![]() ![]() ![]() It's really easy to do from the desktop world, right-click on any program shortcut or name on the Classic Shell Start Menu and among the options listed you'll see the three choices Pin to Start Menu (Classic), Start, and Taskbar Pin the programs and Apps you use the MOST to the Taskbar. Pinning Favorite Programsīe sure to pin programs or Apps you use frequently in one or more of these places: If you enjoy using this Start Button you might want to do more customization to meet your own needs. On the "Customize Start Menu" tab my choices end up looking like this:Īnd I find highlighting newly installed programs, annoys me after a few hours so I turn it off:Īs you can see there are many more tabs, and over 100 features you can customize. This is very useful later when you come back to the settings, it gives you a clue what you've changed from the initial defaults. Note that once you make a change, the name of the category turns to bold. If you want to make manually make the changes instead of loading the XML file, here are the changes I recommend: If you do this then you must also click the radio button that says Shift+WinKey opens the Classic Shell Menu. Another option, if you find youself using the Windows 10 Start Menu frequently, is on the Controls tab click the radio button that says the Windows Key opens the Windows 10 Start Menu. Next time you logon you'll be back to the Windows 10 Start Menu. If you want to stop using Classic Shell, on the General Behavior tab, uncheck the "Start automatically for this user" box. Once you've installed Classic Shell, to bring up the standard Windows 10 Start Menu with all the tiles, press Shift+WinKey. After choosing the XML file you just downloaded, click on OK and you're good to go. These settings menu is shown when you install Classic Shell, or can be accessed later by right-clicking on the Start button and choosing Settings. You can either make all the changes shown below, or download this XML file, and load the settings from that XML file using the pull-down next to Backup at the bottom of the Settings Menu: However, I do recommend a few changes, shown below. The defaults of the latest versions of Classic Start Button work much better than they did a few years ago. Before you click on Next, the setup window should look like this: To do this use the little pull-downs and turn off the installation of Classic Explorer and Classic IE9. When you install this, I strongly recommend ONLY installing the Classic Shell and the CS Update, not the other things that come with it. Just click on the Download Now button, this site isn't too bad, but many sites have ads that are easy to click on by mistake and end up installing malware you don't want. The Classic Shell Start Button is a free program you can download and get back the features of the Windows 7 start button plus many new ones: The top of the dialog box by right-clicking on the Start button and choosing Settings] [The latest version of Classic Shell, 4.3.1 was released in November, 2017, you can see your current version at Because I use a lot of programs I still like the Classic Shell Start Button for two reasons: The second column can be configured to give me quick, familar access to tools and folders, and the first column gives me another place I can pin other programs I frequently use in addition to displaying recently used programs. Be sure to resize ones that show you more information on a live tile when the size is Wide or Larger. Even if you install the Classic Shell Start Button discussed here, I highly recommend you spend some time organizing you Start Menu tiles based on your interests. Windows 10 does a much better job of combining some of the classic features of the Start Button with the Start Menu tiles introduced in Windows 8. Imaging Tips: Classic Shell for Windows 10Ĭlassic Shell for Windows 10 by Wren McMains ![]()
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