diff --git a/Src/Setup/Setup.cpp b/Src/Setup/Setup.cpp
index 489ba9b..43e762c 100644
--- a/Src/Setup/Setup.cpp
+++ b/Src/Setup/Setup.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
 // It unpacks the right installer into the temp directory and executes it.
 
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *FIsWow64Process)( HANDLE hProcess, PBOOL Wow64Process );
-typedef BOOL (WINAPI *FQueryFullProcessImageName)( HANDLE hProcess, DWORD dwFlags, LPTSTR lpExeName, PDWORD lpdwSize );
 
 
 
@@ -326,49 +325,6 @@ int APIENTRY wWinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPTSTR lpCm
 	BOOL b64=FALSE;
 	isWow64Process(GetCurrentProcess(),&b64);
 
-	// look for an old version of the classic start menu (2.0.0 or older) and show a warning if it is still running. the uninstaller for such old versions doesn't close the start menu
-	HWND hwnd=FindWindow(L"ClassicStartMenu.CStartHookWindow",L"StartHookWindow");
-	if (hwnd)
-	{
-		bool bStartMenu=false;
-
-		DWORD id;
-		GetWindowThreadProcessId(hwnd,&id);
-		HANDLE process=OpenProcess(PROCESS_QUERY_INFORMATION|PROCESS_VM_READ,FALSE,id);
-		if (process)
-		{
-			bStartMenu=true;
-			wchar_t path[_MAX_PATH];
-			DWORD size=_countof(path);
-
-			FQueryFullProcessImageName queryFullProcessImageName=(FQueryFullProcessImageName)GetProcAddress(hKernel32,"QueryFullProcessImageNameW");
-			if (queryFullProcessImageName && queryFullProcessImageName(process,0,path,&size))
-			{
-				DWORD q;
-				DWORD size=GetFileVersionInfoSize(path,&q);
-				if (size)
-				{
-					std::vector<char> buf(size);
-					if (GetFileVersionInfo(path,0,size,&buf[0]))
-					{
-						VS_FIXEDFILEINFO *pVer;
-						UINT len;
-						if (VerQueryValue(&buf[0],L"\\",(void**)&pVer,&len) && pVer->dwProductVersionMS>0x20000)
-							bStartMenu=false;
-					}
-				}
-			}
-			CloseHandle(process);
-		}
-		if (bStartMenu)
-		{
-			wchar_t strTitle[256];
-			if (!LoadString(hInstance,IDS_APP_TITLE,strTitle,_countof(strTitle))) strTitle[0]=0;
-			wchar_t strText[1024];
-			if (!LoadString(hInstance,IDS_OLDSTARTMENU,strText,_countof(strText))) strText[0]=0;
-			MessageBox(NULL,strText,strTitle,MB_OK|MB_ICONWARNING);
-		}
-	}
 /*
 	// warning about being beta
 	if (!bQuiet)
diff --git a/Src/Setup/Setup.rc b/Src/Setup/Setup.rc
index 0131a4c..dc06f93 100644
--- a/Src/Setup/Setup.rc
+++ b/Src/Setup/Setup.rc
@@ -148,7 +148,6 @@ END
 STRINGTABLE 
 BEGIN
     IDS_APP_TITLE           "Open-Shell Setup"
-    IDS_OLDSTARTMENU        "Warning!\nAn old version of the classic start menu is still running. Please close it before installing the new version to avoid crashing Explorer. Right click on the start button and select ""Exit""."
     IDS_ERR_CORRUPTED       "Failed to extract setup file '%s'. The MSI resource is corrupted."
 END
 
diff --git a/Src/Setup/resource.h b/Src/Setup/resource.h
index b906aa2..fb9313d 100644
--- a/Src/Setup/resource.h
+++ b/Src/Setup/resource.h
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 #define IDS_APP_NAME                    100
 #define IDS_APP_TITLE                   100
 #define IDI_APPICON                     101
-#define IDS_OLDSTARTMENU                101
 #define IDS_ERR_CORRUPTED               102
 #define IDR_MSI_FILE32                  132
 #define IDR_MSI_FILE64                  164