Classic Start Menu Alternatives

Classic Start Menu is described as 'is considered as a perfect replacement to Windows 7 Start Menu. It helps you to find programs and folders many times faster. You always know where you put your things because folders expand when you hover over them' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to Classic Start Menu for Windows. The best alternative is Open Shell, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Classic Start Menu are 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, Classic Shell, StartIsBack and RetroBar.

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Classic Start Menu

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Open Shell
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Free • Open Source
System Tweaker
Windows
31 alternatives to Open Shell
Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start menu to modern versions of Microsoft Windows.
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Open Shell Features
1. Support for ThemesYou can use themes and templates to change the look and feel of Open Shell.
Customize Windows
Change Start Button
7+ Taskbar Tweaker
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Free • Proprietary
System Tweaker
Windows
27 alternatives to 7+ Taskbar Tweaker
Customize the Windows taskbar with dozens of exclusive options.
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7+ Taskbar Tweaker Features
1. Portable7+ Taskbar Tweaker can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customize Windows
Multiple languages
Classic Shell
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Free • Open Source
System Tweaker
Windows
31 alternatives to Classic Shell
Classic Shell is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows, and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it.
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Classic Shell Features
Customizable
Change Start Button
Multiple languages
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Discontinued
The developer announced that Classic Shell will be no longer developed because Windows 10 is updated too frequently and because Microsoft is making more difficult to customize Windows: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147 Last version, 4.3.1, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website, together with the source code.
StartIsBack
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Paid • Proprietary
Windows
29 alternatives to StartIsBack
StartIsBack returns Windows 8 a real fully featured start menu and start button, behaving exactly like the ones in Windows 7. StartIsBack radically improves desktop usability and makes new Start screen clutter-free.
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StartIsBack Features
1. PortableStartIsBack can be used from a USB stick or similar with no prior installation.
Customizable
RetroBar
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Free • Open Source
Windows
16 alternatives to RetroBar
Pining for simpler times? RetroBar teleports you back in time by replacing your modern Windows taskbar with the classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, or XP style.

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Power8
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Free • Open Source
Windows
23 alternatives to Power8
Start menu replacement for Windows.
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Power8 Features
Multiple languages
Launcher
RoundedTB
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Free • Open Source
Windows
7 alternatives to RoundedTB
Add margins, rounded corners and segments to your taskbars! - GitHub - torchgm/RoundedTB: Add margins, rounded corners and segments to your taskbars!
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RoundedTB Features
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Customization
Start Menu Reviver
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Free • Proprietary
Windows
29 alternatives to Start Menu Reviver
Start Menu Reviver offers an improved Start Menu for Windows 8/7 that blends the traditional Start Menu functions with the Windows 8 design concept and provides quick access to all your desktop and Modern GUI (Metro) applications.

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Handy Start Menu
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Freemium • Proprietary
Windows
45 alternatives to Handy Start Menu
Do you often find yourself looking for a program in the long list of the Start menu?

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Discontinued
The program seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.98, released in June 2015, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Labrys Start menu
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Free Personal • Proprietary
Windows
25 alternatives to Labrys Start menu
Labrys is a replacement for Windows Start menu and Run dialog.

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Open Shell Features

7+ Taskbar Tweaker Features

Classic Shell Features

StartIsBack Features

Power8 Features

RoundedTB Features