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Is Classic Shell dead? Developer quits
tags: Software
by Martin Brinkmann on December 4, 2017 in Software - Last Update:December 4, 2017
The developer of the popular Classic Shell application for Microsoft's Windows operating system released the last version of the program yesterday. ...
...The developer of Classic Shell announced yesterday on the official forum that he won't work on the program anymore. He provided three explanations for stopping development of the application:
* Lack of free time because of other interests.
* Windows 10 is updated too frequently (twice a year with a new feature update) which makes it difficult to keep up with the development, especially since updates break functionality of Classic Shell frequently.
* Microsoft changing the core of Windows from being based on the classic Win32 programming model, and thereby making it more difficult for developers to achieve the level of customization that Classic Shell offers.The last official version of Classic Shell, version 4.3.1 was released yesterday as well. Users of the application can download and install it.
The latest version is compatible with all recent versions of Windows starting with Windows 7. I tested it on the most recent Redstone 4 build of Windows 10 as well, and did not run into any issues installing it on that system.
The lead developer uploaded that last version, and the application's source code to SourceForge. While he won't develop the software anymore, others may come and fork the code to continue development.
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