Features and architecture Ĭlassic Shell is packaged as a suite of three components, all optional and independent of each other: Development has been picked up by volunteers on GitHub under the name Open-Shell. ĭevelopment by Beltchev has ceased, and the project's source code has been released. In particular, it can serve as a Start menu replacement for Windows 8 and Windows 10 systems.ĭeveloped by Ivo Beltchev, it was first released in 2009, and has been downloaded over ten and a half million times since.
It focuses on the Start menu, File Explorer and Internet Explorer - three major components of the Windows shell although it also does some minor tweaks for the Windows Taskbar. Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Ĭlassic Shell is a computer program for Microsoft Windows that provides user interface elements intended to restore familiar features from past versions of Windows.
