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Classic shell is no longer being developed.
> Note: As of December 2017, Classic Shell is no longer in active development.
it's now called open shell
Yep, Classic Shell rocks.
FYI, from www.classicshell.net:
>Note: As of December 2017, Classic Shell is no longer in active development. Development has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open Shell
Classic Shell still works fine on most PCs, but that may not always be the case.
Open Shell:
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
If you install Open Shell, it automatically replaces Classic Shell.
Lookup Open shell instead. Classic shell was dropped years ago by og devs and was placed onto GitHub as Openshell now. Classic shell probably still works but if this rejuvenation update breaks the program you're gonna have to install Open shell anyway if you want updates.
not only does it have it's own search engine built in, you can also opt to use a 3rd party program should you choose to do so
http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=1588
anyone wanting to download the program, the latest version is now Open Shell:
It’s from Classic Shell, I liked it so never bothered to switch back to Windows logo.
Classic Shell is no longer maintained so you may go for Open Shell.
>Are you able to move your taskbar to the side of the screen yet? Show-all taskbar icons? What about right-click the taskbar for TaskMonitor?
Yes. I use Explorer Patcher which does all that. But then I also use Open-Shell to make my start menu more Win7, so it's not like I'm averse to dicking around with the look & feel of an OS.
Really only went for letting it upgrade to 11 because the android integration is unlikely to be available for 10 - when they eventually get around to releasing it.
I can tell you that 2019 supports HDR, but not very well, at least on my hardware. SDR anything, pretty much, looks terrible when HDR is enabled. Pretty much the only program I use it with is Assassin's Creed: Origins, which seems to drive HDR itself directly, rather than relying on whatever services Windows offers. That looks pretty good. Everything else is pretty much horrible, even after using the HDR 'tuner' program.
Dunno about AMD drivers. The current sticky post talks about NVidia, but nobody has chimed in with AMD data yet.
My understanding is that LTSC does not support upgrades, period, that only clean installs are supported. However, I was downvoted pretty heavily the last time I said that, so maybe it does. You could try burning an LTSC version and see what you get.
If it doesn't support direct upgrades, you may be able to [https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2209298-how-to-update-windows-7-8-8-1-enterprise-to-windows-10-ltsc-2019](hack on the ISO a little), modifying an XML file, to make it work. I haven't tried this, and nobody here has made a direct claim that it works. But it might be an option.
In general, I think clean installs are a good idea anyway, to clean out old cruft. Most of my unhappiness with the Win10 UI is solved with one download: [https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/](Open-Shell-Menu), which replaces the start button. The other issues in LTSC are just a few settings changes about folders, extensions, and hidden files, and typically only take me a few minutes to fix.
In Settings, go to Apps, in Apps & Features, uninstall StartIsBack and restart your computer. If that still doesn't work do a System Restore to a time before you installed this app.
In the future, install Open-Shell for a start menu like Windows 7.
You can use Open Shell for finding apps/settings (replacing the Start Menu altogether) and Everything Search for everything else.
il fatto e' che ha ragione, detto da uno che e' around dagli 80's...
Cmq ti consiglio 2 cose da come ho fatto io per superare l'ostacolo, dato che performance a parte ritengo w10 una merda epocale ma e' semplicemente in linea col trend generale e bisogna adattarsi [e del resto 7 e' in end of life da quest'anno]..
intanto mettigli questo su w10: https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
fagli vedere la config del bottone start di openshell che puo' farlo diventare come vuole lui, funzonalita colori ecc.
poi la versione LTSC (Enterprise) di w10 e' meglio, ha molte meno cagate e meno tormento di aggiornamenti ogni 5 minuti, qui forse non posso dire come procurarla ma e' molto facile
gia' con la versione Pro pero' puoi almeno usare il gpedit.msc per rendere meno opprimente l'update.
poi consiglierei di mettere spybot anti-beacon col settaggio full.
ed infine si trova su web un .REG che permette di rimettere il photo viewer di win7.
Con un po' di tweaking tutto sommato diventa tollerabile.
Two clicks. Guess I'll die. /S
If you use Open-Shell, you can configure the Start Menu actions and just enable the shutdown dialog Shutdown.
