Get Back Classic Start Menu, Explorer In Windows 7/Vista With Classic Shell

Missing the good old Classic Start Menu in Windows 7? There are some free tools such as the Classic Windows Start Menu to get back your familiar start menu with the Run dialog, Recent Documents, etc. However if you are looking for more classic XP features such as the Classic Windows explorer, XP-like copying UI here is a free utility Classic Shell.

With Classic Shell, you can get back all those missing features of Windows XP in your Windows Vista or Windows 7 PC. You can choose to either install only the classic start menu or both the start menu along with ‘Classic Explorer’, a plug-in for Windows explorer which adds a toolbar with the familiar Up, Delete, Copy, Paste buttons. This plug-in also replaces the confusing Windows 7 ‘Copy and Replace’ dialog with the simpler Windows XP ‘Confirm File Replace’ dialog.

Classic Shell supports both 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Windows. Any time you want, you can switch between the Windows 7 start menu and the classic one easily by using Shift+Click on the start button.

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Classic Shell works with Windows Vista, Windows 7