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- Windows 7
- Windows 8
- Windows Vista
- Windows XP
- Windows 8.1
Latest version
1.5.3.796
Last month's downloads
1
Product ranking
#21 in Tweaking
Size
616.5 kBDeveloper
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Safe, Trusted and Spyware Free
Power8 1.5.3.796 is a very handy application, designed to bring back the Windows 7 Start menu to your Windows 8/8.1. It can be customized according to your requirements in a matter of seconds. In addition, this software is 100% free and portable, so it won't cost you a penny to download and try it.
Features
- Free
- Portable
- Multilingual
- Power/session options
- Keyboard navigation
- Menu buttons
- Computer list
- Internal search
- Windows Search
- Internet search
- Recent Applications (MFU List)
- Jump Lists
- Small-sized
Power8 might give you a similar look of Windows 7 Start menu, but it feels much better. It is more intuitive and user-friendly than the original one. Power8 1.5.3.796 enables you to preview the list of all computers within your network and access them within a couple clicks only. Unlike its predecessor, this app comes with three types of search – internal, Windows and Internet. The first one searches among Power8 items. As you may suggest Windows Search uses the built-in Windows search engine in order to find files/ folders on your PC. The last search type, Internet search enables you to find almost everything on the Internet. It uses some of the most popular search engines like Bing, Google, Wikipedia, Yandex, etc.
Interface
Power8 use the same Aero theme, which we are used to see in Windows 7. Of course, there are some applied changes, according to its design, but you still get the same great experience. Actually, even improved. Unfortunately, the Start menu icon is just horrible. It looks like it was run over by a truck. If you didn't know where Power8 should be on your screen you will never find it.
Basic Operations
This app can be activated by the Alt + Z key combo. Its Internet search ability is great, but you will need a time to get used to its main workflow. For instance, if you want to use Goolge Search, you need to type “g” right before your keywords. So if you need to remember all letters for each single search engine, you want to use in future. We really liked the fact that you are able to open a list of recently used apps. This features is very useful, especially if you use a few program most of the time.
Conclusion
Finally, Power8 is a very nice application, which does a great job, bringing back the Start menu of Windows 7 to your Windows 8. Thanks to its familiar look, it is very intuitive and user-friendly. Please do not hesitate to try it right away because if it is completely free of any charges.
Pros
- Free
- Intuitive
- Three types of search
Cons
- The Start menu button
Power8 is VIRUS-FREE!
Our security scan shows that Power8 is clean from viruses. The current version of Power8 has been scanned by our system, which contains 46 different anti-virus algorithms. That ensures that Power8 1.5.3.796 is 100% safe for your computer.
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