Classic Shell: Get Classic Start Menu and Explorer Toolbar Buttons (Cut, Copy, Paste, etc) Back in Windows Vista and 7

The most annoying problem which Windows Vista and 7 users face is the removal of classic toolbar buttons e.g. Cut, Copy, Paste, Delete, etc. Windows Vista and 7 Explorer doesn't provide these basic toolbar buttons and users have to use keyboard shortcuts keys or menus to perform these operations.

Another annoying problem in Windows 7 is the removal of Classic Start menu. Windows 7 doesn't contain the good old Classic start menu. It only provides Vista like new Start menu.

We have covered a few utilities like CWSM and CSMenu in past which brings back Classic start menu in Windows 7. We have also posted a tutorial to get a similar Classic start menu in Windows Vista and 7 manually.

Today we are going to share another awesome free utility which brings back the Classic Start menu in Windows 7. It also adds good old Explorer toolbar buttons in Windows Vista and 7.

"Classic Shell" is a free small utility which provides:

Classic Start menu in Windows 7
Classic Explorer toolbar buttons (Cut, Copy, Paste, etc) in Windows Vista and 7

Following are a few screenshots of Classic Shell in action:

Classic Start menu in Windows 7:

NOTE: You can access the default Windows 7 Start menu by pressing "SHIFT" key while clicking on the Start ORB. You can also change Classic Start menu settings by going to "Settings -> Classic Start Menu" option.

Classic Explorer toolbar buttons in Windows Vista and 7:

Classic Explorer Navigation pane in Windows Vista and 7:

Its highly customizable, so you can select which buttons should appear in Explorer toolbar by clicking on the "Classic Explorer Settings" button present at last of the toolbar in Explorer.

If you don't get the Classic toolbar in Explorer after installing the utility, press "ALT" key to show Menubar, right-click on it and select "Classic Explorer Bar" option.

You can download it using following link:

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Thanks to our active reader "Afiz" for notifying us about this little app...

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6 Comments

rekadog

Thank you. After searching for 2 hours this is exactly what I was looking for. There are several other threads on here looking for it.
Drew

I miss my cut, copy and paste buttons in 7!!!! I hated Vista for this very reason too. I like the Windows 7 start menu though but I want my buttons back. Is there any way to use this tool to just get the buttons and not have to use the classic start menu?

Thanks for the write up on this tool.
Drew

Just answered my own question! This thing ROCKS! Yes you can have just the buttons and/or the classic start menu. I love it! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Windows 7 FTW!
yiannis

Thanks a lot, i was looking for something like that for far too long, to be honest i havent upgrade from XP cos i could not live without the toolbar.

Respect!!!
master

will it corrupt my systemfiles
VG

^^ No.