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Classic Shell replacement
J_B
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As Classic Shell is said to be discontinued and is causing issues on my wife's and my brother's PCs, I thought I'd uninstall it and try without.
Anyway, that was an hour ago and I've decided that I would prefer to revert to being 'old fashioned'
Rather than re-installing something that is no longer supported, any suggestions as to which alternative I should choose?
I would like the W7 type start menu with the most used programs on the left (with the search box below) and the original stuff on the right column Documents, Pictures, Devices etc etc.
Any preferences??
Anyway, that was an hour ago and I've decided that I would prefer to revert to being 'old fashioned'
Rather than re-installing something that is no longer supported, any suggestions as to which alternative I should choose?
I would like the W7 type start menu with the most used programs on the left (with the search box below) and the original stuff on the right column Documents, Pictures, Devices etc etc.
Any preferences??
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Im a bit out of date on all this with W10.
W10 has documents,pictures on the left of the start menu.
You can put what you like on the right eg my documents etc etc
Its all pretty much configurable.
Yes it doesnt look like W7 but then W7 doesnt look like W95.........0 -
Open Shell is the free replacement for Classic Shell.
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
The low cost “Start is back” is maybe better and is the one I use.
https://www.startisback.com/0 -
Classic Shell still working well here on Nov19 Windows 10 .0
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think I've got start8 on my only W10 machine since classic shell issues after a windows update...startisback I tried when it was free and it's ok, only you can decide if you want to pay for it or not.......Gettin' There, Wherever There is......
I have a dodgy "i" key, so ignore spelling errors due to "i" issues, ...I blame Apple
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My brain doesn't compute cost, when there is a free alternativeFrozen_up_north wrote: »Open Shell is the free replacement for Classic Shell.
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
The low cost “Start is back” is maybe better and is the one I use.
https://www.startisback.com/
I reinstalled it and all seems good, but strange that two other computers that I 'look after' give error messages when my W10 is (I think) up to date running ver 1903Classic Shell still working well here on Nov19 Windows 10 .0 -
Latest revision is 1909 0
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Works fine here on Win 7 x64 SP1 and Win 10 1607. I hated Win 10 start menu!
I will have a look at Open Shell Menu when I get time,0 -
Reports that Classic Shell is no more appear from time to time. But it just keeps working. 0
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