XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.microsoft.windows   
   From: Zaidy036@air.isp.spam   
      
   On 2/6/2026 2:08 PM, Maria Sophia wrote:   
   > Frank Slootweg wrote:   
   >>> Windows 7 was great. For me 10 was a disaster - slow and weirdly   
   >>> inconstant. 11 is better than 10 but some old software tends to crash   
   >>> the new explorer.exe. And I do wish the 11 start menu could be   
   >>> configured to work more like the Windows 7 one worked.   
   >>   
   >>   For all intents and purposes, Open-Shell Menu *is* the Windows 7 Start   
   >> menu.   
   >>   
   >>   I use(d) it on Windows 8.1, 10 and now 11. You don't have to use the   
   >> native Windows 11 Start menu at all if you don't want to.   
   >   
   > Frank brings up an interesting point, which is even though nobody ever   
   > needed Open Shell Menu in the past (yes, even on Windows 10), now it's   
   > actually needed on Windows 11 for the first time since pinned taskbar menus   
   > are (apparently) no longer allowed on Windows 11 (but they were on Win10).   
   >      
   >   
   > For the first time ever, Open Shell Menu is needed (only in Windows 11).   
   >   
   > The good news is you can copy your Windows XP menus to Windows 11 and it   
   > "should" work but I haven't tested that yet but that works on Windows 10.   
      
   Lots of free mods including Windows 11 Start Menu   
      
      
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