Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer regaled us with tales of porting the Start Menu from Windows 95 to NT earlier in ... Plummer talked to the shell's main developer, who confirmed the story.

Also, the button to open the start menu in the lower left corner has been changed from the Windows icon to the Open-Shell Menu icon. Type 'open shell' in the start menu to open 'Open-Shell Menu ...

I recommend the open-source Open-Shell. It’s based on the code from Classic Shell, an older Start menu replacement for Windows. It doesn’t have as many fancy menu designs as Stardock’s ...