
Here too, if you press SHIFT and click on the Start menu, you’ll get to the original Start menu, so you can in fact use both, as the same time. Once installed, you’ll get a tray icon that will let you customize some settings in the program. Well, at least this one doesn’t include the ASK dot COM toolbar… However, the software is NOT free, therefore, you will have to consider if you’re ready to pay to get your Classic Start menu back. It will also give you an “Aero” theme feeling, which is all nice. This is another software by the same author, that will get you to the Classic Start menu.

Therefore, while installing CSMenu, please make sure you select “Custom Installation” and that you manually remove the 2 check-boxes, unless you really really need the ASK dot COM toolbar.

While not an actual malware, I would never recommend ANYONE to install that toolbar unless you’re looking for trouble. However, please make sure you read the following note.ĬSMenu will prompt you to install the ASK dot COM toolbar. There is also a portable version available so you can run it without installing. You just need to install it and run the application. “CSMenu” is a small application for Windows 7 which can bring the Classic start menu back in Windows 7. The nice thing about it, besides being totally free, is that when you type the first letter of a program or folder it brings you to the correct menu.Īfter installing, this is the way your Start menu will look like:īTW, if you press SHIFT and click on the Start menu, you’ll get to the original Start menu, so you can in fact use both, as the same time. It changes the Windows 7 start menu to classic and it looks exactly the same like what you see in Windows XP. Classic ShellĬlassic Shell is free and takes up very little memory. However, a lot of people still haven’t gotten used to the newer version, so we thought it would be handy to explain a couple of ways to get the Classic Start menu back: 1.

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