New stable version 4.0 powers up Windows 7, 8, and 8.1. With Classic Shell, I customized the Start menu to put some of my frequently used commands into the top right. A slew of programs grew up ...

On Windows 11, you can use the "Open-Shell-Menu" utility to bring back the classic Start menu. I'm not a fan of using third-party tools to tweak the behavior of the operating system, but this app ...

That said, let’s take a look at all the features of Open Shell: It offers exhaustive options that let you customize right from the Start Menu to the Taskbar to the Search Box to the Context menu ...

Not everyone wants to spend money on a Start menu replacement, of course. If you’re looking for a free alternative, I recommend the open-source Open-Shell. It’s based on the code from Classic ...

The Open-Shell Menu settings screen looks like this: You can choose the appearance of the start menu from 'Classic style', 'Classic with two columns', or 'Windows 7 Style'. If you select 'Classic ...