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      Looking for the Best Windows 7 Classic Start Menu 

      Posted: 15 Dec 2009 12:24 AM PST







      The first thing that Windows 7 users would notice is that they can no 
longer change their start menu to a classic start menu. We could still do that 
on Vista but Microsoft has decided to remove it once and for all starting from 
Windows 7. From my point of view, Microsoft made a right move on that because a 
lot of times I had to first ask the person that I am helping if he/she is using 
the classic or standard start menu. It’s annoying to me and confusing to them 
when I ask them to go to Start then select Run but they can’t find it in Start 
Menu!



      Now I’ve helped many friends and customers to upgrade their computer to 
Windows 7 especially those that were previously using the buggy Vista and they 
are really having a hard time getting used to the Windows 7 start menu. I know 
that there are quite a few third party program that can turn the Windows 7 
start menu into classic and I am looking for a simple program that simply does 
just that. Before I suggest any of the software to my friends on what to use, I 
had to make sure that it is stable. I’ve made a simple comparison on five 
Windows 7 classic start menu and got my answer.

      1. Classic Shell
      Classic Shell is free and takes up only 1.3MB of memory. It changes the 
Windows 7 start menu to classic and it looks exactly the same like what you see 
in XP. You can navigate around the classic start menu with the arrow keys and 
also hitting any of the first letter brings you to the menu. Other than that, 
it also adds a toolbar like in XP. Finally, it can also bring back the simpler 
dialog box when you overwrite a file.
      [ Download Classic Shell ]

      2. Seven Classic Start
      It takes up a whopping 10MB from your memory and it only replaces the 
Windows 7 start menu to look like the classic one. This software cost $24.95 
just for this feature alone. You can use the arrow keys to navigate around the 
start menu but it won’t bring you to the menu if you hit the first letter on 
your keyboard.
      [ Download Seven Classic Start ]

      3. Classic Windows Start Menu
      This is another free software that can turn Windows 7 start menu to 
classic. There is no setup and all you need to do is just run the executable 
file. Takes up 2.5MB of memory. It is possible to navigate around the Start 
Menu with arrow keys and also first letter from keyboard. Tested the latest 
beta version and it turns the menu into green color (new visual appearance).
      [ Download Classic Windows Start Menu ]

      4. CSMenu
      This is free too but it takes up 12MB of memory. You cannot navigate 
around the start menu using keyboard as both arrow keys and hitting any letters 
won’t do a thing. During installation you have to be very careful or you will 
end up with an extra Ask toolbar on your web browser. I encountered a bug when 
selecting the Run from the start menu. An error window appeared with the 
message “when select run, i get a Microsoft .NET Framework error that says 
“Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click Continue, 
the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue. If you click 
Quit, the application will close immediately. Object reference not set to an 
instance of an object.”
      [ Download CSMenu ]

      5. Classic Start Menu
      This is like the commercial version of the CSMenu above. It cost $19.99 
and the program takes up 10MB of memory. It doesn’t look exactly like the 
original XP classic start menu. Arrow keys work but not the first letters. Run 
command didn’t crash like what happened on CSMenu.
      [ Download Classic Start Menu ]

      After testing the 5 software that transforms the Windows 7 start menu 
into Classic, I’d have to say that Classic Shell, the first on the list is the 
best. Takes up the least memory and also changes a few other things to make 
Windows 7 have the Windows XP feel. Moreover it is free.


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