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 ...

Windows only: Start menu replacement utility Classic Shell adds back some of the missing features in Windows 7 or Vista that used to exist in XP—like the Classic-style Start Menu. During the ...

Many Windows aficionados yearn for the Windows 7 Start menu, and the two products reviewed here strive to give it to them, pasted on top of Windows 10. Classic Shell concentrates on providing a ...

With this in mind, a free program called Classic Shell has been updated to support the ability to add a Start Menu to Windows 8. Classic Shell is a popular Start Menu alternative that allows you ...

Hide new folder, and shortcut Disable to prevent opening folders in Windows Explorer Disable Pin shell extension. Read: SystemTrayMenu is a free open-source Start Menu alternative for Windows 11/10.

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 ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. When users found out that Microsoft’s (MSFT) next version of Windows wouldn’t have ...

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 ...

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 ...