Cannot uninstall classic shell

There are three available ways to remove this application, please note that the manual removal usually contains some risks of mistakenly deleting the wrong file inside the computer, so please be cautious if you decide to uninstall Classic Shell in this way, and make sure you have the enough computer knowledge and skills to support the manual program removal. Many people don't know there is a removing feature inside the program's install package, and you can activate the install package and use the embedded removing feature to uninstall Classic Shell itself, however, there is also one shortcoming that some of the files and registries would easily be left behind in this way of removal the same to the option 1 , so that you also need to check all of its leftovers and clean it thoroughly on your PC.

The last but most effective way to remove Classic Shell I think, is to invite a professional uninstall tool to take charge of the program removal automatically, and you can uninstall the application with ease. Total Uninstaller is a specific Windows App uninstaller that can help you complete the program effectively, for more details about how does this remover get rid of the program on your PC, please check the following tutorials:.

You can follow the question or vote as helpful, but you cannot reply to this thread. I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi Nickolas, Thank you for giving us an opportunity to assist you with the query.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. It's doing no harm and is safe. Millions of people use it. But you can just uninstall it if you don't want it and your Start Menu will revert back to the normal Windows 10 Start Menu.

In reply to A. I have Win 10 Pro v. Windows refuses to let me run the installer program. Try to 1. Are there more bits of Classic Shell that I need to remove somehow? I use Classic Shell for a long time and indeed, it was stopped yesterday with the windows update It said it has uninstalled it.

But I went into the classic shell folder. Apparently all files are here. I started it and it works fine start menu and explorer. He contacted me to ask why his computer is cracking up!

And yes I do believe it is so they have control and can get users to buy apps. They have hi-jacked the desktop! In the end I had to spend 30 minutes over skype giving him a tutorial in how to find files and folders, how to go on the internet and how to navigate between open applications. I should mention. For the record is also removed my 8GadgetPack software which allows you to run Windows Gadgets on Windows 10 BTW and that software was good enough to pop up and tell me it needed repaired and I clicked one button and it repaired itself.

Very annoying. Arrogant behaviour from MS. They should understand that some people want to choose how their pc looks and behaves. Downvote for MS. I tried lots of methods to remove classic shell opening in safe mode, deleting it component files etc. But this one worked finally! Thank you so much for sharing. Thank you for your legendary assistance with this matter. I was very surprised and pissed to find the ugly Windows 10 menu. Glad that it is something which can be fixed.

Long live Classic shell. After Creator update, CS 4. Screen started refreshing every few seconds. First showing Classic start button then refreshing to metro start button.

Had to open task manager to end task on classic shell. This enabled me then to download the classic shell utility program to remove 4.

Sadly, back to metro start as 4. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hi, Thank you for posting in Microsoft Community, we appreciate your interest in Windows I understand your concern about uninstalling the Classic shell from Windows.

How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site. In reply to A. User's post on September 24, That is incorrect. Classic Shell is a 3rd party Start menu app. Then add your Microsoft account again, and make it type Admin Then logout, login with your Microsoft account and it will set up your profile again and it should work.