Classic Shell: Forum

Hi.

I accidentally deleted Classic Shell folder from Program Files and my Start menu disappeared at all. Pressing it I now see only tiled Win 8.0 screen. When I downloaded installer from your site it instantly aborts installation saying I already have newer version. I've cleaned up all temp folders and registry from all mentioning off ivosoft and classic shell but all installers keep saying I already have newer version. Please help.

Download the Classic Shell Utility from here: http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Use the second option to nuke all traces of Classic Shell, then reboot, then install whatever version you want.

Sorry, I forgot to mention that I already did that and it didn't help. Look:

Hm, that's weird. There is no newer version than 4.2.4 and besides, the utility should get rid of it all. Something in the registry must be corrupted.
I don't have any suggestions what to try next.

As a last resort, you can try downloading Windows Installer Cleanup Utility from here: http://www.softpedia.com/get/Security/S ... lity.shtml Note that you must install and run Windows Installer Cleanup Utility as administrator (with elevated rights).


Be careful with the use of this tool. It should list all applications on your system which use Windows Installer including some version of Classic Shell. Select Classic Shell in that list (and make sure you don't select any other product) and click "Remove". Let it remove and then click Exit.
Now try installing the latest version of Classic Shell and it should work. If no version of Classic Shell appears in Windows Installer Cleanup utility, exit the tool without doing anything.


Actually since you have already tried the Classic Shell Utility to cleanup, Classic Shell shouldn't even be listed in the Windows Installer Cleanup Utility, but it's worth trying since somehow your system still says it is installed. WICU should clean up any cached MSIs from %windir%\Installer folder which might be preventing you from reinstalling/repairing Classic Shell.

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Links to some general topics:

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

Nope, nothing there.

So I guess I'll just wait for next version. Any hints on when it may come out?