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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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.

Choose between 3 different styles: 

The Classic Start Menu is compatible with:

Download DisplayFusion from here

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

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: Epic poems covering the legends of Beren and Lúthien and Túrin Turambar. Vol 4: The Shaping of Middle-earth : The first structured "chronicle" and maps of Arda. Vol 5: The Lost Road and Other Writings : Early legends of Númenor and Elvish etymologies. The Lord of the Rings Development (Vols 6–9)

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| Volumes | Focus | |---------|-------| | I–II (The Book of Lost Tales) | Earliest myths of Valinor, Elves, and the first Dark Lord, Melkor. | | III (The Lays of Beleriand) | Epic poetic versions of The Children of Húrin and Beren and Lúthien. | | IV–V (The Shaping of Middle-earth) | Early maps, the first Silmarillion, and the Quenta Noldorinwa. | | VI–IX (The History of The Lord of the Rings) | Drafts showing how Frodo, Aragorn, and even Treebeard evolved. | | X (Morgoth’s Ring) | Philosophical and theological depths of evil and immortality. | | XI (The War of the Jewels) | Later Silmarillion materials, plus the Grey Annals. | | XII (The Peoples of Middle-earth) | Appendices, timeline revisions, and the unfinished New Shadow. |

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