How to Change the Windows 7 Start Menu Back to a Classic Look. Although the Windows 7 Start menu provides a host of useful features, it tends to take up a lot of screen space when opened.

You can easily configure the Windows 7 Start menu, changing the look and putting your favorite programs front and center.

Classic Shell let's you replace Windows 10's Start menu with that of Windows 7, or even Windows XP.

Open-Shell is a free software that brings the classic Start Menu & more back to Windows 11/10 desktop. This Classic Shell alternative will customize your desktop experience.

Stardock recently announced the launch of Start11, which allows you to bring back the classic Start Menu to Windows 11.

The Start menu is highly customizable, and in this guide, we'll show you the steps to adjust its settings to make it more functional and personal on Windows 10.

The Start menu is a major part of it, because, for the half-decade or more that I used Windows 7, that was how I would find most of my applications.

You can even keep the Windows 10 Start menu and simply customize its look further or change the associated button.

Learn how to customize your Windows 10 Start Menu for maximum productivity. We have talked about the list of options, settings and features.