Windows 10: A history of the Windows Start menu

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Clear the Run history on the Start menu on Windows 10

Hi Pedro,

Have you tried the steps provided by our Support Engineer, Kiran Kishore
to delete the Run Command history from Registry Editor? If not, try that method and let us know the results.

I would also like to let you know that the above mentioned method (deleting from Registry Editor) is the only way to delete the Run command history in Windows 10.

Thank you.

 

Clear the Run history on the Start menu on Windows 10

This does not work for me. I want to delete the history of places visited and in particular files accessed on an external hard drive.

 

I much prefer a classic start menu that I can customize rather than the Win10 mixture that includes tiles. That's a big reason why I'm still using Classic Shell.

 

Isn't the Windows 10 incarnation really just a Modern/Metro app in a big window?

 

I was happy, as in Insider, when I saw the initial direction the Start Menu was taking -- and then, the designers caved into the smartphone-UI crowd and stuck Tiles in it! We already had a Start Screen with tiles; I failed to see why we also needed what amounts to a smaller version of the same thing with Tiles.

I, too, have switched over to using Classic Shell.

 

Hmmmm - I thought the tiles were there in the very first TP build
(What I liked was that the first TP builds had a better windowing format - more like Windows 8.1)

 

The 10 Start Menu would have been flawless if they kept two things from Win 7 in it.

The search all programs and menus right into the startbar, instead of using whoretana, and pinning your favorites on top, but I guess the pinning was not necessary because of the live tiles pinned to the side of it, replacing the pinning altogether.

However I find when clicking "ALL APPS" in Windows 10 verses "All Programs" in Windows 7 is far less slower and less convenience then in Win7 how you clicked and all the folders were there bunched and quick to scroll, now you have to do everything alphabetically and really search, which is an annoyance. The Classic Shell option does justice for this sole purpose.

Also not a fan of modern UI or settings menu. I prefer control panel. Rest is ok once you get used to it, but settings should die, forever.

(Or until they fit SSD and i7 & GTX 980 power into a tablet that will replace the PC. Otherwise don't tinker with it. Still think there should have been only 2 editions. PC edition and Tablet/Mobile edition of 10, having Mobile and Tablet version to one and Windows 10 PC on the other, without the use of settings and modern crapI settings.

 

Classic Shell's menu offers many different features not found in the Windows 10 menu or any other Start Menu. The main benefits over the Windows 10 menu are:

1. Submenus for quickly accessing anything, a vast amount of info can be organized using submenus on the right side
2. You don't *have* to pin everything to make it accessible.
3. Better, flexible presentation of All Apps (All Programs). You can make it show like Windows 7-style treeview or in multiple columns submenu
4. Search is faster and shows your personal files unlike Windows 10 menu where you've to click "My stuff". You can even click or press Enter on the headers of categories to filter results (show only from that category).
5. Jump to any item by typing its first letter, can show All Programs automatically when you click Start button
6. Cleanly separated programs (mouse first, keyboard first desktop apps) vs touch-first Store apps
7. Nice custom Start buttons and animated ones with adjustable size
8. Customize icon size and DPI to make it as small or as large as you want depending on your resolution and usage (mouse vs touch).
9. Skinnable
10. Menu can open with Winkey on monitor with mouse pointer for those using multiple displays
11. Open several apps by holding down Shift. This is extremely powerful, you can hold Shift to launch many things one after the other via search or by browsing menus.
12 Search Providers to pass on search queries to another program or internet websites

These and just some of the extra advantages. See the full comparison: Classic Shell View topic - Compare Start Menus:Classic Shell vs Windows 10 and others I think for the price of FREE, everyone could benefit from it. *Biggrin

 

I really haven't seen any reason to not use Classic Shell, its far more powerful that even Win 7 start. I don't notice any overhead and its highly configurable. I do still keep a link on the task bar to the Metro interface just incase I some time want to try it out. So far that hasn't happen for me, apps just don't make in on computer. I do wish someone would make my gadgets into apps as I think there would be less overhead? perhaps better boot up times. 8 Gadget pack and the 4 gadgets I use, do take about 15 seconds to load.

 

Unfortunately like Gadget 10 for W10 and a few other startup programs do take its tool on boot up times in W10 or any O/S for that matter and presently the only real way solution is to have an SSD as a boot drive. That's the only thing I find makes a difference in anything, then when I try to go back and use a mechanical drive I start to get impatient, lol. I could only imagine how lucky are the users on Samsung 950 M2 cards with read/writes in the 2200/1100 range. Must be grand speeds.

 

Another vote here for Classic Shell.

 

Micosoft should license Classic Shell for Windows since it is a superior solution. I've configured mine so mouse hover over the Start button opens Classic Shell and a left click opens the Windows Start Menu.

 

I also support the classic shell ideas but do not use classic shell. Instead I have created some shortcuts to the most used items as I alwys did on previous versions of Windows on the desktop. This has saved my bacon on many occasions as when the start menu and the taskbar gives problems I am still able to access what I want.
I also still use "control panel" and as well as the other version of control panel, called "God Mode"

 

That's a pretty badass combo