Classic Shell: Forum

All,

I'm running Classic Shell 4.0.2 on windows 8.1 which is installed via Parallels. on the new Retina Macbook Pro 13". I use "Classic with two columns" and I unchecked the "Replace start button flag".

Each time when I press the start button the PC hangs and gives a delay. after 20-30 seconds the start menu pops-up.

Any idea what can be wrong?

Is it the entire PC or just Explorer? For example, if you have a Notepad opened, can you still type in it during the 20-30 second hang?

After you question I checked it. It looks like more that the "taskbar" hangs and I can use the program which is open. In this case I was able to write this message during "hanging" of the taskbar after start count.

OK. So then you can capture a dump using the procdump program while the taskbar is frozen. Click on the "How to capture crash dumps" link at the top.
Attach the dumps here.

https://www.wetransfer.com/downloads/09 ... 005/7d85fc

This is the link to a zip file

Btw, are you running Parallels in coherence mode, where it hides the Windows 7 desktop and taskbar and puts the Start button on the OS X dock?

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

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I am a Windows enthusiast and helped a little with Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

It seems to be stuck on trying to fetch the timestamp on some program in the start menu.
Do this:
1) Open regedit and go to HKCU\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings
2) Create a new DWORD value named "LogLevel" and set it to 6
3) Log off, log in
4) Open an Explorer window on %APPDATA%\ClassicShell
5) Open the start menu, wait for it to open, then close it
6) In Explorer look for a file named StartMenuLog.txt. Rename it to StartMenuLog1.txt, zip it, and attach here
7) Set LogLevel to 0 in the registry so no more log files are created

I have HKEY_Local_Machine\software\Ivosoft\ClassicShell\ and then 4 registery files. Is this the correct path?

No. You need HKEY_Current_User