Classic Shell: Forum

Hi, Classic Start Menu developors:

I like to use Classic Start Menu instead of win7 start menu.
But, I found some bugs of Classic Start Menu,
and, in some cases, I think, the method of win7 is better than the way of Classic Start Menu.I suggest Classic Start Menu to change.

I am not good in English, so I snap the photo to elaborate, see the attachments pls.

Hmm let's address your issues one by one although some of them are not clear.

Classic Start Menu as of this version shows only recently used programs. It does not implement frequently used yet, but a future may add it. Thanks for the suggestion.

"Pin to this list" function always fails? It works for me. What do you mean it fails? What happens? Does right clicking and selecting "Pin to this list" work?

Jumplists will only be synchronized if the AppID of both is the same. Every program in Windows is assigned an AppID. To correct this, unpin the Notepad from your Windows Start Menu. Then right click the Notepad pinned in your Classic Start Menu and click "Pin to Start Menu" which will re-pin it to the Windows 7 Start menu. Now compare the jump lists. They should be the same.

What do you mean sorting of left column? The MRU/MFU lists are not sorted by any other order. Do you mean re-ordering items in jumplists using drag and drop? That is not yet supported, may be in the future.

You are right about the minimum width. That changes according to the longest name. Classic Start Menu only allows setting a maximum width. To set a minimum width, you can do a trick. Go to "Customize Start Menu" tab, and double click any item defined for the left column e.g. ProgramsMenu. In its Label field, add as many spaces as you want and at the end, after adding the spaces, add an ampersand(&). e.g. "Programs" should become "Programs &". The greater the number of spaces you insert, the minimum width will adjust accordingly. You could use similar trick for sub-menus. Also, the maximum width set on Menu Look tab "Main menu width" and "Sub-menu width" must be greater than minimum width or else you will get "...." at the end of the name.

The "All columns are same size" setting affects only sub-menus, not the main menu. It means that the columns in a sub-menu will be equivalently sized, one column won't be narrow, and the other wide. Maybe we should make that clear that it's only for sub-menus.

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

● Read the Search box usage guide.

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

Well good news for you. Now the latest public beta version of Classic Shell which is available from the home page has frequently used program list. Try it if you are interested.

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

● Read the Search box usage guide.

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

Thanks csmuser, and GauravK,
for mentioning about the menu minimum width settings,
and the tweaky fix. I always figured I was doing something wrong with the settings,
as nothing worked for me, as well.
Tried the spaces with &.
Very good.