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Lea
 Post subject: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 11:19 am 
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Hello, all,

The classic shell start button on the bottom left of my screen is gone.

How can I get it back?

Thanks for any help.
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Gaurav
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 12:00 pm 
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Which version are you using? Try upgrading to the latest version, 4.0.4. It has fixes to the menu starting reliably.

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fishsticks
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 1:00 pm 
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I have the same problem. It was there a few minutes ago, then I upgraded to the newest version, and it's gone. What do I do now?
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Ivo
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Thu Feb 27, 2014 9:50 pm 
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Download the Classic Shell Utility from here: http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Run it and send me the log file.
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fishsticks
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 4:57 am 
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It's early, I'm not fully conscious, so I hope I didn't mess this up...


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Ivo
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 9:30 am 
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What exactly is the problem? That the start menu is not running? Have you tried restarting?
Also see if manually running ClassicStartMenu.exe will show the start button.
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Gaurav
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Mon Mar 03, 2014 10:20 am 
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@fishsticks, see if C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe is set to run as administrator accidentally from its Properties -> Compatibility tab and uncheck it if it is. That can be the only reason why it isn't loading at startup.

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fishsticks
 Post subject: Re: Icon disappeared
PostPosted: Tue Mar 04, 2014 11:13 am 
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Well, that's interesting... I went to check, and it wasn't set to run as administrator -- but once I saw that, I looked down, and the start menu was back (which I swear it wasn't when I started). I don't care; it's fixed, and I can go back to pretending that I don't have Windows 8, so I'm happy! Thanks!
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