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START MENU Classic Start 4.4 www.snipca.com/28522 What you need: Windows 7, 8/8.1 or 10 Fans of Classic Shell - the free program that lets you replace Windows 10’s unwieldy Start menu with a simpler version reminiscent of Windows 7 - were left out in the cold last year when the developer, Ivo Beltchev, suddenly pulled the plug on it. Beltchev cited Microsoft’s relentless Windows update schedule as one of the reasons for stopping development – Classic Shell stopped working after 2017’s Fall Creators Update. However, thanks to his decision to make the software open source, we now have Classic Start, which is the same program in all but name. It will probably be flagged as potentially unsafe by Windows SmartScreen, but that’s a false positive. It’s also worth noting this…

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