Leader badge

Classic Shell adds some missing features to Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and Vista like a classic start menu, toolbar for Explorer and others.

Note: The software available here is not the latest version. Visit the new website www.classicshell.net to download the latest version and to access the new forums and documentation.

Features

  • Classic Start Menu for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
  • Toolbar for Windows Explorer
  • Classic copy UI (Windows 7 only)
  • Show file size in Explorer status bar
  • Title bar and status bar for Internet Explorer

Project Samples

Different skins for the start menu Toolbar for Windows Explorer Classic Start Menu in action Customize the toolbar any way you like Classic copy UI for Vista/Win7 Up button in the title bar

Project Activity

See All Activity >

Categories

Desktop Environment, System Shells

License

MIT License

Follow Classic Shell

Classic Shell Web Site

Other Useful Business Software
Build AI Apps with Gemini 3 on Vertex AI Icon
Build AI Apps with Gemini 3 on Vertex AI

Access Google’s most capable multimodal models. Train, test, and deploy AI with 200+ foundation models on one platform.

Vertex AI gives developers access to Gemini 3—Google’s most advanced reasoning and coding model—plus 200+ foundation models including Claude, Llama, and Gemma. Build generative AI apps with Vertex AI Studio, customize with fine-tuning, and deploy to production with enterprise-grade MLOps. New customers get $300 in free credits.
Try Vertex AI Free
Rate This Project
Login To Rate This Project

User Ratings

4.9 out of 5 stars
★★★★★
★★★★
★★★
★★
★
266
3
1
1
5
ease 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
features 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
design 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5
support 1 of 5 2 of 5 3 of 5 4 of 5 5 of 5 4 / 5

User Reviews

Filter Reviews:
★★★★★
  • mrpr1v4cy Posted 2026-02-14
    wow, what a dejavu XP 😂
  • inboundsmist Posted 2024-06-08
    It's 2024, and I'm still using it on each and every Windows PC I use. It's been a while since there's any updates, bugs are rampant icons are missing every now and then, but hey, it's still better than the START menu with TILES and unnecessary s*** that I don't need to know and software that I don't intend to use... and 95% of the time Classic Shell performs as expected, bringing back fond memories of the good old days, real functionality, and actual efficiency while using a Windows PC to get some work done. The modern START only makes users feel efficient, and functional, but yet it's but merely a delusion. THIS IS THE REAL DEAL, Classic Shell - with no updates, still saving the day in 2024. Thank you, and God bless you Sir, Ivo Beltchev, for making such a great software. Thank you!
  • loplex Posted 2019-02-10
    👍👍👍👍👍
  • frwx Posted 2018-12-03
    Win10 start menu experience was a nightmare every time. Especially on older (2008 year CPU based) machine. Hard to say how thankful I am for ClassicShell. Sad found it just in the end of it's development life span.
  • nanrector Posted 2018-10-07
    Spectacular program. Stopped working on my Windows 7 however, and the forum won't let me login for help.
Read more reviews >

Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

Windows

Languages

Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Slovene, Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian

Intended Audience

End Users/Desktop

User Interface

Win32 (MS Windows), Windows Aero

Programming Language

C++

Related Categories

C++ Desktop Environment Software, C++ System Shells

Registered

2009-11-28
Report inappropriate content