Hello.
I have been using Classic Start Menu and Classic Explorer for some time with great results.
I love the Classic Start Menu fly-out feature and the Classic Explorer scroll fix feature. However I like and want to keep the regular full Windows search feature and do not want to disable it just because I want to use Classic Shell.
It seems I have been able to have all of this in the past on my desktop. In fact it still all works on my laptop with version 3.6.2. However recently I no longer have all of this on my desktop which has versions 3.6.5 installed.
I don't get it.
On my Windows 7 laptop I have 3.6.2 installed:- The regular Windows full search works - searches all items on my PC using the Win 7 index information (even though all info on this site seems to indicate using Classic Start Menu only searches the start menu and disables regular Windows search)
- The Classic Start Menu (Windows Vista/Windows 7 version) works fine and I have the fly-out menu functionality.
On my Windows 7 desktop I have 3.6.5 installed:- The regular Windows full search does not work. When I have Classic Start Menu enabled the search only searches the start menu and disables regular Windows search (as indicated on this web site as normal behavior).
- To get Windows search back I right click the start orb and click Exit. Classic Start Menu is turned off and I get the standard Windows start menu back and regular Windows search works again, but of course I no longer have Classic Start Menu fly-out. Also, sometimes but not always, then Classic Explorer goes away as well, removing the Explorer scroll fix feature. So I then go into MSIE 9 and enable the Classic Explorer Bar which gives me back Classic Explorer and enables the Explorer scroll fix.
- Also very weird - even though I have turned off Classic Start Menu (and disabled it in msconfig startup) - every time I reboot the desktop, Classic Start Menu comes back and I have to repeat all these steps again! I have disabled it in my msconfig startup options several times to no avail. It just keeps coming back.
What the heck am I doing wrong? Or if this is normal Classic Shell behavior why does my laptop do what I want?
Thanks in advance to anyone who can set me straight on this.