We suggested she try Classic Shell, which is free from classicshell.net. It replaces the Windows 10 start menu with something that looks a lot like Windows XP but makes no other changes to your ...

There’s more. When you click the start button in Classic Shell, then “Settings,” you’ll see the things you want most: Control Panel, Printers, PC settings, Network Connections and more.

Windows only: Start menu replacement utility Classic Shell adds back some of the missing features in Windows 7 or Vista that used to exist in XP—like ...

Open-Shell is a free software that brings the classic Start Menu & more back to Windows 11/10 desktop. This Classic Shell alternative will customize your desktop experience.

Classic Shell brings back the proper Start menu, with three styles that straight out of Windows XP or Windows 7. This goes a long way to making those who were comfortable with earlier OSs feel ...

Right-click the Start menu button, choose Properties, and the StartIsBack options panel appears—you can finish the XP transformation under the Appearance tab. Note that the program is only free ...

Most every longtime Windows user knows the sad saga of the lowly Start menu. Born as a button in Windows 95, modified in XP and Vista, and blossoming into its most usable form in Windows 7, the ...

If you miss the Start menu on Windows 8, try Classic Shell before spending a dime on commercial alternatives. You’ll probably want to stick with it. Windows 8 doesn’t have a Start button. If ...

Now that Classic Shell has finished installing, you will see a Start button in the lower left-hand corner of your Windows 8 desktop taskbar. Now we need to select the style of Start Menu we wish ...

A reader wrote to say she had been using a Windows XP computer forever. But recently she bit the bullet and bought a Windows 10 machine. Ouch! The wound still hurts.