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What is Classic Shell?
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Classic Shell is a collection of usability enhancements for Windows. The main features are:
  • Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins
  • Start button for Windows 7 and Windows 8
  • Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer
  • Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer
Classic Shell has more than 6 million downloads. See download statistics

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Apr 13th, 2013 - Version 3.6.7 is released

It fixes the problem with the black taskbar on Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012.


Apr 7th, 2013 - Version 3.6.6 is released

New setting to make the taskbar opaque, many bugfixes and improvements.


Jan 6th, 2013 - New website

Come see the new website with updated forums and gallery.


Dec 29th, 2012 - Version 3.6.5 is released

Fixes a crash bug in the start menu for some 64-bit systems.


Dec 23rd, 2012 - Version 3.6.4 is released

Fixes a freezing problem for some users when right-clicking on the Start button in Windows 7.

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Choose between 3 different styles: 




The Classic Start Menu is compatible with:

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Many usability improvements to Explorer (every feature can be turned on or off):
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"So happy to find this program. Very well made with lots of options. Makes Windows 7 worth using. Saves me from daily frustration. Thank you so much!"
Eric

"Brilliant! No more frustration, I can work just like I used to! Thank you!"
Anonymous Donor

System Requirements
Classic Shell works on Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2012. Both 32 and 64-bit versions are supported (the same installer works for both).

Friends of Classic Shell
Here are some of the people, who made significant contributions to the Classic Shell project:

Gaurav Kale - testing, feature requests and user experience consultant
JohnEdwa - custom skins and feature requests
Loginvovchyk - Russian translation, documentation and installer
Andreas Roth - German translation
BasCom - German translation
CGpingu - German translation
largo - French translation
Ted - Swedish translation
W. Jordan (Zuo Weiming) - Simplified Chinese translation
Zsolt Brechler - Hungarian translation
Javier Ballesteros - Spanish translation
alan (stable.com.tw) - Traditional Chinese translation
Michal Várady - Czech translation
Awadh - Arabic translation
Stephanie Jones - Greek translation
Robert - Slovak translation
Igor Rückert - Brazilian Portuguese translation
Fred van Waard - Dutch translation
Federico Bertagna, aka Sleeping - Italian translation
bovirus - Italian translation
Francisco Gonzalez Galan - Spanish translation
pCsOrI - Korean translation
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