Silent Orbis Posted March 17, 2013 Report Share Posted March 17, 2013 Who here has Windows? If you do, and hate the new Metro Start Screen, then this is the program for you! This program, called classic shell, brings back the old start button and menu. It disables the bottom left corner, and replaces it wiht a start button. Although, if you want a way not to access the Metro Start Screen, then you can disable all the corners! Essentially, the Metro screen is still there, but you can't access it, allowing it to seem that there is no Metro screen, and that there is a start menu. You can customize the button and classic start menu in a variety of ways. Personally, I hate Windows 8, but love the UI. I don't know if it's just me, but the restarting/booting time takes forever. It's pretty buggy right now, hopefully it'll improve! Here's a download link: http://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/files/. LOL sorry! I meant Windows 8 in the beginning! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted March 18, 2013 Report Share Posted March 18, 2013 Is this only for Windows 8? If so, then I can't get it How good is it though? Is it cool or anything I need to know about? I'd like a brief description about it though. lol. I like to visually learn things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Is this only for Windows 8? If so, then I can't get it How good is it though? Is it cool or anything I need to know about? I'd like a brief description about it though. lol. I like to visually learn things. Well, yeah, because the programs goal essentiallly is to get rid of the Metro UI Start screen. It's made for people who don't like this UI. Because, in case you don't know, Windows 8 DOES have a desktop. It's just that it replaces the little start button that oulls up the little list, to a Start SCREEN. There also isn't a start button, you just put your cursor on the bottom right corner, and it lets you sort of pull it out. So what classic shell does, is lets you put a start button there, and also lets you have tthat little pull up list back! It offers two styles of start buttons, or lets you upload a picture to use. Since you don't have Windows 8, I don't see why you'd need such a program. But in case it's because you want a different style start button, there are various other programs. Two of which I know of, and they not only change the start button but apply a whole theme as well, depending on the the theme you use with the programs. Those themes are just over the internet, and you download, and apply! Sort of like Minecraft texture packs. Those two that I know of are Rainmeter, and WindowBlinds. I hope I helped! Oh and a picture down there! Anymore questions and I'm willing to answer, although I'm sure Insignia is far too familiar with these sorts of things. So in case I can't answer a question, I'm pretty sure he'd be happy to! The Metro UI start screen I was talking about! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishy Posted March 19, 2013 Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Alright! Thanks for the info! Now to get $300... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted March 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2013 Alright! Thanks for the info! Now to get $300... Three hundered... dollars? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Honestly, I've grown towards the new Windows 8 start screen.It saves me a lot of room on my desktop and I like how I can access my apps on there as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elite Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Honestly, I've grown towards the new Windows 8 start screen. It saves me a lot of room on my desktop and I like how I can access my apps on there as well. Same here, once it saves hours of logging onto Hotmail once I can click a button, look at mail then click Alt+F4. Lots of my Steam games are arranged there and it is just a massive help. Remember back on Bungie.net when people constantly complained about Armour Lock; some idiots just spurted out a one-word answer "Adapt." ? Evidently, this is a realistic goal to the new Win8 start menu; it is just as fast as using the traditional "Start" button in the corner; it is also a lot bigger. Although, the fact new search tool for Metro isn't that good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Same here, once it saves hours of logging onto Hotmail once I can click a button, look at mail then click Alt+F4. Lots of my Steam games are arranged there and it is just a massive help. Remember back on Bungie.net when people constantly complained about Armour Lock; some idiots just spurted out a one-word answer "Adapt." ? Evidently, this is a realistic goal to the new Win8 start menu; it is just as fast as using the traditional "Start" button in the corner; it is also a lot bigger. Although, the fact new search tool for Metro isn't that good. Well and this is what every interface is gonna look like soon. Everything is going touch screen so might as well get used to it haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilsilmarillion Posted March 22, 2013 Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Finally! Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted March 22, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2013 Finally! Thanks! Wow... did it really help you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
тυcкєя Posted March 26, 2013 Report Share Posted March 26, 2013 Thanks for the Information. This looks pretty cool but, a lot of money! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted March 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 27, 2013 lol It's free! It's alright I wouldn't wanna read something that long! But, still: . lol xD Free as in no money. At all! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frankenzer Posted March 28, 2013 Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I kinda hate it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Orbis Posted March 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2013 I kinda hate it There are other programs out there, this is just the one the one with least bugs, and most popular as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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