If you want the Windows 7 start menu back in Windows 8, then we've got news for you. Some hackers have found a way to run the 'explorer.exe' from Windows 7 on Windows 8. The file is responsible for Windows search, file type associations and for displaying the desktop icons, the start menu, the taskbar, and the control panel.
When you would normally copy 'explorer.exe' from Windows 7 to Windows 8 the file doesn't execute as it appears to know it's no longer on a Windows 7 system. With the patch it does.
To get it working you will need to grab some files from your Windows 7 install or from the installation CD, then transfer the files to your Windows 8 system, and finally execute the patch.
It's interesting as Microsoft has removed the sourcecode for the start menu from Windows 8 to prevent exactly this from happening, Microsoft hoped hackers would not find a way to bring it back, if the actual code was removed. This trick simply puts the code back. The patch is work in progress and numerous improvements have already been made.
