Windows 7 Classic Start Menu Solution

CSMenu v0.9

CSMenu is a little application which acts like the classic start menu. It's designed for Windows 7, which doesn't have a classic start menu.

I recommend that you pin a link of this program to the taskbar, and use Start Killer (Click here for a link). for a program to remove the original start button.

For any bugs, comments, criticism or suggestions, please post on this thread, and I will do my best to reply.

Thanks,

Thomas.


Edit: Just realised - the download won't attach because the ZIP file limit is 1.19mb and CSMenu is greater than that (about 1.6mb I think).

Why would you want the classic start menu? The 7 start menu is more functional, and better looking.

Windows 7 Classical Start Menu with CSMenu



Read more here

• How to Get Back Windows XP Style Classical Start Menu in Windows 7
• Get the Classic Start Menu in Windows 7

looks quite good (old people like me who got XP when it was first released like this sort of stuff )

I would like to have the XP Theme in Windows 7 just for the hell of it

People are keeping up with the Classic Theme from Windows 9x era. I wouldn't run this theme, However I do consider it a collectible. How many themes are there after this Classic Theme that we have skipped and forgotten about. I would like to see all of the OS Themes from the past all rolled into one package.

Do you remember the Black Theme for XP (Royale Noir) > http://www.istartedsomething.com/20061029/royale-noir/

Do you mean this ? No Problem.

Unawave - That is so cool


What do the windows look like? Are they still aero or do the have the Windows XP style aswell

This would be a good option to those that cannot run Windows Aero. This is one reason I was curious. It would be a different option to simply turning Aero off

You can collect most of them from here, clifford, and try them. No problem to put back your original if you are not happy. There are also some nice innovative 7 wallpapers there.
http://www.wallpaperseek.com/xp-wallpapers_358s.html

There is also a stack of themes here.
http://www.guimods.com/category/windows-xp-themes/

The "XP-Retro-Style" is a modified "Windows 7 Basic" style. So you have to switch from "Windows AERO" to "Windows 7 Basic" and there is no transparency. And therefore it's ideal for not AERO capable PCs.

But only what you see in the screenshot is changed: Taskbar, left and right area of taskbar and start menu. All other elements are unchanged: Windows frames (e.g. in Windows Explorer) is still the light blue style from "Windows 7 Basic".