You might need to log off your system or close and restart Classic Shell Start Menu to enjoy Windows 7 look-like Start Menu and Start button in Windows 8. It'll open a browse dialog box, select " Settings.xml" file in downloaded ZIP file and click on OK button.Ĩ. It'll show a drop-down list, select " Load from XML File." option. Now the important part! Click on " Backup" button given just before OK button. Now go to " Skin" tab and select " SevenVG" skin from the list.ħ. You can open it either by going to "All Programs -> Classic Shell -> Start Menu Settings" option or by right-clicking on Start button and selecting "Settings" option.Ħ. Now open Classic Start Menu Settings window. If you installed Windows in any other drive, replace C: with the correct drive according to your system.ĥ. Here C: is the system drive where Windows is installed in your system. Copy SevenVG.skin and Start_Button.png files to following folder: Once you download the above mentioned ZIP, extract it and you'll get following 3 files in it:Ĥ.
After installing Classic Shell, download our Windows 7 look-like skin for it:ĭownload Windows 7 Skin for Classic Shellģ. First of all download and install Classic Shell if you are not using it:Ģ. To enjoy this skin, you just need to follow these simple steps:ġ. Today we are going to release a free skin for Classic Shell which will provide Windows 7 look-like Start Menu and Start button in Windows 8.įollowing is a preview of this skin in action: If you are using Classic Shell in Windows 8 to get Start Menu and Start button back but not happy with its Start Menu UI and Start button look, here is something interesting for you.ĭid you know Classic Shell's Start Menu is highly customizable and supports 3rd party skins and you can change Start button image using its Settings? On the other hand, Classic Shell provides a classic Start Menu and its own custom Start button in Windows 8. Start8 provides a combination of new Start Screen and classic Start Menu in Windows 8.
ViStart already provides a Windows 7 look-like Start Menu and Start button in Windows 8. We have shared a few freeware such as ViStart, Start8 and Classic Shell which help you in getting back Start button and Start Menu in Windows 8. Actually the new Start Screen has replaced the Start Menu and Start button has been replaced by a hidden square thumbnail which appears when you move your mouse cursor to bottom-left corner of screen. We all know that Microsoft has completely removed " Start button" and " Start Menu" from Windows 8.
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