Winaero
Type of businessPrivate
Type of site
Reviews / Software Development, software site / blog
FoundedJuly 2011
Headquarters
Penza
,
Russia
Founder(s)Sergey Tkachenko
Key peopleSergey Tkachenko, Development Lead
Employees1
URLwww.winaero.com

Winaero is a website hosting freeware tweaking tools for Microsoft Windows. It is made by a Russian software developer, Sergey Tkachenko. The website offfers 50+ freeware tools for modifying the behavior of Microsoft Windows. Notable amongst these are Skip Metro Suite [1][2] which allows skipping the Windows 8 Start screen, booting straight to the Windows desktop and customizing the Modern UI hot corners. Other notable tools include Ribbon Disabler,[3] which allows disabling the Explorer Ribbon interface and Personalization Panel[4] which replicates the full personalization restricted by low end editions of Windows.

History

Winaero started in July 2011 as a simple English download page[5] for the former Russian original project by Sergey Tkachenko. Winreview later ceased to operate and Winaero became the sole focus of the developer. From August 2012, Winaero started to publish English articles on its blog.

Recognition

Winaero's software utilities have been recognized by WinSuperSite,[6] Lifehacker,[7] PCWorld,[8] Engadget[9] and several other reputable news sites and blogs. A number of Winaero tools have been featured on these sites.

References

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