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Classic Shell™ 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
Development has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open Shell

The latest stable version of Classic Shell is 4.3.1

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Download mirror at Mediafire

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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.

Dec 3rd, 2017 - Classic Shell is no longer actively developed

After 8 years I have decided to stop developing Classic Shell. The source code for the latest version is released on SourceForge. More details here.

Aug 12th, 2017 - General release 4.3.1 is out

It officially supports the Creators Update for Windows 10. More details here.

Jul 30th, 2016 - General release 4.3.0 is out

It officially supports the Anniversary Update for Windows 10. More details here.

May 22nd, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.7 is out

QFE fix for a crash bug in beta version 4.2.6 that affects 32-bit Windows 10.

May 21st, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.6 is out

It improves support for Windows 10 Redstone, adds taskbar skinning, menu animations, and many new features. More details here.

Classic Start Menu See all features	Classic Explorer See all features
Choose between 3 different styles: Classic Two columns Windows 7 The Classic Start Menu is compatible with: Download DisplayFusion from here	Many usability improvements to Explorer (every feature can be turned on or off):

Get Help Read the F.A.Q. Ask a question in the forum Report a bug or submit a feature request Learn how to make your own skin Learn how to make your own start button Testimonials More "So happy to find this program. Very well made with lots of options. Makes Windows 7 worth using. Saves me from daily frustration. Thank you so much!" Eric "Brilliant! No more frustration, I can work just like I used to! Thank you!" Anonymous Donor 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.	Friends of Classic Shell
	Here are some of the people, who made significant contributions to the Classic Shell project: Gaurav Kale - testing, feature requests and user experience consultant Jcee - testing, feature requests, forum moderator JohnEdwa - custom skins and feature requests Loginvovchyk - Russian translation, documentation and installer Andreas Roth - German translation BasCom - German translation CGpingu - German translation largo - French translation Ted - Swedish translation W. Jordan (Zuo Weiming) - Simplified Chinese translation Zsolt Brechler - Hungarian translation Javier Ballesteros - Spanish translation alan (stable.com.tw) - Traditional Chinese translation Michal Várady - Czech translation Awadh - Arabic translation Stephanie Jones - Greek translation Robert - Slovak translation Igor Rückert - Brazilian Portuguese translation Fred van Waard - Dutch translation Federico Bertagna, aka Sleeping - Italian translation bovirus - Italian translation Francisco Gonzalez Galan - Spanish translation pCsOrI - Korean translation milksizegene - Japanese translation Barnaba - Polish translation Fabien COMMAN - French translation Andrei David - Romanian translation akerbeltz - Scottish translation IRIman - Persian translation pepdolesa - Catalan translation Calemk - Macedonian translation Daril - Spanish translation Galaldurian - Spanish translation TMTisFree - French translation


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Dec 3rd, 2017 - Classic Shell is no longer actively developed

Aug 12th, 2017 - General release 4.3.1 is out

Jul 30th, 2016 - General release 4.3.0 is out

May 22nd, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.7 is out

May 21st, 2016 - Beta version 4.2.6 is out

Choose between 3 different styles:

Many usability improvements to Explorer (every feature can be turned on or off):