Windows 10: How Do I Go Back to Windows 10 Start Menu ?

I feel like this is a dumb question but I can't find the answer anywhere.

I am one of those that happens to like the new Windows 9/10 Start Menu system and, after I installed Windows 10, I took great pains to set it up the way I wanted it. (I upgraded from 7 or 8, I can't remember.)

Somehow, however, something I installed changed it back to the the old Windows 7/8 menu system which is very usable of course but I like the new one.

How do I get it back and do I have to rebuild it all over again?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks to all .. and nice to be a new member of your forum.*Smile

Alan

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How do do I get my start menu back to the original settings?

When I turned on my HP Stream computer the Start menu had disappeared. How do I get back to it?

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How do do I get my start menu back to the original settings?

Do you have a Taskbar with a Windows icon on the left end? Is click on it.

 

Welcome to the forums. Check your programs and features. It sounds like you installed maybe Classic shell or start 8. Uninstall that and W10 menu will be back.

 

It sounds as if you may have installed a 3rd party Start menu program such as "Classic Shell". If so, you need to figure out which one you installed and then uninstall it from Programs and Features.

If you can't figure out which you installed, you could post screen shots of the programs listed in Programs and Features and someone should be able to tell you which you need to uninstall.

 

The only program which I can think of which installed after upgrading to W10 is IOBIT to do periodic PC maintenance. It was recommended by a friend. Could this be it?

 

@ImPappy:
Can you post a screenshot or two?

 

To be sure go to Control Panel -> Unistall a Program and see if it is installed any of the programs mentioned above.

 

How can I get a screen shot of the start menu ? It closes as soon as I try and do something.

 

Try hitting the Print screen Key - this should place a copy of the entire screen into the clipboard, you can then paste it into an image editor

 

You could open Windows Snipping Tool, choose a 'Delay' then click 'New', quickly open Start, then click and drag a capture area when the screen dims:

 

This is what my Start Screen Looks like now

 

Its start menu 8. Just remove it from control panel.

Its the app near Record time on your desktop.

Hope it helps,

 

Definitely Classic Shell or Start10 or similar. If you right click on the Start button, what does it show you.

 

Yup .. that did it .. tnx ... IOBIT was the culprit that installed it. Thank You for your input .. you were spot on.

Alan