Classic Shell 4.2.5c / 4.2.6 Beta
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.
Features:
Classic Start Menu
- Choose between “Classic” and “Windows 7” styles
- Drag and drop to let you organize your applications
- Options to show Favorites, expand Control Panel, etc
- Shows recently used documents. The number of documents to display is customizable
- Translated in 35 languages, including Right-to-left support for Arabic and Hebrew
- Does not disable the original start menu in Windows. You can access it by Shift+Click on the start button
- Right-click on an item in the menu to delete, rename, sort, or perform other tasks
- The search box helps you find your programs and files without getting in the way of your keyboard shortcuts
- Supports jumplists for easy access to recent documents and common tasks
- Available for 32 and 64-bit operating systems
- Has support for skins, including additional 3rd party skins. Make your own!
- Fully customizable in both looks and functionality
- Support for Microsoft’s Active Accessibility
- Converts the “All Programs” button in the Windows menu into a cascading menu
- Implements a customizable start button
- Can show, search and launch Windows Store apps
Classic Explorer
- Adds a toolbar to Explorer for some common operations (Go to parent folder, Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, Properties, Email). The toolbar is fully customizable
- Replaces the copy UI in Windows 7 with the more user-friendly “classic” version similar to Windows XP
- Handles Alt+Enter in the folder panel of Windows Explorer and shows the properties of the selected folder
- Has options for customizing the folder panel to look more like the Windows XP version or to not fade the expand buttons
- Can show the free disk space and the total size of the selected files in the status bar
- Can disable the breadcrumbs in the address bar
- Fixes a long list of features that are broken in Windows 7 – missing icon overlay for shared folders, the jumping folders in the navigation pane, missing sorting headers in list view, and more
Classic IE
- Adds a caption to the title bar so you can see the full title of the page
- Shows the security zone in the status bar
- Shows the loading progress in the status bar
Changelog:
v4.2.6 Beta (2016-05-21):
- Improved support for Windows 10 Redstone
- Taskbar skinning - change background color, texture, and text color
- New Metallic skin with many new skin features
- New menu animations
- Ability to execute some start menu commands from the command line
- New buttons for Explorer to change folder settings and to create zip archive
- Ability to change the font and size of the status bar in Explorer
- Multiple minor improvements and bugfixes
v4.2.5c (2016-05-21):
- Updated version 4.2.5 with the latest security certificate
v4.2.5 (2015-11-14):
- New transparency settings for skins
- New ability to uninstall Metro apps from the start menu
- Improved support for Windows 10
- Improved support for the Edge browser
- Improved search performance
Homepage: http://www.classicshell.net
Changelog: http://www.classicshell.net/history/
Release Date: 2016-05-21
OS: 7/8/10
Language: Multilingual
Download Page: http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
DOWNLOAD:
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Installer v4.2.5c (English) (6.64 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/download/h9xok59wjkrm4sl/ClassicShellSetup_4_2_5c.exe
Installer v4.2.6 Beta (English) (6.87 MB): http://www.mediafire.com/download/yedw5p8ffnjag1b/ClassicShellSetup_4_2_6.exe
Installer (All languages available): http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Translations: http://www.classicshell.net/translations/