Top 15 Decor8 Alternative and Similar Softwares | Nov 2024

Windows 8 limits your start screen customization options to only a few provided background images and a few pre-defined color schemes.

Decor8 removes these limitations and provides the freedom to personalize your start screen with your own images and colors.

- Background images
- Color schemes
- Tile placement customization

1. StartIsBack

StartIsBack StartIsBack returns Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. StartIsBack radically improves desktop usability and makes new Start screen clutter-free. StartIsBack is fully native lightweight zero-privileges program, cheap and fair, fast, stable and secure.......

2. IObit StartMenu8

IObit StartMenu8 StartMenu8 is specially designed for Windows 8. It offers a perfect solution for users who work with Windows Start Menu all the time and are not accustomed to the new Metro start screen in Windows 8. This smart tool brings back both the start button and Windows Start Menu, and......

3. WindowFX

WindowFX Revolutionize your operating system with WindowFX. Utilize an unprecedented number of special effects for your windows and maximize your computing experience.......

4. hunt-n-peck

hunt-n-peck Simple vimium/vimperator style navigation for Windows applications based on the UI Automation framework. In essence, it works the same as screen readers or accessibility programs but with the goal of making any Windows program faster to use.......

5. VistaSwitcher

VistaSwitcher VistaSwitcher is an elegant and powerful task management utility for Windows OS. Once installed, it replaces the default Windows Alt-Tab dialog with a nice box that shows a list of all running tasks, with their names and preview snapshots, and enables the user to take actions on them using the......

6. WinPenguins

WinPenguins WinPenguins is a Win32 rewrite of the X-Windows application XPenguins. It creates cute little penguins that wander around your Windows desktop.The penguin images were taken from Pingus, a lemmings clone for GNU/Linux.......

7. 360desktop

360desktop 360desktop is free software that extends Windows as a 360 degree workspace, plus an online environment for creating interative 360 degree wallpaper, with a gallery and a widget platform, for sharing your favorite 360's with everybody.Features: extends the Windows desktop as a 360 degree workspace, online platform for creating interactive......

8. GWX Control Panel

GWX Control Panel GWX Control Panel is the easiest way for users of Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 to protect their computers from Windows 10. With GWX Control Panel you can: Remove the "Get Windows 10" icon that appears in your notification area, prevent your Windows Update control panel from upgrading your computer......

9. DBCTaskman

DBCTaskman A windows 8-like Task Manager for Windows 7 ,work in progress!......

10. Moss

Moss Moss is a live wallpaper for Android that provides system statistics such as uptime, cpu usage, network usage, top processes, and battery level.......

11. VBGadgets

VBGadgets Some nice gadgets for your Windows desktop......

12. Actual Window Manager

Actual Window Manager Actual Window Manager is 13 tools in 1. You can add new buttons to any windows title bar, add transparency effect to any window, minimize any window to tray or to any edge of the desktop, automatically close annoying windows and much more.......

13. Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesnt provide. Features of Ubuntu TweakView of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)GNOME Session ControlAuto Start Program ControlQuick install popular applicationsA lot of third-party......

14. XWidget

XWidget XWidget is a free desktop customization platform. It’s light, handy with powerful visual widget editor and very subtle animations. The Android page is found here: http://android.xwidget.com/......

15. MyColors

MyColors MyColors, Transform your Windows Desktop. Your source for the best in professional Windows XP and Vista themes, skins, icons and more!......