It has also modernised, with new Settings menus and options, but older user interfaces such as Control Panel still feature which some users may find disappointing in an otherwise sleek operating system. Live Tiles, which showed widget-like information since Windows 8, have now been removed sent instead to a dedicated Widgets button in the taskbar. Windows 11 also consolidates different Microsoft services, such as Teams replacing Skype, and updates to a dedicated Xbox app for video game streaming. Most distinctly, it comes with a new Start Menu, located in the middle of the taskbar. This new feature lets users group apps together in the new Start Menu, which can then be brought up at a click of a button from the taskbar. The new operating system is apparently faster, with a rounder user interface, light and dark modes, and Snap Layouts and Snap Groups. Jordan (Zuo Weiming) - Simplified Chinese translationĪlan ( 11, Microsoft’s latest operating system, has launched worldwide today - although only for some users. Loginvovchyk - Russian translation, documentation and installer JohnEdwa - custom skins and feature requests Jcee - testing, feature requests, forum moderator Gaurav Kale - testing, feature requests and user experience consultant Here are some of the people, who made significant contributions to the Classic Shell project: If you are having problems uninstalling or upgrading Classic Shell, please read this forum post. Visit the Classic Shell forum to find custom menu skins and start buttons. The latest stable version of Classic Shell is 4.3.1 More details hereĭevelopment has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open Shell Note: As of December 2017, Classic Shell is no longer in active development. Caption and status bar for Internet Explorer.Toolbar and status bar for Windows Explorer.Start button for Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.Find programs, settings, files and documents.Quick access to recent, frequently-used, or pinned programs.Highly customizable start menu with multiple styles and skins.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.

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