The classicstartmenu.exe process is an executable file developed by IvoSoft and is a part of the Classic Shell product, which is an open source software and is described as a program integrated with a set of features that is in recent versions of Windows (from Vista to Windows 7) with three major elements, and these include Classic Start Menu, Classic IE9 and Classic Explorer. This file is a duplicate of the earliest version of the Start menu. Some of its features include Microsoft Active Accessibility support, original Windows Start menu options, expandable Control Panel feature, and a function to show documents that were recently used. It can also allow users to sort, delete, accomplish other tasks and rename menu items as well as reposition or organize applications by dragging and dropping its icons. The classicstartmenu.exe process and the Classic Shell program are also implemented with skinnable features and can be used for 32 and 64-bit Windows platforms.

Most non-system processes that are running can be stopped because they are not involved in running your operating system. classicstartmenu.exe. is used by Classic Shell, If you shut down classicstartmenu.exe, it will likely start again at a later time either after you restart your computer or after an application start. To stop classicstartmenu.exe, permanently you need to uninstall the application that runs this process which in this case is Classic Shell, from your system.

After uninstalling applications it is a good idea to scan you Windows registry for any left over traces of applications. Registry Reviver by ReviverSoft is a great tool for doing this.

The ReviverSoft experts have not yet reviewed classicstartmenu.exe

A process usually a part of an installed application such as Classic Shell, or your operating system that is responsible for running in functions of that application. Some application require that they have processes running all the time so they can do things such as check for updates or notify you when you get an instant message. Some poorly written applications have many processes that run that may not be required and take up valuable processing power within your computer.

We have not received any complaint about this process having higher than normal impact on PC performance. If you have had bad experiences with it please let us know in a comment below and we will investigate it further.

The first thing you should do if classicstartmenu.exe. is causing errors on your computer is to run a Windows registry scan with Registry Reviver If you are still seeing errors after this you should uninstall the program that classicstartmenu.exe, belongs to, in this case Classic Shell