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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:37 am 
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I upgraded to 8.1. I did a repair install of 4.0.0. It still did not start. I uninstalled classic shell. I rebooted. I downloaded again and installed. It still does not start up on boot-up.


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:07 am 
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If the Start Menu isn't starting, then in Classic Start Menu settings, General Behavior tab (All Settings), check if "Start automatically for this user" is checked.

You can also create a shortcut to "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" and put it in your startup folder as a workaround.

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PostPosted: Sat Oct 19, 2013 6:27 pm 
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Start Automatically for this user was already checked.
I created the shortcut suggested and rebooted and now the classic shell started with the desktop.
I do thank you for your support, but hope that in the future it will work as it should.
Thank you.


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Few things you can try:
Disable your antivirus. It may be blocking the start menu.

Open an administrative command prompt and type "regsvr32 startmenuhelper64.dll" (for 32-bit Windows type "regsvr32 startmenuhelper32.dll")


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 12:24 am 
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Sorry Ivo, I have the same problem, Classic Shell does not start automatically now that I have upgraded to Windows 8.1.

As a complete newbie to this level of interference with the computers workings, what does your previous instructions do? and does that need to be done each time the computer is started?

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 1:23 am 
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No they don't have to be done each time Windows starts. It's a helper DLL which starts the Start Menu at startup. Once it's registered it should work, if it doesn't then you can also place a shortcut to Start Menu in your startup folder to start it. It will start just as fast on 8.1. :)

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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 5:35 pm 
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If only a single user account was created then if it is a local account (as opposed to it being a Microsoft account) and if it has no password assigned to it, Windows 8.1 will boot straight to desktop, and will do so regardless of whether the "Skip Metro screen" feature is ticked (on the "Windows 8.1 Settings" tab). This, AFAIK, is the only scenario in which the problem will occur.


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Are you saying that in this case Windows 8.1 will always go to the desktop and disregard the "Skip Metro screen" setting? Does it do the same even if "When I sign in or close all apps on a screen, go to the desktop instead of Start" is unchecked? The two settings are supposed to be doing the same thing.


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OK scratch that. I forgot I had also applied the registry hack as explained in the tutorial linked below.
http://dottech.org/76495/how-to-automat ... ndows-boot

On my Win 8.1 desktop PC, which uses the registry hack, Classic Shell refuses to start automatically, even if "Start Automatically for this user" is ticked. However, on my Win 8.1 laptop, Classic Shell 4.0.0 does not have this problem.


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On Windows 8.1 you do not need a registry hack to boot to Desktop. They added a setting for that. Look for it in the Navigation tab in the properties. The "Skip Metro screen" setting of Classic Shell controls the same Windows setting.

Please remove the hack and report here if it helps with the start of Classic Shell.


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PostPosted: Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:45 pm 
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Ivo wrote:
On Windows 8.1 you do not need a registry hack to boot to Desktop.

I know. I applied it 11 months ago, when I was still running Win 8.0.

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Please remove the hack and report here if it helps with the start of Classic Shell.

OK, I will. Hang on a sec. :)


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It appears that the free upgrade to Win 8.1 from the Windows Store had already removed the registry hack all by itself. I just removed my shortcut from my Startup folder and updated Classic Shell to 4.0.2, then rebooted. Doing that has solved the problem for me. Thank you for saving my life... *AGAIN* ! :D


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After I upgraded to Windows 8.1 my computer refused to go directly to the desktop. I got the Metro-app panel again. After I checked the new Windows 8.1 option to switch to desktop, all is well again. But why do I need the Windows option? I would like to have Classic Shell back in control again!

By the way, my Windows boots a lot slower after the upgrade. It takes more time to enter my log-in screen. But I guess that's not a conflict caused by Classic Shell.


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PostPosted: Tue Oct 22, 2013 6:37 am 
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I had slower boots for a while after upgrade to, but it seems to have cleared itself up, back to where it used to be


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Thanks for the information, I have the same problem and I'll try these ideas.

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Just as a heads up. The 8.1 update causes massive HDD fragmentation and also shatters the registry into many pieces. My registry was in 45 pieces. I did a boot time defrag with Puran to fix that. Slower boot times which gradually improve could be due to fragmentation that the built in Windows defragger eventually alleviates as part of automatic optimization and maintenance. This feature is on by default but can take a few days to a week to be triggered. You can of course do a manual defrag and optimization but most third party defrag tools have more options and do a better job than the built in one.

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Im on an ssd, so the boot time fragmentation shouldnt be an issue for me (infact I think I read somewhere that fragmentation is actually a good thing on ssds, as it spreads the load more evenly


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GauravK wrote:
You can also create a shortcut to "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" and put it in your startup folder as a workaround.

As I had the same problem, I put ClassicStartMenu in my startup folder but now I tested

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Open an administrative command prompt and type "regsvr32 startmenuhelper64.dll" (for 32-bit Windows type "regsvr32 startmenuhelper32.dll")

It works - Thank you so much.:P :lol: :D


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I have a slightly different problem here, I updated to Windows 8.1 (Pro 64 bit), almost everything works fine, I skip Metro screen and start on Desktop directly, BUT I have active corners and standard windows start button, though I checked Options in Classic shell not to have these...
The funny thing is, once I open Classic Start Menu Settings, active corners are deactivated and I get the Classic Start Button :p

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Open an administrative command prompt and type "regsvr32 startmenuhelper64.dll"


But I got an error:

Any ideas?


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Which version of Classic Shell are you using? Upgrade to Classic Shell 4.0.4.

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PostPosted: Sun Feb 09, 2014 8:37 am 
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Ah, I was using 4.0.2 somehow didn't get the usual reminder to update :)

I did an uninstall and a clean reinstall of 4.0.4 and it works now very nicely ;-)

Thank you very much!


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