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Aston 2.0.1

Desktop/Shell Enhancement
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Aston is a Desktop manager and Shell replacement for Windows. It fully replaces standard Windows Desktop and delivers a host of new features: Nice looking, easy-to-change interface, skins for all elements, detailed setup of any element, simple visual configuration, toolbars of any size with plenty of levels, any size & shape icons can be animated, Plug-ins, hotkeys, shell Swapper, and Install & Uninstall.

  • License: shareware ($28)
  • Updated: Mar 21, 2010
  • Publisher: Gladiators Software

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Rated 20/50 by mariposa_7 at Jan 4, 2008

It was too much and it was confusing to use.

Rated 10/50 by derricksidhu at Jan 21, 2009

Nothing at all. Messed & screwed up my whole PC. Won't even uninstall properly.

Rated 20/50 by jim63135 at Jan 21, 2009

not really sure I like to hide my desktop icons and I also didn't care for the themes, most were for kids and gamers if you ask me. I just didn't care for it. Couldn't see paying $30 for it at all. I was shocked there were no reviews on the product or pictures before downloading and installing to find out I didn't like it.

Rated 30/50 by Thomas-new at Mar 3, 2010

I used this sw for for couple years and I have good experience with it.Lighter than explorer, takes less RAM, Provides much better look(if you use some nice theme) than classic explorer shell, includes lots of useful features (sidebars,...) Aston is quit difficult to configure, I think that many users actually dont understand this sw (see previous reviews ;) )

Rated 50/50 by JasCarver9 at May 27, 2010

Attractive themes, customization options , low file sizes on themes, etc. Well the start menu is a problem on a small screen but its a machine issue because of the 10.1" screen and not the software. I received this version for free through the site GiveAwayOfTheDay and decided to install and use it. I found the text, and the overall desktop experience to be a lot better then the boring Windows 7 Starter desktop offered. A big plus about this software is that under Windows 7 Starter, you can actually use this program to change the background to whatever you like. On the home page of Aston 2, It looks like there are only 4 pages of skins present to take advantage of the new features of this version but I expect more to come in the future. The install was easy, and so is the interface. I may purchase an actual license in the future once it comes out again to give it another try. But for what I was offered, it was just right.

Rated 50/50 by Sammo at Jun 16, 2010

This is the best shell replacement that I have used. It is fully customizable and actually uses less system resources than the default windows shell does.