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power8
Power 8
The start menu replacer for Win8, styled and integrated inside taskbar.
WARNING! This project has been migrated to https://github.com/AgentMC/power8/wiki'>GitHub
Designed for Windows8, works under Windows10, XP SP3 and Se7en SP1 as well.See feature list below screenshots.
Requires .Net Framework 4 (here). Works better with .Net 4.5 (here).
Press about us: www.addictivetips.com | www.geekissimo.com | www.intowindows.com | www.drwindows.de | www.guiadowindows.net | cnet.com | geek.com
Benefits:
- No system files patching;
- No hooks over system objects;
- No app-init DLLs;
- No additional services, drivers, etc;
- No trash in registry;
- No installation - just unpack and launch;
- Small, fast and powerful;
- Open-source;
Current version
Current version is V. 1.5.4 Beta: v.1.5.4.816.See change log for details on what's new in this release.
See known issues for the list of problems already found.
Power8 should work without problems. Please notify us if Power8 fails to startup or dies during runtime!
However, some localizations may be outdated, and new features may contain bugs. If you find that new features behave glitchy, please notify us as well
Download
See downloads page about featured and other downloads. Please do NOT use Internet Explorer when downloading file since it may cause you installation problems.You can also inspect the source online and download it with any svn client, for example Tortoise Svn. If you'd like to build the complete solution you will need to install Advanced Installer to obtain MSI package. Note that .aip and .aiproj files are under Subversion control and may change in future.
We also highly recommend to use
ReSharper when working with C# code. @JetBrains: thanks for supporting the open-source!Contact us!
Project is developed by Kiev (Ukraine) based developers:Mike "AgentMC" Makarov: (core logic, system integration) agentmc-at-mail.ru, skype: hack-designer;
Andrey Khabalevskyi: (UI, design, user interaction): xabalevskii-at-gmail.com, skype: xabalevskii;
Localization (20 languages) is done by:
English Power8 team Russian Power8 team Swedish Åke Engelbrektson http://svenskasprakfiler.se German
* Mario Saternus mario.saternus@satiru.de
Dutch* Gerard Stenveld gstenveld@npz-nrz.nl
Italian* Michele Bastianelli 0makoblaster0@gmail.com
Spanish* Jose Vicente Bustos Ferrerjvbferrer@gmail.com
Finnish Sami Kuusisto sami@6sto.com
Portuguese Matheus Macabu mkbu95@gmail.com
Turkish* Veysi Ertekin ertekin.veysi@gmail.com
Chinese (Taiw. ,Simpl.)*Xiaoyu Wang chsome@gmail.com
Hungarian Zsolt Brechler zsolt.brechler@gmail.com
French* Marc An mar.can2004@voila.fr
Arabic* Zakaria Belbali gestapoz3000@gmail.com
Serbian, Croatian George Vasiljevich djordje.vasiljevich@gmail.com
Czech DžejPý dzejpy@klikni.cz
Romanian Florin David http://www.filecroco.com
Korean pCsOrI pCsOrI@gmail.com
* Outdated
Want to have Power8 in your language? Read Localization page.
Have ideas or suggestions? Contact us directly, use forums below or comment on these pages: Roadmap, FeatureRequests.
Donate Us
Want to help Power8 development? Visit Donation Page.
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Get support*
*Descriptions of forums taken from the respective forums directly, except minor additions; order of list at the moment of creation is the same as in my Opera bookmarks. If you're the site owner/admin and you want to put different description here, contact us. If you want to add your site to list, contact us as well.
Power8 support forums:
* Myce.com - dedicated P8 support forum @ Myce: community on consumer electronics, gadgets and technology;
* vk.com/power8 - группа Power8 вКонтакте / Power8 vKontacte group | Support account is http://vk.com/power8help;
Power8 dedicated disdcussion threads:
* ForumsWindows8.com - Windows 8 forums. Board also offers download links for W8 builds and software, including Power8;
* Windows8Forums.com - "The internet's #1 Windows 8 community";
* EightForums.com - Windows Eight Forums;
* PcHelpForum.ru - Форум компьютерной помощи;
* CyberForum.ru - Форум программистов и сисадминов CyberForum.ru;
* Forum.KasperskyClub.ru - Форум фан-клуба Лаборатории Касперского;
* TheVista.ru - Уже сегодня о Windows 8. Авторитетно о Windows 7 и Windows Phone;
* iChip.ru - Форум журнала Chip-Россия;
* GratiLog.net - Rien que des freewares;
Power8 is also mentioned in following threads:
* MyDigitallLife.info - Windows 8 discussion thread @ MDL: My Digilal Life Forums;
* OsZone.net - Как вернуть меню "Пуск", отключить Metro UI... - топик на компьютерном информационном портале OS-Zone;
* PcPortal.org.ru - Кнопка Пуск для Windows 8 - топик на компьютерном портале PC Portal.
What it can do already:
- Launches :) and positions itself in the Taskbar opposite to Show Desktop button. For XP, it places itself over Start button;
- Styled similar to Show Desktop button (as in Developer Preview);
- Power and session features:
- Shutdown;
- Sleep;
- Hibernate;
- Restart;
- Log off;
- Lock screen (start screensaver);
- Lock Windows;
- Displays expanding "All Programs" menu as it was back in old good XP&98 time:
- With real icons;
- With real descriptions (from desktop.ini);
- Click to launch item;
- On main button right-click:
- Allows to toggle auto-start;
- Allows to enable automatic check for updates;
- Allows to block Metro corner mouse rectangles;
- Allows to show About window;
- Allows to exit application;
- Context menu over menu items (Open folder, Open common folder, Run, Run as Administrator, ...):
(screenshot taken under WindowsXP SP3 RU, take a note on how Power8 uses system localized elements); - Activated by hot key (Alt+Z) (see details here);
- Checks for updates (see details here);
- Has dedicated special menued folder buttons: open folder or show the menu with contents(see details here);
- Can search your PC and Internet 3 different ways (see details here):
- Immediate All Programs and Most Frequently Used (MFU) applications search;
- Windows Search returned results;
- Support for internet search (like "w driver");
- Shows MFU history taken from system (see details here);
- Shows Jump Lists for MFU elements (see details here):
- System Jump Lists for Windows 7 and 8, when obtainable;
- Elements from internal JL engine for all supported OS.
- Allows you to pin/unpin MFU elements;
- Localized (see languages list above);
- Allows you to configure various settings in the settings window (see details here).
See more details under FeatureDetails page.
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