During the install you can select which features to install and although I was only reviewing the Start button replacement in this article, I installed all three. I decided to go with the Windows 7 menu and also selected one of the seven available skins. This created a start menu that is essentially identical to the Windows 7 menu with a few variations.
For instance, the Control Panel has been placed under a Settings group, which also contains printers and network settings. This is not a bad idea as most users do not necessarily need these features that often. Other features such as the My Documents, Recent items, search and help are available from the immediate start menu. By default, once installed, the Classic Start Menu does boot to the desktop as opposed to the new Start Screen tiles.
Of the three products I tested this one was the only one where this feature actually works as advertised.
This way you move your custom start menu to a different computer. Classic Shell was the only one of the products that installed an entire program group for its product. It also has a handy link to the configuration page from the start menu itself. Of the three products tested, this one had by far the most options; there are no less than 13 different configuration tabs on the settings page.
This is probably overkill for most users, but it is nice to know you can tweak certain settings such as the style and which items to display in the start menu. Uses about 2 MB of memory. Pricing: ClassicShell is open source and free to download, but donations are accepted through PayPal. Both Power8 and Classic Start Menu are open source products, which means you can download and inspect the code before installing it. If you don't have the tools, time or inclination to compile the source, at the very least use the vendor-provided hash file to verify the download.
More details here. Aug 12th, - General release 4. Jul 30th, - General release 4. May 22nd, - Beta version 4. May 21st, - Beta version 4. Classic Start Menu See all features. Classic Explorer See all features. Choose between 3 different styles: Classic Two columns Windows 7.
Go to the official website and download Start Menu 8. Customize the setting and select. Download Classic Start 8 1. Try the latest version of Classic Start 8 for Windows. The program also adds a Windows 8 logo in the bottom left-hand corner of the taskbar. With the Windows 8.
This update does not, however, return the Start menu found in previous versions of Windows. If you're ok with the Start Screen and only want the Start button, we recommend updating to Windows 8.
If you still want the Start menu not the same as Start screen , proceed to the following sections of this page. The Start menu can be made into a toolbar , which allows you access to all the programs you would normally see in All Programs.
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