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    Classic Shell 3.6.7

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    Part of the Windows 8 Start Menu download hub
    Downloads: 12,229  Tell us about an update
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    MIT License / $0
    8.4 MB / Windows Vista / Vista 64 bit / 7 / 7 64 bit / 8 / 8 64 bit / Server 2012
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    Classic Shell description

    Add removed features to your system

    Classic Shell is a designed to be a collection of features that were removed from Windows Vista, 7 and 8.

    The application adds a classic start menu for Windows 7 and 8, it adds a toolbar for Windows Explorer and supports a variety of smaller features.

    Here are some key features of "Classic Shell":

    Classic Start Menu is a clone of the original start menu, which you can find in all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista. It has a variety of advanced features:
    · Drag and drop to let you organize your applications
    · Options to show Favorites, expand Control Panel, etc
    · Shows recently used documents. The number of documents to display is customizable
    · Translated in 35 languages, including Right-to-left support for Arabic and Hebrew
    · Does not disable the original start menu in Windows. You can access it by Shift+Click on the start button
    · Right-click on an item in the menu to delete, rename, sort, or perform other tasks
    · The search box helps you find your programs without getting in the way of your keyboard shortcuts
    · Available for 32 and 64-bit operating systems
    · Has support for skins, including additional 3rd party skins
    · Fully customizable in both looks and functionality
    · Support for Microsoft’s Active Accessibility
    · Converts the “All Programs” button in the Windows menu into a cascading menu

    Classic Explorer is a plugin for Windows Explorer that:
    · Adds a toolbar to Explorer for some common operations (Go to parent folder, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Properties, Email). The toolbar is fully customizable
    · Replaces the copy UI in Vista and Windows 7 with the more user-friendly “classic” version similar to Windows XP
    · Handles Alt+Enter in the folder panel of Windows Explorer and shows the properties of the selected folder
    · Has options for customizing the folder panel to look more like the Windows XP version or to not fade the expand buttons
    · Can show the free disk space and the total file size in the status bar
    · Can disable the breadcrumbs in the address bar
    · Fixes a long list of features that are broken in Windows 7 – missing icon overlay for shared folders, the jumping folders in the navigation pane, missing sorting headers in list view, and more

    Classic IE9 is a plugin for Internet Explorer 9 that:
    · Adds a caption to the title bar so you can see the full title of the page
    · Shows the security zone in the status bar
    · Shows the loading progress in the status bar

    What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

    · Fixed incompatibility with the taskbar of Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012

     Softpedia guarantees that Classic Shell 3.6.7 is 100% FREE, which means it does not contain any form of malware, including spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors. [read more >]


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    Windows 8 Start Menu | classic Start menu | Explorer feature | Start menu | shell | customization

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