Open Shell is the continuation of Classic Shell, which was a collection of features that were available in older versions of Windows but were later removed.
Features
- Classic style Start menu for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11
- Toolbar for Windows Explorer
- Explorer status bar with file size and disk space
- Classic copy UI (Windows 7 only)
- Title bar and status bar for Internet Explorer
What's New
Final version updated to 4.4.195
- Fix modern settings on Win11 24H2+ by @ge0rdi in #2091
- Fix custom button with auto-hiding taskbar (#2067)
- Apply taskbar customizations to News and interests (#676)
- Update StartMenuL10N.ini for all languages by @Need74 in #2086
Beta version updated to 4.4.194
- Fix custom button auto-hiding by @ge0rdi in #2041
Final version updated to 4.4.191
- Separate taskbar icon for Open-Shell menu settings dialog
- Allow negative horizontal/vertical menu offsets (#1629)
- Fix checkboxes in settings dialog with custom themes (#1630)
- Fix search results overlapping (#1648)
