classic explorer shell

[badgolferman]

I hate the Windows 7 Start menu and lack of toolbar buttons in the
Explorer file manager. Classic Shell puts them all back to the XP
style and it does it nicely. I've been using it for a week with no ill
effects.

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http://classicshell.sourceforge.net/features.html

Classic Start Menu is a clone of the original start menu, which you can
find in all versions of Windows from 95 to Vista. It has a variety of
advanced features:

* 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
* Available for 32 and 64-bit operating systems
* Has support for skins, including additional 3rd party skins
* 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
* And last but not least – it's FREE!

Classic Explorer
Classic Explorer is a plugin for Windows Explorer that:

* 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 Vista and 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 file size 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

 

[Bob Henson]

I hate the Windows 7 Start menu and lack of toolbar buttons in the
Explorer file manager. Classic Shell puts them all back to the XP
style and it does it nicely. I've been using it for a week with no ill
effects.

Agreed - it makes Windows 7 almost nice to use. Now, if I could only get
rid of those damn libraries.

 

[Dave \Crash\ Dummy]

I hate the Windows 7 Start menu and lack of toolbar buttons in the
Explorer file manager. Classic Shell puts them all back to the XP
style and it does it nicely. I've been using it for a week with no
ill effects.

<snipped>

Classic Shell was the first utility I added, and it turned my Windows 7
frown into a smile. That was a year ago, and I've never looked back. The
default MS Windows 7 menu is always available, if needed.

 

[Char Jackson]

Agreed - it makes Windows 7 almost nice to use. Now, if I could only get
rid of those damn libraries.

There are numerous sites explaining how to remove the Libraries from
Windows 7. Personally, I followed the instructions here
<http://www.askvg.com/how-to-disable-libraries-feature-in-windows-7/>
and all is well.