Classic Shell Support Number 1 984-263-6233 (Toll Free)

 "Open Shell" redirects here. For the thinking in physics, see open shell.

Classic Shell

Developer(s) Ivo Beltchev[1]

Initial release 29 November 2009; eleven years ago

Final release

4.3.1 / 12 August 2017; four years ago[1]

Repository

github.com/coddec/Classic-Shell Edit this at Wikidata

Written in C++[2]

Operating system Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2[3]

Available in English and other

Type Shell

License MIT License[3]

Website classicshell.net

Classic Shell is a laptop application for Microsoft Windows that gives consumer interface factors meant to repair acquainted facets from previous variations of Windows.[4] It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer — three most important elements of the Windows shell. In particular, it can serve as a Start menu substitute for Windows eight and Windows 10 systems.

Developed through Ivo Beltchev, it used to be first launched in 2009, and has been downloaded over ten and half of million instances since.[5][6]

Development via Beltchev has ceased, and the project's supply code has been released. Development has been picked up via volunteers on GitHub beneath the identify Open Shell.[7]

Contents

1 Features and architecture

1.1 Classic Start Menu

1.2 Classic Explorer

2 History

3 Reception

4 See also

5 References

6 External links

Features and architecture

Classic Shell is packaged as a suite of three components, all non-obligatory and impartial of every other:

Classic Start Menu — A re-implementation of the Start Menu, replicating aspects from countless extraordinary generations of Windows

Classic Explorer — An add-on to File/Windows Explorer, restoring and extending aspects existing in a number Windows releases

Classic IE — An add-on for Internet Explorer 9 and later, it restores the internet web page title to the window title bar, and more than a few important points to the popularity bar

Classic Shell is programmed in C++. Although it modifies Windows behaviors, it does now not do so with the aid of enhancing or tweaking Windows registry settings or changing or patching machine documents — all changes are achieved the usage of Windows APIs.[citation needed] It is localized into extra than 30 languages, such as right-to-left assist for Arabic and Hebrew.[8]

Classic Start Menu

Classic Start Menu is a alternative for the Windows Start Menu. Features include:

Customize look of the Start button and Start Menu, and menu and submenu items

Show recently, or most regularly used, apps

Show currently opened documents, with sorting, jumplists, and pinning

Highlight newly established programs

Separate ordinary computer apps from Universal Windows Platform apps

Sort menus alphabetically, with the aid of date, or customized order with drag-and-drop

Windows Search integration

Customize settings such as menu opening delay, tooltip timing, sub-menu column style, menu width, icon size, animation, scroll speed, font smoothing, etc.

Skinning to extra absolutely customise the appearance[9]

Scales icons and menu heritage to greater resolutions and/or pixel density (PPI)

Besides restoring previous behavior, there are quite a few new features. These encompass displaying the menu subsequent to the taskbar when it is vertical, multi-monitor support, launching more than one applications at once, customized shutdown-related actions, Universal app launching, increasing any file folder as cascading menus, and extra keyboard shortcuts. The search container can search the device path, can exhibit partial matches, and can exhibit all effects inner the menu.

Classic Start Menu can additionally adjust Windows 8's new UI features, such as warm corners solely on the computing device except disabling them interior Universal apps.

Classic Explorer

Classic Explorer is an add-on to Windows File Explorer, applied as a number of shell extensions. It does no longer exchange EXPLORER.EXE. Features include:

A toolbar that can consist of built-in commands, custom commands, or dropdown menus for arbitrary folders.

Customize the conduct and look of the left folder navigation pane, along with whether or not folders enlarge with a single click on or double click, connecting lines, subfolder indicators, horizontal scrollbar, tree object spacing, and keyboard shortcuts

The breadcrumb bar can be changed with a regular tackle bar, and the related dropdown modified to exhibit the hierarchical course as a substitute of current folder history

Sort headers in all views

Overlay icon for community shares

Status bar can exhibit disk free space, complete dimension of present day folder

Tooltip of chosen item

"Up" folder navigation button[10]

Show the modern-day folder in the title bar caption

Copy growth dialog can be routinely accelerated to exhibit extra details

Replace the reproduction hostilities dialog with one like Windows XP