[Boatguy]

Originally Posted by buttsie

How to Display the “My Computer” Icon on the Desktop in Windows 7, 8, or 10

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...windows-vista/

This seems to be the main program designed to bring back some of the old ways
though it starts at 7 and up

What is the story behind Classic Shell?
The project started back in 2008 as a small utility to replace the copy UI for Vista. In 2009 a friend switched from XP to Vista and complained that the Up button was missing. That was the second feature that was implemented. Later in October 2009 I switched to Windows 7 and was very disappointed that the classic start menu was gone, so I went to make my own. After the start menu was done I decided to make this project public and added it to Source Forge. The rest is history.


It is not a "make my computer look exactly like Windows XP". It only brings back few select features from the XP days, not everything. You are not going to find the puppy search here

http://www.classicshell.net/

Thanks again my man. I've already got it tweaked so I can go directly to my goods through a desktop icon with my name, but it just isn't the same, and I have no interest in installing any third party software. I'm one of those untrusting bastards. I guess I'll have to learn to love the 10.