Classic Shell is no longer actively developed

[cliffordcooley]

Posted by Ivo the site admin and developer of Classic Shell.

http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8147

Sad news, everyone.

After months of deliberation, I have decided to stop the development of Classic Shell.

It was a great adventure for me that lasted 8 fun and exciting years. It started back in 2009 as a simple weekend project and over time grew to be a hugely popular software brand with many millions of downloads. It was in large part due to all of you, the active Classic Shell community, that reported issues, suggested features, provided translations, developed new skins and participated in forum discussions. My thanks go to you for your continued support and encouragement.

And of course, special thanks to Gaurav Kale, who stuck with me from the early days to the end. His passion for all things Windows was instrumental to the Classic Shell success.

There were few factors that led to my decision:
1) Lack of free time. I have other hobbies that demand my time, some related to software and some not. It requires a lot of effort to add new major features to Classic Shell and keep it relevant. Even keeping it running on newer version of Windows is a lot of work. That leads me to point #2

2) Windows 10 is being updated way too frequently (twice a year) and each new version changes something that breaks Classic Shell. And

3) Each new version of Windows moves further away from the classic Win32 programming model, which allowed room for a lot of tinkering. The new ways things are done make it very difficult to achieve the same customizations

So, moving forward, I am making the latest version of Classic Shell open-source and adding it back to SourceForge (https://sourceforge.net/projects/classicshell/), where it all began. I encourage other people to fork it and go with it.
I will keep the MediaFire download mirror for another 6 months. The forum on http://www.classicshell.net/forum/ will stay open until the end of 2018, however I will not frequently participate in the discussions.

Update: The source code can be also found on GitHub here: https://github.com/coddec/Classic-Shell

 

[DelJo63]

My my. UNIX & Linux shells are geological dinosaurs in comparison, but nobody cares as they are and have proven to be stable -- the true measure of utility.

 

[centrino207]

Not sure what you mean by classic windows shell?

Are you talking about classic DOS command line interface?

If so windows no longer uses DOS command line they use new modern shell. Are you trying make support for old classic DOS command line to run on Windows 7,8 and 10.

 

[DavidBailey]

I have used DOS cmds in Windows 10.
A link---
Research it yourself---
Don't take my word for it---

https://www.google.com/search?clien...+7,8+and+10.&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

 

[cliffordcooley]

Are you talking about classic DOS command line interface?

I have used DOS cmds in Windows 10.

We're not talking about Windows Shell.

There is a third party start menu replacement called Classic Shell. This thread was made for those who know about Classic Shell.
http://classicshell.net/

I don't need to research DOS cmds. I've know how to do that since before Windows 3.0. And I still write scripts in Windows 10 from time to time. That however is not the topic.

 

[DavidBailey]

We're not talking about Windows Shell.

There is a third party start menu replacement called Classic Shell. This thread was made for those who know about Classic Shell.
http://classicshell.net/

I don't need to research DOS cmds. I've know how to do that since before Windows 3.0. And I still write scripts in Windows 10 from time to time. That however is not the topic.

Classic Shell is the topic.
Maybe I missed something ?

 

[cliffordcooley]

Maybe I missed something ?

I think centrino207 had me confused and I didn't notice your comment was directed at them. Yes we are talking about Classic Shell not Windows Shell. They are two different things.

 

[DelJo63]

IMO, "Classic Shell" is a total misnomer -- go to the site homepage and you'll see it's a GUI front-end, much more like the File Explorer. Those with experience in multiple platforms read SHELL as a front-end to the command line and a basic scripting facility that is delivered with the OS when it is installed. Here, C.S. is a third party tool.

 

[bazz2004]

Classic Shell was very useful when we had Windows 8. Thank you Ivo and others who offered an alternate interface. Nowadays, for most Windows users, such mods are unnecessary and few will still be using Windows 8 or W8.1 by choice.

 

[cliffordcooley]

Yeah I never understood why they called it Shell either, but that's the name they give it.