# Open-Shell A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows. *Originally* **[Classic Shell](http://www.classicshell.net)** *by [Ivo Beltchev](https://sourceforge.net/u/ibeltchev/profile/)* [](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases/latest)  [](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases)  [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/passionate-coder/open-shell-menu/branch/master)  [](https://gitq.com/passionate-coder/Classic-Start)  [](https://gitter.im/open-shell/Lobby)  [](https://discord.gg/7H6arr5) [Open-Shell Homepage](https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu) ### Features - Classic style Start menu for Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, and 11 - Toolbar for Windows Explorer - Explorer status bar with file size and disk space - Classic copy UI (Windows 7 only) - Title bar and status bar for Internet Explorer ### Download You can find the latest stable version here: [](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/releases/latest) ### Temporary Translation/Language Solution 1. Download [language DLL](https://coddec.github.io/Classic-Shell/www.classicshell.net/translations/index.html) 2. Place it either in the Open-Shell's __install folder__ or in the `%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\OpenShell\Languages` folder ---- *For archival reasons, we have a mirror of `www.classicshell.net` [here](https://coddec.github.io/Classic-Shell/www.classicshell.net/).* [How To Skin a Start Menu](https://coddec.github.io/Classic-Shell/www.classicshell.net/tutorials/skintutorial.html) [Classic Shell: Custom Start Buttons](https://coddec.github.io/Classic-Shell/www.classicshell.net/tutorials/buttontutorial.html) [Questions? Ask on the Discussions section](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/discussions) or on [Discord](https://discord.gg/7H6arr5) [Submit a bug report/feature request](https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues)