IObit Start Menu 8 V2 Quick Start Guide

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Start Menu 8 v2 Quick Start Guide

Start Menu 8 V2 Quick Start Guide Welcome Congratulations on the smart decision of choosing Start Menu 8!

Start Menu 8 returns the familiar Start button and Start Menu. It empowers you to use your Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows 8.1 / 8 / 7 / Vista / XP the way you like.

Main Features Customize the Start Menu by creating different groups and adding items to them; Fast search from whole disk even when the item is not indexed; Pin programs to Start Menu to start them quickly; Display recently opened items under documents, browsers, etc. in Start Menu for quick launch; Shut down computer at a scheduled time automatically; Use Screenshot in Start Menu to take screenshots easily and quickly (hotkeys Alt + E); Provide the feature “Restart in Safe Mode”; Skip UAC when starting programs from Start Menu; Customize the transparency of Start Menu; Sync user picture and Account picture automatically; Provide FAQs for Windows 8 & 8.1 started by Start Menu 8 users.

Note: The version 2.1 and the previous versions of Start Menu 8 can be used for free for non-profit organizations like school, charitable organization. For commercial purposes, please contact us.

This Quick Start Guide takes Start Menu 8 on Windows 8 for example. It will help you get familiar with Start Menu 8 quickly.

System Requirements Operating System Microsoft® Windows® 10 (32-bit and 64-bit) Technical Preview Microsoft® Windows® 8 (32-bit and 64-bit) Professional/Enterprise Microsoft® Windows® 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Starter / Home Basic / Home / Premium/Professional/Ultimate Microsoft® Windows® Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Starter/Home Basic/Home Premium/Business /Ultimate Microsoft® Windows® XP (32-bit and 64-bit) with SP2/SP3 or Home/Professional/Media Center Hardware Requirements Recommended 1 GHz processor or faster 512 MB of RAM memory 50 MB of free hard drive space

Start Menu After you install Start Menu 8 on your computer, you can left click Start button to open the start menu.

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Note: By default, left click Start button opens Start Menu (like the picture above), not Modern UI. You can change the settings to make it open Modern UI (like the picture below). We’ll introduce it later in Modern UI section.

Add Programs to Start Menu You can drag and drop programs to Start button to add them to Start Menu directly.

Or right click on a program and choose Pin to Start Menu (Start Menu 8) to add it to Start Menu.

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Right-click Menu of Programs in Start Menu

Right click on a program in Start Menu opens the options: Run as administrator, Open file location, Pin to Taskbar, Unpin from Start Menu, Create a new group, Powerful uninstall and Properties.

Create a New group This feature enables you to customize your Start Menu according to your preference through creating different groups and adding items to them.

To create a new group, please follow steps below: 1. Right click on a program in Start Menu to choose “Create a new group”. Then you need to name the new group. You can name it as anything you like, for example, IObit Programs. You can also choose the group icon you like. Then click OK button.

2. Then the new group IObit Programs will be shown in Start Menu. Right-clicking the new group IObit Programs opens the options: Create a new group,Add items, Delete and Rename.

Create a new group: Click it to create another new group in start menu.

Add items: Click it to add any items from the computer to this new group.

Delete: Click it to remove this group from start menu.

Rename: Click it to rename this group.

3. After adding some items to it, you can click the arrow right icon next it to see the items in this group.

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4.There are three options for the items you added if you right click them: Open, Add items and Delete items.

Open: You can choose it to open the item you added.

Add items: You can choose it to add other items to this group.

Delete items: You can choose it to delete the item from this group.

You can also right click any blank space in the new group and click Add items to add other items to this group.

Right-click Menu of Start Button

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Right click on Start button opens the quick access for Settings, Switch to Modern UI, Open Windows Explorer, Check for updates, Technical Support, User Manual, About, What's new, Run..., Power, Screenshot, Taskbar Properties and Exit.

Hover the mouse on Power will bring up the options: Shut down, Switch user, Log off, Lock, Restart, Restart (Safe Mode), Sleep, Hibernate and Auto shutdown.

Note: The option Restart (Safe Mode) only for Windows 10 Technical Preview, Windows 8 / 8.1, not for Windows 7 / Vista / XP.

Auto shutdown

With IObit Auto Shutdown, you can shut down your computer at a scheduled time automatically.

Add a new scheduled task: You can choose it, then click Next button to add your scheduled time to shut down your computer automatically.

Delete an existing scheduled task: You can choose it, then click Next button to delete an existing scheduled time so that your computer will not be shut down at that time.

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Start Menu 8 Settings You can access it by clicking the StartMenu8 Settings icon from the top right corner of Start Menu, or right clicking Start button and selecting Settings, or use hotkeys Alt + S (You can change the hotkeys in Settings).

Here you can specify how Start Menu 8 works and what Start Menu 8 looks like through the settings: Start Button Icon, Style, General, Menu, User Interface and Modern UI. Note: Please click Apply button after configuring the settings.

Start Button Icon

Here you can choose your favorite Start button icon from the listed start button icons. You can also click the link “More fantastic icons…” to choose other start button icons from IObit Forum, or follow the instructions there to create your own start button icons.

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Here you can choose Windows Style or Modern Style.

For Windows Style, there are two styles: Flat style and Classic Windows 7 style. For each style, you can drag the slider to adjust the transparency.

For Modern Style, there are five styles: Small, Tall, Wide, Large and Full Screen.

General

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Start Menu 8 v2 Quick Start Guide Run at Windows startup: Tick the checkbox, Start Menu 8 will be started automatically at Windows startup.

Skip UAC when starting programs from Start Menu: Tick the checkbox, it will not pop up the User Account Control window when you open programs from Start Menu.

Number of programs to display: Set the number of programs displayed in Start Menu. You can set it from 0 to 99.

Number of Recent Items to display: Set the number of the list Recent Items. The list Recent Items is shown on the right panel of Start Menu.You can set it from 0 to 60.

Highlight newly installed programs: By default the newly installed programs will be highlighted within 24 hours. If you don't want to highlight them, please choose "No" from the drop-down list.

Program icons in Start Menu: Set the icon size of programs in Start Menu. You can choose large icons or small icons from the drop-down list. If you choose large icons, the number of programs displayed in Start Menu will be changed to 10 automatically while 20 will be the default value if you choose small icons.

Power button action: Customize the default action when you click on power button. There are seven options: Switch user, Log off, Lock, Restart, Sleep, Hibernate and Shut down.

Frequently used programs: Here you can set the display order either by name or by last access time for frequently used programs in Start Menu. If you don't want them to be displayed in Start Menu, please tick the checkbox Hide frequently used programs.

Don’t show frequently used programs: Check it will not show frequently used programs in start menu.

Show Screenshot: Check it will show the feature Screenshot in start menu.

Show Switch to Modern UI: Check it will show the feature Switch to Modern UI in start menu.

Deactivate hotkeys when full-screen task is detected: Tick this checkbox, the hotkeys won’t work once there is any task running in full-screen mode.

Hotkeys Hotkeys give you an easy and convenient way to use Start Menu 8. We provide some default hotkeys, but you can change them according to your preference or habit.

Hotkey for Settings: It will open Start Menu 8 settings window. The default hotkeys are Alt + S. Hotkey for Run…: It will open the Run dialog. The default hotkeys are Alt + R. Hotkey for Screenshot: It will enable Screenshot.The default hotkeys are Alt + E. Hotkey for hide / show sidebar: It enables you to hide or show Modern UI sidebar quickly. The default hotkeys are Alt + Q. Hotkey for switch to Modern UI: It enables you to switch between the Modern UI and traditional desktop easily and quickly. The default hotkeys are Alt + X.

Menu

It is designed to set the display form for the items in the right panel of Start Menu. There are three options: Do not show, Show as a link and Show as a menu after you click the drop-down arrow.

User Interface

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Use your Windows Account picture：By ticking this option, it will show your Windows Account picture in the top right corner of Start Menu.

Use custom picture: Select it and click the button Change pictures…, then you can choose any other picture to make it shown in the top right corner of Start Menu.

Don’t show picture: By ticking this option, it will not show any picture in the top right corner of Start Menu.

Current language: Here you can check whether your native language is supported and set it as the default language of Start Menu 8.

Font size in Start Menu: Set the size of the font in Start Menu. You can choose Small or Large font.

Font color in Start Menu: Set the color of the font in Start Menu. You can set the font color for left panel and right panel of Start Menu separately.

Background color: Tick the checkbox “Program background color changes with system theme” will set the background color of Start Menu changes with system theme. But if you do not want it, please untick the checkbox. You can click the button Change color…to change the color of the background.

Note：Please DO NOT choose the same color for background and font, otherwise the items in Start Menu will be invisible.

Modern UI

Skip Modern UI: By ticking this checkbox, the Modern UI will be skipped at startup.

Skip Welcome Screen: By ticking this checkbox, the Welcome screen will be skipped at startup.

Disable bottom-left hot corner: By ticking this checkbox, the hot corner at the bottom left of screen will be disabled.

Disable top-left hot corner: By ticking this checkbox, the hot corner at the top left of screen will be disabled.

Deactivate sidebar: By ticking this checkbox, sidebar of Start screen will be disabled.

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Start Menu 8 v2 Quick Start Guide Left click to open Modern UI: By ticking this checkbox, you can left click the Start button to open Modern UI. (Log off required for Windows 10 Technical Preview) Press Windows key to open Modern UI: By ticking this checkbox, you can press Windows key to open Modern UI. (Log off required for Windows 10 Technical Preview)

Online Support Center Click here to read Start Menu 8 FAQs or click here to contact our support team if you need technical support.

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