Winpilot
The manic cousin of Microsoft Copilot (by builtbybel)
Classic-Start
Renamed to NeoClassic-UI then renamed to Open-Shell - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu (by passionate-coder)
| Winpilot | Classic-Start | |
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| 35 | 34 | |
| 4,242 | 30 | |
| 2.1% | - | |
| 9.4 | 0.0 | |
| about 19 hours ago | almost 6 years ago | |
| C# | ||
| MIT License | - |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Winpilot
Posts with mentions or reviews of Winpilot.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-07.
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Vanilla Windows 11 + AtlasOS + Legion Space = BEAST!!!
To remove Windows 11 bloat without needing to conduct a fresh install... I suggest using BloatyNosy https://github.com/builtbybel/Bloatynosy
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Is this ram usage normal?
u can push it to 30% usage using script https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy/releases
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Ultrabook with 8gb ram. How can I allocate resources towards games more efficiently?
De-clutter and disable unnecessary windows 11 features through this program
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Win11Debloat is a simple script that removes pre-installed windows bloatware
BloatyNosy (similar to ThisIsWin11) is better: https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy/releases
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On My Way To Pick Up My Rog Ally From Best Buy. What now?
https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy use this after updating everything. Just make sure to unselect some of the stuff you want to keep (like gaming features).
- Battery Life Tips + Getting more juice from Powerbanks + Other
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Modern Warfare 2 not launching
Good to hear you figured it out and nice info for others that have same issue lol i reinstalled my custom os like twice aswell when i was trying to see what causes it ! The debloat thing is any standard windows os from official microsoft you run this tool https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy
- What is the real danger of running an offline Win7/BlueIris system?
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Request Tips on Privacy while using Windows 11
and this one is dedicated for win 11 https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy
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HP rushes to fix bricked printers after faulty firmware update
This does all that for you https://github.com/builtbybel/BloatyNosy
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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Free Tech Tools and Resources - Curl Conversion, Security Training, Permissions Reporting & More
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 Winpilot and Classic-Start you can also consider the following projects:
Windows10Debloater - Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
tron - Tron
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
Win-Debloat-Tools - Re-imagining Windows like a minimal OS install, already debloated with minimal impact for most functionality.
BasicThemer2 - Apply the basic theme of Windows Vista-7 to Windows Vista-10, without disabling the DWM composition
holoiso - SteamOS 3 (Holo) archiso configuration
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
bloatbox - ☑️🌠 Remove Bloatwares from Windows 10
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
g-helper - Lightweight Armoury Crate alternative for Asus laptops and ROG Ally. Control tool for ROG Zephyrus G14, G15, G16, M16, Flow X13, Flow X16, TUF, Strix, Scar and other models
Winpilot vs Windows10Debloater
Classic-Start vs RetroBar
Winpilot vs tron
Classic-Start vs ThisIsWin11
Winpilot vs Win-Debloat-Tools
Classic-Start vs BasicThemer2
Winpilot vs holoiso
Classic-Start vs ExplorerPatcher
Winpilot vs bloatbox
Classic-Start vs TaskbarX
Winpilot vs g-helper
Classic-Start vs bloatbox