Forced to run Windows 8? Check this out: Classic Shell
Classic Shell™ is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it. The main features are:
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- Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins
- Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs
- Find programs, settings, files and documents
- Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8 and Windows 8.1
- Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer
- Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer
Classic Shell has been in active development for 4 years and has over 15 million downloads.
The latest version of Classic Shell is 4.1.0
I will be trying this out on a couple Win8 machines and will report back...