Software Santa
FREE and/or Open Source Desktop Software! => System Repair and Other Utilities => Windows Repair and Systems Utilities => Topic started by: Software Santa on January 01, 2011, 07:39:56 PM
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Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7 and Vista, and up: like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others.
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu)
Classic Shellâ„¢ is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it. The main features are:
Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins
Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs
Find programs, settings, files and documents
Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10
Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer
Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer
Note: As of December 2017, Classic Shell is no longer in active development. More details here: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147
Development has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open Shell: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
The latest stable version of Classic Shell is 4.3.1
Download translated versions
Download older versions
Download mirror at Mediafire
Visit the Classic Shell forum to find custom menu skins and start buttons.
If you are having problems uninstalling or upgrading Classic Shell, please read this forum post.
System Requirements
Classic Shell works on Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10 and their server counterparts (Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2016). Both 32 and 64-bit versions are supported. The same installer works for all versions.
Note: Windows RT is not supported.
Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others.
Note: The software available here is not the latest version. Visit the new website www.classicshell.net to download the latest version and to access the new forums and documentation.
Features
Classic Start Menu for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
Toolbar for Windows Explorer
Classic copy UI (Windows 7 only)
Show file size in Explorer status bar
Title bar and status bar for Internet Explorer
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu)
http://classicshell.sourceforge.net (http://classicshell.sourceforge.net)
http://www.classicshell.net/ (http://www.classicshell.net/)
https://github.com/coddec/Classic-Shell (https://github.com/coddec/Classic-Shell)