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    Windows 10's Share Has Grown by Just 5 Percent in a Year

    Classic Shell is not "nonsense". Nobody is forcing you to install it. It's a third party solution to one major painful problem created by Microsoft. It's a proper stable Win32 app that doesn't hack around with Windows system files or do any dangerous tweaks. On Windows 10, Classic Shell is less...
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    If you are just starting with Win 10 from Win 7, what are the Top Ten things to know?

    What you said about the knockoff thingy and looking not authentic was true about the old version of Classic Shell (version 3). With Classic Shell 4, it became a fully authentic looking and authentic functioning superset of the Windows 7 Start Menu but retained the XP option for those who want...
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    Why Windows Needs A Start Menu

    Classic Shell is designed to work in a multi-user environment. I use it all the time without issues on Server 2012 R2 Terminal Server. If you have Explorer slowdown/freezing issues, you could capture a slowdown dump using procdump.exe as instructed here...
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    worth upgrading to from 7 to 8.1?

    Hi. I am the tester for Classic Shell. If you had Explorer crashing issues, I would like to suggest you to post the problem in our official forum at classicshell.net/forum along with a crash dump. Classic Shell is 100% third party code, so it's just like a regular desktop program like Firefox or...
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    Windows 8.1 tips to get it like 7?

    It adds a command toolbar to Explorer which is optional. All of the additions can be turned off if you don't need them. It doesn't change the look of Explorer in any way. That's what themes are supposed to do.
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    Windows 8.1 tips to get it like 7?

    @munkle, try this skin for Classic Shell: http://winaero.com/blog/get-the-best-looking-start-menu-for-classic-shell-4-with-winaero-skin-2-0/ It makes the Start menu color match the Windows 8.1 taskbar better. Also, the settings are live as in instant, so they don't need to be applied. If you...
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    Best Windows 8 Start Button Program

    The latest Classic Shell 3.9.5 implements full Windows 7 style menu and keeps classic cascading style menu for those who prefer it. Your choice. :)
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    Windows 8 Adoption Gaining Steam

    Maybe you tried the stable version 3.6.8 of Classic Shell? Try 3.9.3 beta linked from the homepage and see if it changes your opinion. ;)
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    Classic Shell 3.6.8 - DON'T UPDATE

    Hi everyone. I am on the Classic Shell team. I would like to clarify the matter. :) The button had to be removed because Microsoft's legal department sent us a warning saying their logo is copyrighted and we can't use it. It can't be shipped with the product. But you can download the image for...
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    Windows 8 blows but...

    I am not assuming anything, :) I was merely trying to help you how to set Classic Shell to open Control Panel in category view. I work on CS team. :D Maybe your ShellBagsMRU got reset in the registry, that is where the folder views are remembered. If you have a bug about CS to report, feel free...
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    Windows 8 blows but...

    Classic Shell doesn't "break" anything. If you want Control Panel to open as category view from inside the Classic Shell Start Menu, go to Customize Start menu tab, double click Control Panel and change command from "control_panel" to "control_panel_categories". :D
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    Start8 Beta Restores Start Button to Windows 8

    Also, the menus themselves of Classic Shell don't have to be ugly erstwhile grey. They can be pure glass or plain white or any color you choose.
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    Start8 Beta Restores Start Button to Windows 8

    May I ask why you don't like cascaded menus? Because Classic Shell comes with a little known improvement to them. If you set the "Menu Delay" value to a high number, the menus don't close by hover, they open and close only if you click somewhere, so there's no hurry to move the pointer before...
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    Start8 Beta Restores Start Button to Windows 8

    Just out of curiosity, if I may ask, why do you want in-line "All programs" covering existing Start menu items when rest of the screen is unused? XP Start Menu was designed on purpose so it doesn't cover your pinned or recent programs. What is the benefit of in-line "All programs"? :) Search...
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    Windows 8 RTM vs win8 release preview

    Not really. Return of Start Menu doesn't fix all the other annoyances and removals: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/W8ITProPreRel/thread/18b53644-6c6b-4d32-820a-53134a0913f3 Not everyone will miss everything but there was no reason to remove functionality and dumb it down...
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