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Open-Shell makes Windows 11 feel like the Windows people actually liked, and it costs nothing

Windows 11's Start menu is disappointing, but you can bring things back to better times with Open-Shell. And it's completely ...
Computerworld

Retro Start menu star Classic Shell heads out to pasture

Long a mainstay of the old-fashioned Windows interface fan club, Classic Shell’s developer Ivo Beltchev has thrown in the towel, releasing the code to SourceForge Hundreds of millions of downloads ...
Liliputing

Classic Shell goes open source (after developer abandons it): Customize Windows 10 and make it work more like Windows 7

Microsoft has a habit of tweaking the user interface of Windows every time the company puts out a major new release. Windows 8 replaced the Start Menu with a full-screen version called the Start ...
Techno-Science.net

4 Best Windows 11 Start Menu Replacement Apps and How to Use Them

This guide covers four top Windows 11 Start menu replacement apps: Start11, StartAllBack, Open Shell Menu, and Flow Launcher. These apps offer a range of customization options, from classic layouts to ...