How to replace the Windows 11 Start menu with a classic design Before you can change the Start menu design, you have to install the Open-Shell-Menu utility and then configure the settings.

The open source software ' Open-Shell Menu ' allows you to change the appearance of the Windows start menu to the old style such as Windows 7. Welcome to Open-Shell | Classic Shell Reborn.

As you can see, Classic Shell is a great program that allows you to add the Start Menu back to Windows 8 without losing any functionality.

An elevated PowerShell prompt will now open. You can tell it is elevated as the starting directory will be C:\Windows\System32 and the window title will be 'Administrator: Windows PowerShell'.

The Open-Shell project allows you to bring back the classic Start menu from Windows 7 to 11, and here's how to use it.