#classic start menu

[commodorez]

Start menu pin!  Now I need to find somewhere to pin it...

[commodorez]

I threw together a Windows 10 Enterprise VM at work to play with, and to manage other VMs from.  However, the start menu was far too disruptive to my work flow, so I installed Classic Shell and made it usable again.

[martink279]

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Enable classic start menu in Windows 8

Have you migrated to Windows 8, only to find out that Classic Start menu has been missing? A lot of my friends are reluctant to upgrade to Windows 8 only because they heard and read all the horror stories that is Windows 8. They don’t know how good can Windows 8 be, and they don’t know that security wise is better that windows 7, boot speed, virt. features…

There are also people like my friend who likes new start menu. He loves it in fact. And that is good. But what about remaining 99% of users?

Well, it’s quite simple, there are many products that bring Classic menu back,

Classic shell

One of my favorite is Classic shell. Upon installation, you are presented with simple screen where you can choose type of Start button:

Start menu looks indeed very similar to windows 7 menu:

It’s a solid choice, I have never had a problem using it. You can get it here

  Start menu 8

It resembles original menu quite well, again solid choice.

You can get it from here

Pokki start menu

Just by the name you know it’s something special.

Instead of Windows colour theme, it uses it’s own theme, fonts also differ from from Windows standard. But what else makes Pokki special? It has it’s own App store, you can install & buy many apps like Facebook, Angry birds, twitter, gmail….and buy games if you want to play.

The question is, do you want that feature? Not for the enterprises, but young people coud like it. And maybe you can find some use for it at home.

You can get Pokki from here

  Start8

Last on the list, Start8 is developed by a well know company Stardock which specialises in desktop utility software, it’s also commercial, you can buy it for $4.99. I have heard for some companies that are planning migration to Windows 8 in combination with Start8.

  Again, solid choice, but more so suitable for enterprises where support is required. You can get it from here

I am sure there are many more, but this ones quite popular and they do it’s purpose well. The point is, if Windows 8 start menu was keeping you for using Windows 8, now you can give it a go. Enable classic start menu in Windows 8? – no problem

[commodorez]

I really like the look, feel, and layout of the Windows 95 start menu.  So much so that I've used Classic Start Menu to tweak the hell out of Windows 7 to look as much like it's forefather as possible. In fact, I've had some folks look at my computer and ask "What OS is that?!?"

I still haven't dug up a suitable icon to replace the Search magnifying glass.  I'll have to do something about that.  Anybody got some good 95-era icons they'd be willing to share?

If I were to make any additional tweaks besides that, it would be to have the oldschool windows flag on the Start button itself, and to change the color or graphic that "Windows 95" covers on the far left.

[mister-c]

Classic Start Menu working on Windows 10 / Windows Technical Preview, Evaluation copy. Build 9841

[atholcourtenay]

Windows 8 Classic Start Menu Software: Classic Shell versus Start8, Free versus Paid...

Windows 8 Classic Start Menu Software: Classic Shell versus Start8, Free versus Paid…

Users new to Windows 8 from older Windows platform have quite a learning curve to get through. Once the swipes and tiles have become familiar you may still be left with the feeling that something is missing?

What is missing is the Start Menu button, normally tucked away in the bottom left hand corner of your screen. Sure there is that Windows 8.1 thing but the secret to the classic Start Menu was…

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