All Windows install discs have all versions of Windows on them (ie) Starter, Enterprise, Home. Pro etc. If you have one of these discs that means you don't have a product key and are using a Crack program to activate it.
Anyways, Starter and Basic are very limited, I would suggest Home Premium. however, Windows 7 is no longer supported, in a few months, you will have a hard time getting on the internet, some web sites won't allow you on with unsupported OS. Soon after that, there will be no updates for your browser and you won't be able to get online, much like what happened with XP.
If your girlfriend doesn't like the Windows 10 interface, may I suggest downloading Open-Shell, formerly Classic Shell. this gives the look and feel of Windows 7 desktop.
BTW, I just install Windows 10 Pro on a 10 year old Toshiba Satellite, with an SSD and 4GB of RAM and it runs fine. It's the processor that is slow, not the OS.
Have a look at Open Shell Menu. https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
It can create custom start menus (Win7, Win8 etc) and custom taskbars with glass and transparency settings. It's free and compatible with Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10.
There was software called Classic Shell that provided a Win7-like experience on Win10. Since superseded by Open Shell.
Website is clearly made by developers rather than web designers. Can't vouch for the software either (I saw you mention Mint elsewhere. It's what I use. Haven't used Windows > 7.), but maybe worth a go.
No idea if it supports even older styles like XP or Win95/Win2K's basic grey "classic".
CTRL + SHIFT + ESC to open Task Manager and try see/kill some process that could be causing it. Also can disable some items from the Startup tab and restart to check if it stops. Then, enable one by one to find which one is causing it, if any.
I also would like to recommend OpenShell to replace the Start Menu with the "classic" one.
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
You try safe mode. From Microsoft's site:
>When you can’t open Settings to get into safe mode, restart your device from the Windows sign-in screen.
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>On the Windows sign-in screen, press and hold the Shift key while you select the Power > Restart .
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>After your PC restarts to the Choose an option screen, select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > Startup Settings > Restart.
That is why I use OpenShell, it replaces current start menu, the search works as intended and you have the option of choosing to have a sub menu or 1 column "All Programs" style of start menu.
Part of that is due to how old some of these things are. Win 10 just builds upon already existing design without updating the UI elements except what they absolutely have to. I've actually added a few programs to supplement the design of 10, not just the start menu. One of my favorites is the open source fork of software that replaces the Win 10 start menu with something out of previous designs, though it's other components not the menu itself that I use these days. https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
There are ways to decrapify 10. I found these scripts a while back, or you can use ShutUp10. Then install Open Shell and now you can pretend Microsoft hasn't been on a downward spiral since Windows 8.
Classic/Open-Shell brings that dialogue box so you don't have to Alt+F4 every time. Just saying.
Open Shell is a fork of Classic Shell and basically picks up where Classic Shell left off. The nightly builds should be compatible with the latest Windows build.
I don't actually care about the Make Windows Great Again slogan. So I'm just going to ignore it and point out everything else I disagree with.
Start Menu: 10's start menu is much better then 8's start screen. Plus you can configure it to be as smart or as stupid as you want it to be. Just make all the icons extra tiny or remove them and you have a regular start menu. Or install open shell.
https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/
Bugs: Windows Xp, Vista, and 7 were also buggy at one point or another. That's the nature of updates, stuff breaks but you eventually forget about it once they fix it.
https://www.askvg.com/microsoft-windows-seven-bug-report/
Also the frequency of updates with windows 10 is probably much more noticeable, so now you care more.
Store: The selection of apps isn't great, but as an auto update manager Store is great. No longer do I absolutely need to care about opening certain apps just to update them because Microsoft does that for me. It could use some improvement and their store policies aren't always great (no firefox/thunderbird or chrome), but I think it will improve over time.
play games from 95/xp: Use Dosbox or a VM. There's no reason you should expect microsoft to support running old games especially since 16 bit programs won't even run in 64bit windows 7 without dosbox or an windows vm.
> Classic Shell
Just an FYI about this app. The dev retired from the project. It was forked to github but I don't know which is current.
Found these:
I can't stand the Windows 10 start menu either, so I'm using OpenShell.
As for forced updates, herd-immunity is just too important. Windows 10 is not a server operating system and not designed to run for days on end.