Start8 1.11 Changelog

• Added Start8tweak.exe advanced configuration for extra options including enabling / disabling Start8 on a per account basis.
• Added email category to search results.
• Added support for Modern UI app closing to return to the desktop rather than the Windows 8 menu on advanced settings.
• Added native support for the DisplayFusion secondary taskbar.
• Added support for BMP files as start button. RGB (255,0,255) is permitted for transparency.
• Added registry entry to control if hidden items should be included in the All programs list.
• Added registry entry to control if the user picture should have a border or not in the default theme.
• Added registry entry to control if the tree has a horizontal scroll bar.
• Added support for Search the Internet button on search results via registry key.
• Documents, Pictures, Music, Computer and Recorded TV places will use the name set in explorer for them if the user has renamed them.
• Shutdown button menu will have an item selected when accessed via the keyboard.
• Adjusted start menu sizing to prevent bottom item on the places list from being slightly clipped in certain circumstances.
• Modified shutdown menu to prevent surplus separator line showing when the machine doesn't support sleep or hibernate.
• Right to left language versions of Windows now show the user picture.
• Right to left language versions of Windows now have icons rendered the correct direction.
• Tweaked to prevent .lnk text showing in tree on occasion.
• Tweaked code to better handle closing a docked Modern UI application when at the desktop when the charms bar is set to disabled.
• Fixed an issue with right click on the places list
• Jumplists close when you pin / unpin something / delete it

Start8 1.1 Changelog

• Added rename support in the tree
• Added drag & drop including rearranging items in the all programs tree.
• Added feature : Folders pinned to the startmenu allow you to view the first X items as a jumplist
• Added opening Winkey+X menu option instead of start menu
• Added feature : Custom places locations. Add a Dropbox location for example.
• Additional language support
• Search box now allows %appdata% etc
• Improved go straight to desktop on login feature
• Added option to disable multiple monitor corner stickiness feature of Windows 8
• Added option to make right clicking the start button when at the bottom of the screen open the Win + X menu
• Added support for automatically checking for updates every week (control from About page)
• Added support for shell: link execution via search
• Right clicking on empty areas of the Start menu shows the Configure Start8 option.
• Modified custom places to support libraries
• Tweaked pin to start menu code
• Modified jumplist code to handle case of pinning an item resulting in the unpinned items disappearing sometimes
• Modified jumplist code to handle the case of pinned items not showing after clearing recent docs lists
• Tweaked jumplists code to handle jumplists not showing for all apps when recently opened programs option is disabled in the OS.
• Modified config UI to grey out the inactive start menu style.
• Tweak to resolve a rare race condition crash on guest account login.
• Modified code to make recently run apps list update directly after launches rather than after the next time the menu is closed.
• Menu key on keyboard now opens menu for selected search results.
• Additional workaround for slow recent apps list population due to Windows defender bug.
• Expanded the size of some UI elements to handle translations to more wordy languages
• Jump lists now respect the OS setting for the number of entries shown
• Shutdown button no longer ignores clicks if the mouse has moved
• Start menu lines now appear correctly even in higher dpi modes
• When at the bottom of the screen the startmenu no longer allocates space for one additional places list item
• Added option to make custom places appear at the top of the places list.
• Fixed issue with Putty and jumplist not showing blank entries which did not launch the right things
• Fixed issue with Live Photo Gallery not opening images up in preview mode
• Performance enhancements in the all programs tree to workaround a flaw in Windows Defender
• Resolved a problem with the start menu position when the taskbar was on the right and there is a docked app
• Send to sub menu now allowed on the tree right click menu.
• UI supports translation via lng files. See \lang\en.lng file for info
• When using the search box to view folders the performance is now improved
• Tweaks to search to reduce memory usage slightly
• Option to make places list entries take less room thus allowing more to show in less space
• Rearranging pinned shortcuts is now faster
• Places menus no longer select the first entry
• Recent items list no longer includes folders
• Deleting an item from the all programs list will delete it instantly from the tree vs waiting until the next refresh
• Tree now includes hidden items
• Added registry key option to hide tooltips in the startmenu. This is HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\Start8\Start8.ini\Start8\HideTips = 1