Although some Vista users are having some problems, specially with Nvidia drivers, and some with performance issues, there are some who have already made the jump and dedicate themselves fully to developing software for the new OS, Start++ is just the start of such programs.

This program basically upgrades the Vista’s start menu search box and enables you to:

• Run a Wikipedia search by typing w Han Solo
• Launch an app as an administrator with sudo cmd
• Play music by a specific artist with play Portishead

Not too shabby for a first version, and on the upcoming one that Brandon Paddock (the creator of Start++), the search results for music files should come up with the cover of the album also, so look forward to that.

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