Classic Shell Program

So i thouht id try it but i dont like it so i uninstalled it

BUT

its not 100% gone.

If i press the windows key on my keyboard the classic shell start menu shows up but the normal windows seven start menu shows up ifi click on it.

How can i stop this?

Have you got a recent restore point that you can revert to?

Nope

system restore IMO is a waste of space...

If my PC wont boot or there is some other issue ill fix it as i know how to

Edited by Seansmit17 (Fri 14-Oct-11 22:32:24)

You cannot resist tinkering Leave windows as it comes out the box, Microsoft usually get it right!

In reply to a post by Seansmit17:

Nope

system restore IMO is a waste of space...

If my PC wont boot or there is some other issue ill fix it as i know how to

...read?

In reference to classicshell.sourceforge.net/faq.html#general_what:

What is the right way to uninstall Classic Shell?
To uninstall Classic Shell follow these steps:

1 Stop the start menu if it is installed (right-click on the start button and select �Exit�)
2 Open a new Windows Explorer window
3 Make sure the toolbar is hidden (if you uninstall while the toolbar is visible, the menu bar in Explorer will get stuck in the visible state and you won�t be able to hide it)
4 Close all Windows Explorer windows
5 Open Control Panel -> Programs and Features and double-click on Classic Shell. Then follow the instructions. You may have to restart Windows to complete the process.
6 If you installed any additional skins for the start menu you will have to delete them manually



After I uninstalled Classic Shell I can't hide the menu in Explorer any more. What do I do?
If you missed step 3 from the uninstall instructions and you are having problems with the menu, you have two options:

1 Go to the registry, open the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser key and delete the ITBar7Layout value as described here: http://qttabbar.sourceforge.net/?p=79
2 Install Classic Shell again and uninstall it following all the instructions

Contradiction much.

Not really

Tanks batboy ill install it again and follow those steps...

"If my PC wont boot or there is some other issue ill fix it as i know how to "

You're the one asking for advice.

Yes.. advice on a program that did not uninstall... when i uninstalled it.

Thanks for posting

System restore is very lightweight in Windows 7, unless your system is really underpowered there is little reason to disable it.

I notice the slow down tho.

with it off my HD activity is low, only active when im opening files etc. if im just reading though a webpage or watching something then there is only the odd flash here and there for the HDD activity light.

With system restore on my HDD activity goes insane and the activity light is on solid all the time and this slows things down a fair bit when i go to open a game or movie

I cannot see this being the case to be honest, apart from maybe the first few days after installing Windows. If this is the case you have done something to make it go screwy.

ive done something?

yeah i did..

both my pc and laptop are fine untill i turn on SR then HDD goes nuts.

Turn it off and it stops.

This is on a fresh install and on an older install like on my pc at the moment

That is because you have just enabled it and it is busy preparing it's initial shadow copies and other things. If you give it a day or so it will go away...

When windows seven came out i gave it a whole [censored] month and still it was chewing about at my HDD so i fooked it off and have never looked back

Sorry not convinced, never seen such issues with system restore. XP on borked systems, yes, Vista and above, no.

Not running any 3rd party defraggers are you which may be causing purge shadow copies? Or otherwise anything which interfers with the OS?

Edited by Pipexer (Tue 18-Oct-11 16:37:48)

defragger is all i use..

And tbh i dont give a flying carp if your "not convinced" i know what it dose to my pc and that is all that matters.

If it works fine for you then congrats but at the end of the day i dont need SR

In reply to a post by Seansmit17:

So i thouht id try it but i dont like it so i uninstalled it

BUT

its not 100% gone.

If i press the windows key on my keyboard the classic shell start menu shows up but the normal windows seven start menu shows up ifi click on it.

How can i stop this?

reinstall it, set everything back to windows defaults, then uninstall it.

Personally I love the app tho, I also used it to make IE9 better as well, with the status bar etc.

Thanks

I managed to get it off in the end