Replacement for Classic Shell?

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http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147

After learning Classic Shell is soon to stop being developed (and each Windows update seems to break it) can anybody recommend a replacement that’s near enough the same but is still supported?

Not so much for me, I haven’t reinstalled it since my last system reinstall but more for my 80yr old Dad who can’t get his head around the Start menu in Windows 10 and loves Classic Shell.

Thanks. :)
 
Django x2 said:
Not being funny, but if you can't get to grips with the simplicity of Windows 10 Start Menu, especially the new variant in Windows 10 1809, then for Christmas, give your dad some time, as opposed to Software :)
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I’ve tried - and tried - but,he likes the look and familiarity of Classic Shell alas.

As I say, he’s 80 hasn’t got the time (he’s got terminal cancer alas) nor the inclination to master 10’s interface.

Basically it needs to look like his old XP setup did including the old style Control Panel etc.
 
Rroff said:
One of the big problems for older IT users is that often they need to reproduce the same steps over and over (often having written them down and follow them) when Windows 10 updates and changes things substantially that often causes them significant issues as the path to do some tasks is different to what they know to do. (One of the reasons I have a very low opinion of the developers working on 10 as they seem limited ability to see or even any inclination to try and understand usage outside of a very narrow scope of their own).
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Cheers Rroff, this is pretty much the issue, 10 updates which breaks Classic Shell and he’s left effectively being unable to use the PC until he next sees me to sort it out because he just doesn’t get along with 10’s interface unfortunately.
 
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