On 14/11/2014 13:18, Seth wrote:
Bob Henson explained :
On 13/11/2014 23:18, Joel wrote:
"Bob Henson" escreveu na mensagem ...

P.S. to the last message. As I was about to delete the whole shooting
match, I remembered Start 8 - a very similar program to Classic Shell
and also written only for Windows 8. It works just fine, almost as good
as Classic Shell. I will still be deleting the whole thing in 30 days
time (Start 8 is only free for 30 days) but it looks as though the
conspiracy theory is true!
--
Treat each day like it's your last - one day you'll be right.

Try Start Menu X
http://www.startmenux.com/index.html


Again, it works just fine - it would seem that Microsoft only has it in
for Classic Shell. Albeit not as configurable as Classic Shell, it does
the job nicely. I'll leave that one on and carry on using it for a while.

Why would Microsoft target that one single app vs. the others that do
the same thing?

Because it is by far the most popular way of removing the changes that
no-one wants?


It is more likely a bug in the app itself that some change in the OS
exposed.


Perhaps I just like conspiracy theories :-) The thing that made me
suspicious is that it worked perfectly in the first two builds of
Windows 10. That doesn't mean that it *was* deliberate, but it does mean
that it's nothing to do with Classic Shell - the change is in Windows
10. Knowing that Redmond has already had a go at Classic Shell
specifically in the past - that makes me think they're up to their usual
heavy handed way of dealing with things they don't like. It may be
nothing of the kind, of course.

--
Atheist - a person with no invisible means of support.

Bob
Tetbury, Gloucestershire, UK