Classic Shell: Forum

I had previously installed Classic Shell on two previous Windows 10 computers that I absolutely love/loved it. It makes the Windows 10 user interface from the start screen work so much better. Without it I'm pretty sure I would have reverted both PC's back to Windows 7.

The two PC's with a successful Classic Shell modification had both previously been running Win 7 Pro 64 bit, used the free upgrade and have Classic Shell 4.2.2 installed.
- One is a Dell Latitude E 6500
- The other is an HP Pavilion Media Center TV m7664x that had been maxed out on CPU, GPU and RAM upgrades etc. It initially ran well on Win 10 but started running very hot and CPU would max out easy with minimal light duty programs and have long pauses.

Built a new a new gaming compatible PC with Windows 10 Home with fresh OS install obviously. One of the first things I did after installing all the hardware and OS was to install the latest version of Classic Shell to make set up, optimization, debugging and just ease of use non exasperating. While Classic Shell did make some minimal changes on this new computer the difference in start menu's gives the appearance of it having a completely different OS and the user interface is NOTHING like the pleasant easy to use start menu on my two previous PCs.

Looking for answers I read somewhere that the differences in various version of Windows 10 could cause Classic Shell to produce different results of the start menu user interface. I want to do what ever it takes to get my new PC to have the same friendly easy to use point and click menu to access just about everything one would need to open or access without having to type things like "Control Panel" in the search menu and/or create shortcuts or pin it to the task bar or start window. All three PCs are running 64 bit versions of Win 10 but the three major variables between the PCs with completely different outcomes are;

1. The good results I want from Classic Shell happened on PCs that had been upgraded from Windows 7 via MS free upgrade installation. While the PC that is not getting close to the interface I want was a clean install of Windows 10.

2. The two PC's with the desired results were both Win 7 Pro and then updated to Win 10 Pro versions while my new PC that is NOT producing the desired results is Win 10 Home edition (again all 64 bit)

3. The first two PCs are still running older versions of Classic Shell (4.2.2 on the desk top) while my new desk top has the newest version of Classic Shell at the date of this post.

I am uploading two screen shots of the two very different start menus from the desk top to show how different they are in comparison.

I would be immensely grateful and much less aggravated all around if anyone has any good suggestions on how to get my new PC start menu with Classic Shell to look like the previous two. I have some cognitive focus and memory challenges due to a disabling sleep disorder and consistency plus ease of workflow are critically important for me. To the developers of Classic Menu I offer my sincerest gratitude for making Windows 10 usable for me.

I have verified in Task Manager and in Start Up program list that Classic 4-2-5C is running. Most of the differences in the start menu on the new PC have to do with manually eliminating all the tiles from displaying.

My apologies for poor placement of the text and color choice over the back ground. The pic with the text if not legible is just pointing out that this user interface from the start menu is streamlined, aesthetically pleasing and most importantly provide a quick point and click menu to reach a fairly comprehensive list of access points to various PC settings WITH OUT need to reach for the keyboard and enter something like "administrative tools" etc.

Second picture didn't post let me try again.

Just noticed I am probably not posting in the best thread but it is the one that came up on Google search about various menus.

Looks like my second screenshot was too large a file so I shrunk the image and try a third time.

Ugh just not my day... wrong pic after all that as there is no start menu on the one above. One last time with the Start Menu Pic on new PC missing all the benefits of Classic Shell on the other two PCs.

That is NOTHING like the other two and not really that different from the stock Win 10 bad start window UI.

Are you saying that you are certain you have Classic Shell installed, however when you click on the Start button you don't get the Classic Shell start menu?

Issue resolved. Uninstalled and reinstalled Classic Shell and then set up old PC next to me on the other side to replicate settings.

I know I remember running the Classic Shell install program and it was listed as installed however in looking at some of the online tutorials with screen shots I didn't recall going through the set up menu to select the different options except the first one where I deselected IE.

All good now and I am very happy. Thanks for response.