when you need it, for example with Ctrl+click on the Start button.

Features:

• Replaces the Windows 10 Start menu with a Windows 7-style Start menu for those who prefer a simpler and more effective way to find programs, files and settings.
• Whether it be Universal apps or the programs on your desktop, your favorites can always be accessed with ease through quick access to search. For multiple monitors, there's an option to add a Start button to the secondary taskbar.
• Besides the Windows 7 style, Start10 offers a Modern style with a clean, flat design and a Windows 10 style with tiles.
• If you would rather customize the Start menu on your own, there are many bundled textures and images to choose from, and you can pick your own colors for the Start menu and taskbar, change the Start button image and show Stardock Fences folders in the menu.

For those turned off by Windows 10 Start Menu's disorganization and bulkiness, Start10 offers a simple and classic solution.

Start10 is commercial software from Stardock with a free trial, and it is designed for Windows 10 only. For Windows 11, Stardock offers its successor Start11, which also works on Windows 10, but Start10 remains available for those who prefer it. The settings let you choose which key or button opens which menu, what appears on the right-hand side of the menu, what the power button does and how the taskbar looks, including blur, transparency and texture effects. If you miss the classic Start menu, it is a practical program to install on a Windows 10 computer.