Windows 7 start menu on Windows 10

Lither · 3 Mar 2017 at 17:17

I have used Windows 7 for 6 years but recently bought a laptop which has Windows 10 on it and I'm not used to the start menu so was wondering is there a way to have Windows 7 start menu on W10?

Dano · 3 Mar 2017 at 17:30

Classicshell will do the job: http://www.classicshell.net/

Lither · 4 Mar 2017 at 14:26

Dano said:
Classicshell will do the job: http://www.classicshell.net/

I have looked around and Classic Shell and Start10 seems to be the most common, which one would you say is better?

Rroff · 4 Mar 2017 at 14:34

Personally I kind of like the start menu in 10 once you get it configured to your usage - remove pretty much everything (a bit of a chore as for some reason MS hasn't implemented proper group management, etc.) and turn on any options to minimise what is on there (also enabling the extra tile can be useful - the option is in the main control panel) and then start putting stuff on there for how you use the OS and you might be surprised how useful it is over the start menu in 7 when configured in a way that makes sense to you rather than the poorly thought out, highly idealistic, default setup.

mrk · 5 Mar 2017 at 13:39

You can't organise apps in the default Windows 10 one like you could on 7, this is where ClassicShell is better.

jjwf · 5 Mar 2017 at 22:50

I prefer Classic Shell.