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Windows 8 - seti40s - 03-06-2012
Thinking to the missing "Start"-button in Windows 8, do You think, that this could be a new feature of a future Version of true launch bar? I've tried to rebuild the functions via links with the actual beta depending on the references in the registry ... but having this function as (single click) feature will send this great tool to Windows 8 world (Stardock is speaking about develeopment).
RE: Windows 8 - jd2066 - 03-08-2012
Stardock does have a free program that adds a Start Button called Start8 at http://www.stardock.com/products/start8/
It wants an email address before it shows a download link but it appears you can leave the address empty.
The current version of Start8 is timebomed just like the Windows 8 CP and will stop working on September 1, 2012.
I would imagine be then, Stardock will have a new version to replace it.
The program by default shows a menu when you click it with all the apps including metro ones listed and you can change the function by right clicking on the button and making it just go to the full screen Metro start screen.
I'm not sure how Stardock could have done it but I think the menu they display just embeds the "All Apps" Metro screen inside a popup window that appears when you click the button.
They also have an option to just display the normal Metro start screen in it's popup with the tiles but inside a small window there is less room to display the metro tiles.
RE: Windows 8 - jd2066 - 03-08-2012
You can also create a Virtual Folder in True Launch Bar to display the Start Menu programs folder but launching Metro apps doesn't work so you need to hide them from the menu as they don't work (but not delete as they are probably still used by the Metro screen).
By going to shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} in Windows Explorer you get a virtual folder that displays all apps including Metro apps and lets you launch any of them.
So far I haven't found a way to get True Launch Bar to use {4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1} as a virtual folder path though.