Fluent-Metro
A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell. (by bonzibudd)
Classic-Start
Renamed to NeoClassic-UI then renamed to Open-Shell - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu (by passionate-coder)
| Fluent-Metro | Classic-Start | |
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| 11 | 34 | |
| 383 | 30 | |
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| 2.9 | 0.0 | |
| 8 months ago | over 5 years ago | |
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Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
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Fluent-Metro
Posts with mentions or reviews of Fluent-Metro.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-23.
- Customize Desktop even more?
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how the hell Is possible? how can you do this?
2)Download Fluent-Metro Skin (it's a customizable skin )
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Please god. Windows is so terrible. Just let it be a functional os please.
Also: Open-Shell, with this skin for a proper menu without ads and shit.
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Dark Search missing in 21H2
I know it is not what you want but if you want "dark themed" search install Open-Shell with Fluent-Metro skin
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StartIsBack has sorted my only real gripes with 11's taskbar, start menu, context menus and "look"
Openshell (with the fluent metro theme) is a free alternative that gives a similar look and a ton of customizability.
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Where to Download Skins?
I also have a skin I've been working on that has many layout/color customizations: Fluent-Metro
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Fluent-Metro receives support for automatic dark/light system colors
Download the release here (GitHub).
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A modern take on the classic Start menu
If you want to try this, it's a skin for Open-Shell Menu: Fluent-Metro
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The Windows 7 Start menu, reimagined for Windows 10
BTW, you can check out a functioning version of this here: https://github.com/bonzibudd/Fluent-Metro
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My Probably Controversial Windows Concept
Wow, that Start menu looks very similar to the one I've been working on: bonzibudd/Fluent-Metro: A modern, highly customizable Start menu for Open-Shell. (github.com)
Classic-Start
Posts with mentions or reviews of Classic-Start.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
- Open-Shell: A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows
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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron
FYI, Classic Shell is discontinued, long live the https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
- the cycle continues...
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Two sides of people not being able to upgrade to Windows 11
Finally, to get a decent start menu and context menu back Explorer patcher and Shell work wonders. There is also Open shell if you want that classic Windows 7-10 look, but personally I think it looks dated in comparison. The Win11 start menu looks fine, it's just missing core functionality.
- Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – this is getting painful now
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Open-Shell-Menu is a collection of utilities that can return some of your favorite features to newer versions of Windows. Revel in the glory of classic-style features like a Start menu for Win 7, 8 & 10; tool and status bars for Windows Explorer; title and status bars for Internet Explorer. Hel_OWeen says, "I honestly have a hard time to navigate any Windows version > W2K without it."
- Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu - The latest Windows 11 update adds promotional ‘notifications’ to bait users into using services like OneDrive.
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Steam dropping support for Windows 7/8/8.1 on January 1, 2024
if you don't like the new taskbar, start menu, or the new right click menu, you'll want to grab ExplorerPatcher, Open-Shell, and WinAero Tweaker which will effectively make 11 look and feel like 10 again. sometimes i genuinely forget that i'm using 11
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You can actually downgrade from Windows 11 back to 10 using the media creation thingy
Reddit is full of facts about them. I offer you one: how to fix classic shell: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
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Do you know of any software that can make the Windows 11 taskbar look like Windows 7?
ExplorerPatcher combined with Open-Shell
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Fluent-Metro and Classic-Start you can also consider the following projects:
Open-Shell-Menu - Classic Shell Reborn.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
TranslucentFlyouts - Translucent effect for most of the win32 flyouts
BasicThemer2 - Apply the basic theme of Windows Vista-7 to Windows Vista-10, without disabling the DWM composition
optimizer - The finest Windows Optimizer
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
MSEdgeRedirect - A Tool to Redirect News, Search, Widgets, Weather and More to Your Default Browser
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
ExplorerBlurMica - Add background Blur effect or Acrylic (Mica for win11) effect to explorer for win10 and win11
bloatbox - ☑️🌠 Remove Bloatwares from Windows 10
Fluent-Metro vs Open-Shell-Menu
Classic-Start vs RetroBar
Fluent-Metro vs SecureUxTheme
Classic-Start vs ThisIsWin11
Fluent-Metro vs TranslucentFlyouts
Classic-Start vs BasicThemer2
Fluent-Metro vs optimizer
Classic-Start vs ExplorerPatcher
Fluent-Metro vs MSEdgeRedirect
Classic-Start vs TaskbarX
Fluent-Metro vs ExplorerBlurMica
Classic-Start vs bloatbox