Start11 is the industry's best Start menu - and it will soon be available on Steam! Since the release of the application late last year, we have heard your feedback and are happy to announce that we are in the final stages of making it ready to purchase on that marketplace.

As of today, you can now add Start11 to your Steam wishlist so you can be notified when it becomes available. We don’t have an exact date for release yet, but we anticipate that it will be sometime this summer.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/1811010/Start11/

If you are wondering why Start11 didn't launch on Steam when it first released, it's because Steam requires specific processes to flow through its infrastructure. These requirements, which were new for Start11 (but not Start10), required us to re-work how updating and purchasing functions for the app.

But there's some good news: we have a solution in place! This solution should be transferable to all of our current and upcoming applications, but we still have a few more hoops to jump through to officially make Start11 available for sale on Steam.

https://youtu.be/aOOBoyDZqKw

We will also begin exploring bringing our applications to other storefronts - like the Microsoft store - later this summer. Given that we are a small team, we have to be conscious about where and how we spend our time, as each new location selling our products requires dedicated support and maintenance. That being said, Microsoft has made it much easier to bring apps to its store, which improves the odds of bringing our productivity tools to that marketplace.

Although we've been keeping Start10 updated on Steam, we've been late in posting news about them. Our apologies for that; we'll be more diligent moving forward! That said, here's the latest updates since the last time we posted:

• Some tweaks to search to ensure the Start10 search isn't run ever if you are using Cortana mode and to ensure the search is terminated if you close the menu.

• Addresses missing control panel search entries on Windows build 2004
  
• Some UI changes to account for Stardock Curtains
  
• Fix to avoid crash issue with newer Curtains builds
  
• Tweaks how blur is handled on the menu in an effort to address a mixed dpi setup issue
  
• Tweak for the replace Start10 search with Cortana option to reduce the instances of lost/misordered first char in the search

• Improved WindowBlinds skin support
  
• Addresses failed installs when Windows Controlled Folder Access \ Ransomware Protection is enabled
  
• Add additional support for new Stardock product: Curtains

• Fixed some fonts not painting correctly when using Windows 10 beta UTF-8 option
  
• Fixed Start10 button resize issue
  
• Fixed Start10 uninstall showing multiple entries
  
• Fixes issue with jumplists for calculator and edge so they no longer prompt about not finding a file.
  
• Fixed issues in beta 1.90 where it broke other - 'most recently used' jumplists.
  
• May fix 'Update and Shutdown / restart' - size / clipping issue with some reported WindowBlinds skins
  
• Updated French, Italian, German, and Spanish translations

• The shutdown content menu will now correctly reflect when updates are pending
  
• Fixes an issue where the "Hibernate" option no longer shows in the shutdown menu
  
• Improved universal app icon extraction

Customize your Start menu, enjoy easy access to your search function, and replace the Start menu with a Windows 7-style look that will return you to the form and function you expect.

Windows 10 vs. Start10

What's new in v1.8:

• The shutdown content menu will now correctly reflect when updates are pending.
  
• Fixes an issue where the "Hibernate" option no longer shows in the shutdown menu.
  
• Improved universal app icon extraction.
  
• Updated French, Italian, German, and Spanish translations.

Bring back what's familiar
Replace the Start menu with a classic version. This Windows 7-style look is a comfortable return to the form and function you expect.

Quick access
Quick and convenient access to the search option means your desktop applications and new Universal applications are always accessible. Running with multiple monitors? Add a Start menu to the secondary taskbar to always keep access at hand.

Stylize
Try a Modern take on the Start menu with a clean, flat style. You can also change colors, apply the Classic, Windows 10/7 style, or add texture to the taskbar or background.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/620050/Start10/

Bring back the full power of Windows Start Menu with Start10! Customize your Start menu, enjoy easy access to your search function, and replace the Start menu with a Windows 7-style look that will return you to the form and function you expect.

Start10 adds support for Windows 10's Dark Mode UI

Don't have Start10?

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More screenshots:

Stardock has released Groupy v1.25 with Dark Mode UI support. Groupy is a program that allows users to combine different programs together into a single window with tab navigation. For example, users can combine multiple Explorer windows together to get a tabbed interface or the same with the command prompt or even mix and match any set of windows.

Also resolved some tab color issues with the KB4505903 update for Windows 10 in dark mode.

Don't have Groupy?

Get it today and experience the power of tabs.

https://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/912170

Get what you’ve always wanted from Windows: browser-like tabs for your apps!

Keep all your apps together in browser-like tabs with Groupy! This app will transform the way you use your PC. A popular utility app from the makers of Fences and Multiplicity, Groupy lets Windows users group desktop windows together as easily as browsers group websites together.

Groupy is a killer app that will let you take things like Microsoft Office programs, Adobe Creative Suite apps, File Explorer windows, and much more, and put them into tabbed groups. Just like modern web browsers group their websites together, you can now do that with all of the Windows apps on your desktop, making for a cleaner and more efficient experience.

Creating groups is simple: drag a window to another window and combine them into a single window, with tabs showing in the title bar. For example, open multiple web browsers, all in one set of tabs, or Office applications like Excel and Word, all in a single, easy-to-use window.
To ungroup, simply drag the tab off the group. Save existing groups and launch them at a later time, contained and ready to go.

Once a group is created, you can quickly switch between different windows with a simple hot-key or by clicking on the tab. Groupy can also automatically add launched programs into an existing tabbed group.

Groupy works on Windows 10, 8, and 7.

Features:

• Drag and drop applications together to group them under a common tabbed interface
  
• Organize multiple applications and documents together for convenient access
  
• Group related tabs together for optimal workflow
  
• Save groups of applications together for future usage
  
• Manage tabs in quick and natural ways with the browser-like interface
  
• Add new tabs to existing groups quickly and easily
  
• Mouseover tabs to preview the window contents

https://youtu.be/S3wX340c9AU

Customize your Windows experience with Start10! Return to the classic Windows 7 look or try out the new Modern style. Change colors and apply textures, create filtered searches, and easily access Universal applications. All of this, plus integration with Fences, makes Start10 your number one Start menu alternative.

With Start10, you can return to the classic Windows 7 style or activate a Modern design and use onboard configuration tools to make it even better. The easy-to-navigate UI will let you enable taskbar transparency and shift the level of blur applied to your desktop background. If you want to clean up your secondary displays, set your Start button to “hide”. Search filter options allow you to find what you need quickly in a Start menu Windows or web search.

If you're a Fences user, Start10 is already fully integrated with the application! You can organize your favorite programs and most-used applications right in your Start menu in an easy-to-find grid without having to minimize or move open windows out of the way.

Features:

• Replaces the Windows 10 tile menu with a menu you are used to
  
• Restores the quick links to core system functionality
  
• Filter searches in the Start menu
  
• Replaces the Start button and allows you to use your own
  
• Integrates Stardock's "Fences" into the menu
  
• Maintains "All Programs" folder metaphor
  
• Apply texture to the Start10 background and taskbar

Technical Features:

• Add custom shortcuts to right panel
  
• Re-arrange the right panel to fit user needs
  
• Configure individually how the Start button and Windows key act when selected
  
• Adjust menu size

http://steamproxy.net/steamstore/app/620050