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The original poster is seeking a professional, non-open-source Windows 8 add-on that allows modern apps to open in windows and extends the desktop taskbar to the modern UI, similar to ModernMix but not as well-known. Despite attempts to locate the website through forum links and descriptions, they are unable to find it, noting that popular tools like RetroUI, Start8, ModernMix, and Classic Shell dominate search results. The thread reflects a desire to identify a specific, less-mainstream app that provided these features, highlighting frustration over its elusive discovery.

tprothro

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last week i came across a website that offered a w8 add-on which was very similar to stardock's modernmix, at the same price, the type of add-on that allowed you to open modern apps in a window. i thought i had bookmarked the site but i didn't, and now for the life of me i can't find it, even tho i consider myself a pretty capable googler.

what i do remember is that it was a very professional looking site, wasn't an open source application, and when you loaded their homepage a video of their product was centered at the top of the page. i also remember that their product, along with allowing you to open modern apps in a window, also extended the desktop taskbar to the modern gui (start menu), i.e. when you were in the modern gui the desktop taskbar was visible and operable. however i don't recall if they also offered a start menu add-on as well.

anyway, i really wanted to take a closer look at this product, so any help tracking it down would be greatly appreciated. if i remember correctly i think i found the website by following a forum link to it, not sure which forum, or a link found in the discussion area of website article, not sure which article. also, it was not one of these well know add-ons (retrogui, etc.):

9 Windows Start menus for Windows 8 | Microsoft Windows - InfoWorld
 

davehc

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Probably retroui? Does a few other things as well (alternative start menu, for one)
 

tprothro

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thanks for trying to help but, as I mentioned in my post, it's not one of the more common, better known add-ons such as retroui, sart8, modernmix, classic shell, pokki, or the others mentioned in the article i linked to (9 windows start menus for windows 8). frankly, i can't believe i can't find it, it's driving me nuts - part of the problem is that modernmix and a few others dominate searches given their popularity, i.e. if you search for "open modern apps in a window" good luck finding much more than references to modernmix.