7Stacks didn't work for me on my Win8. I just kept getting an error whenever I tried to create a stack. I tried running as admin but that made no difference.
What I have found though is a really useful free app called CoolBarz which allows me to take all my shortcuts off my taskbar and add them to Coolbarz which I then use as a launcher. Works great for me on Win8.
http://www.bryntyounce.com/coolbarz.htm