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What is Classic Shell?

Classic Shell is software application developed by IvoSoft. It is most commonly found on computers running Windows 10 with nearly 91.26% of installations running this operating system. Classic Shell's installer is typically 4.00 MB in size and installs around 29 files. The most common release is 4.1.0 with 33.60% of all installations currently using this version.

Classic Shell is most popular in the United States with 47.76% of installations residing in this country.

Classic Shell adds 5 scheduled tasks to the Windows Task Scheduler launching the program at randomly scheduled times.

Software Behaviors

Services:: classicstartmenu.exe runs as a service named 'Classic Shell Service' (ClassicShellService).

classicshellservice.exe runs as a service named 'Classic Shell Service' (ClassicShellService) "Launches the start button after logon".
Scheduled tasks:: classicstartmenu.exe is scheduled as a task named 'elevated_ClassicStartMenu_1~ISSALC1~ARGORPC'.

classicie_64.exe is scheduled as a task named 'elevated_ClassicIE_64_1~ISSALC1~ARGORPC'.

classicie_32.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{84D56567-A888-4C50-926B-17DC8977223B}' (runs on registration).

classicexplorersettings.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{09CD0590-C62D-4D0D-BD46-6F936DDE40A4}' (runs on registration).

classicshellupdate.exe is scheduled as a task with the class '{84D25C14-55A9-456C-920E-0E0C3C91BD70}' (runs on registration).

Startup Entries

Startup tasks:: classicstartmenu.exe is automatically launched at startup through a scheduled task named 8.
Registry entries:: classicstartmenu.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'ClassicStartMenu.exe' and executes as C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe.

classicie_64.exe is loaded in the current user (HKCU) registry as an auto-starting executable named 'Classic Shell' and executes as C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicIE_64.exe.

Software Details

URL:: https://classicshell.sourceforge.net
Support:: https://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/forums/forum/1049756
Installation path:: C:\Program Files\classic shell
Uninstaller:: MsiExec.exe /X{66E2237E-2E10-48A2-B8D3-2092B8BA8484}
Size:: 4.00 MB
Language:: English

Classic Shell Executable Details

Primary executable:: classicstartmenu.exe
Name:: Classic Shell
Path:: C:\Program Files\classic shell\classicstartmenu.exe
MD5:: 690eb331346d7adfda18e50042dea4b4
SHA-1:: –
SHA-256:: –

Files installed by Classic Shell

File Type	Filename	MD5
DLL	classicexplorer64.dll	7b8c3081c03a0d8f1b0c1c1d017b45a2
EXE	StartScreen.exe	653d472c03276fbe14cb4bcad98ff6f8
DLL	zh-tw.dll	d4a084233cd56ec0dc7f1c0080c206c5
DLL	microsoft.visualstudio.debugger.runtime.impl.dll	92302408ce5fb61bfaf4d7894a88e366
EXE	microsoft.xsldebugger.host.exe	3d59170093fb675de6dd2c2e464f579c
DLL	microsoft.xsldebugger.dll	b424316302334bbd42fa85623227ee19
EXE	vsdiag_regwcf.exe	2ab3fb04cb68191c985b96b562d4326f
DLL	tfsofficeadd-in.dll	f0c9228c3125288cf234942ab8eb5257
DLL	tfsofficeadd-inui.dll	28bba96d924f563231a8afa38f9b16d2

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Popularity

92% of users keep Classic Shell installed

Overall Rating

Fair

Known Versions (51)

4.3.1: 2.31%
4.3.0: 7.83%
4.2.7: 0.12%
4.2.5: 7.43%
4.2.4: 4.33%
4.2.3: 0.10%
4.2.2: 0.10%
4.2.1: 6.62%
4.2.0: 0.49%
4.1.0: 33.60%
4.0.6: 1.87%
4.0.5: 0.48%
4.0.4: 9.51%
4.0.2: 7.33%
4.0.1: 0.00%
4.0.0: 0.82%
3.9.5: 0.10%
3.9.3: 0.05%
3.9.1: 0.02%
3.9.0: 0.10%
3.6.8: 6.58%
3.6.7: 3.34%
3.6.6: 0.43%
3.6.5: 2.69%
3.6.4: 0.10%
3.6.3: 0.13%
3.6.2: 0.88%
3.6.1: 1.00%
3.6.0: 0.02%
3.5.1: 0.06%
3.5.0: 0.10%
3.4.1: 0.05%
3.3.0: 0.05%
3.2.0: 0.43%
3.1.0: 0.29%
3.0.0: 0.09%
2.9.3: 0.04%
2.9.2: 0.05%
2.9.0: 0.07%
2.8.3: 0.15%
2.8.2: 0.01%
2.8.1: 0.01%
2.0.0: 0.03%
1.9.8: 0.03%
1.9.6: 0.03%
1.9.2: 0.02%
1.9.1: 0.01%
1.0.3: 0.02%
1.0.2: 0.01%
1.0.1: 0.03%
1.0.0: 0.01%

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