

I haven’t experienced as many random issues with Windows since Windows 98. The chaos and reliability issues with Windows 10 has driven me back to Windows 7 and 8.1. One of the key reasons the developer is dropping support is that every time Microsoft releases a major update to Windows 10 it “changes something that breaks Classic Shell,” and that new versions of Windows 10 come out about twice a year at this point. It’s unclear at this point what kind of future the project will have. The source code is available at SourceForge, and the Classic Shell forum will remain online until the end of 2018 for folks that want to continue discussing the project. The good news is that he’s made the source code available for anyone who wants to pick up where he left off. But the developer behind Classic Shell announced this weekend that he’s discontinuing development of Classic Shell. That last option is a versatile tool that lets you tweak the Windows Start Menu, File Explorer, Internet Explorer, and more. Windows 10 brought back the Start Menu, but with a brand new design.įolks who prefer things the way they used to be have been running 3rd-party tools to customize the look and feel of Windows 10 for ages, including StarDock’s Start10, StartIsBack, and Classic Shell. Windows 8 replaced the Start Menu with a full-screen version called the Start Screen. Microsoft has a habit of tweaking the user interface of Windows every time the company puts out a major new release.
