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YouвЂ™ll probably want to try that instead.Д«efore we jump into the actual process though, weвЂ™d like to take a minute to encourage you to donate a few buck to the Classic Shell project if you find the Classic Shell useful. Update: Classic Shell is no longer being developed, but volunteers are now maintaining the program under the name Open Shell.

Once Windows 10 has been officially released for awhile the changes will be less frequent and the beta adjustments in the program will be folded into the stable release. As of the publication of this article we recommend using the beta release as it will have the most current adjustments for Windows 10. You can download Classic Shell at the project homepage here. So far we havenвЂ™t felt much compulsion to dig into changing the way Windows 10 handles Windows Explorer but the tweaks are there if youвЂ™d like to dig into them. In addition to adjusting the Start Menu, the focus of our tutorial today, the Classic Shell system includes not only the Classic Start Menu but Classic Explorer (a package of tweaks and adjustments for the Windows Explorer experience). The Classic Shell program includes both an overhaul to the Start Menu system that allows you to switch out the Windows 8/Windows 10 system for the classic single column Start Menu that harkens all the way back to Windows XP, a two-column arrangement, and the Windows 7 style. The only thing we need, besides your Windows 10 installation, is a very handy little program known as Classic Shell. Thankfully we wonвЂ™t be doing any mucking about in the registry, thereвЂ™s no hand-editing of any variables or values, and you wonвЂ™t have to make any sacrifices to ensure the process works smoothly. WeвЂ™ve installed Windows 10 on everything from desktop PCs to our aging ultrabook laptop and have been rather impressed with the improvements found therein (that old ultrabook hasnвЂ™t run so snappy since, well, ever).

Now, before we proceed, we do want to make it clear that just because weвЂ™re not huge fans of what Microsoft has done with the Windows 10 Start Menu (and the Windows 8 menu before that) doesnвЂ™t mean weвЂ™re outright negative toward Windows 10 in general.

Some people learned how to wrestle with the Start Menu back in Windows 8 and theyвЂ™ll take that experience with them to Windows 10.В Most people skipped Windows 8 altogether though and the massive rollout of Windows 10 is going to send them slamming headlong into a totally new Start Menu paradigm that doesnвЂ™t suit their workstyle or sensibilities about what a Start Menu should be in the first place.В If youвЂ™re among those new Windows 10 users that want nothing to do with the new menu, weвЂ™re here to help sort things out. Not everyone (and weвЂ™ll include ourselves in that group), however, is such a fan of the new Start Menu system. If so this tutorial certainly isnвЂ™t for you and itвЂ™s great that the new layout doesnвЂ™t bother you or fill you fits of nostalgia for the GUIs of yesteryear. Perhaps the tile-based Metro UI system doesnвЂ™t irritate you and you donвЂ™t have a problem with the removal of the traditional Start Menu styling. Maybe you love the Windows 10 Start Menu, which is essentially an extension and revision of the Windows 8 Start Menu.

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