Alternatives to StartAllBack

Customize the Windows 11 Start menu, taskbar and Explorer interface. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.

Replacements

Listings that take over the same core job as StartAllBack.

  • ExplorerPatcher

    Brings the Windows 10 taskbar, Start menu and Alt+Tab back to Windows 11, along with a lot of other interface options.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    ExplorerPatcher is free and GPL-2.0 licensed, restoring the Windows 10 taskbar, Start menu and Alt+Tab with many Explorer options, but major Windows updates can break it.

  • Start11

    Replace the Windows Start menu with customizable layouts and organization.

    PaidProprietaryWindows

    Start11 is also a paid, closed-source replacement offering several Start-menu designs with organization and taskbar customization, but it concentrates on the Start menu rather than Explorer.

  • Open-Shell

    The continuation of Classic Shell, bringing a classic Start menu and Explorer toolbar back to Windows 7 through 11.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    Open-Shell is free and MIT-licensed, giving a classic hierarchical Start menu and an Explorer toolbar with status bar, and it is highly skinnable with community skins.

Also worth comparing

These listings name StartAllBack as their own alternative, so the relationship runs both ways.

  • 7+ Taskbar Tweaker

    Change grouping, clicking and other behavior of the classic Windows taskbar.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    StartAllBack is paid, closed-source software that customizes the Windows 11 taskbar, Start menu and Explorer, rather than tweaking only the classic taskbar's grouping and clicking behavior.

  • Cairo Desktop

    Open-source desktop environment for Windows that replaces the standard taskbar and shell.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    StartAllBack customises the existing Windows 11 Start menu, taskbar and Explorer instead of replacing the shell, but it is paid and closed source.

  • TranslucentTB

    Makes the Windows taskbar transparent, blurred or tinted, and changes it depending on what is on screen.

    FreeOpen sourceWindows

    StartAllBack is paid closed source software that customizes the Windows 11 taskbar, Start menu and Explorer, covering far more than TranslucentTB's cosmetic taskbar styles.

Similar software

Related functionality, not a direct replacement.