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OMG my roommate installed classic shell how to remove it??

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He said he installed just the classic shell none of its other stuff just the classic start he just told me, i hate it i like my windows 8.1 how the heck do i remove it so its gone completely, can i use Revo uninstaller Pro as i have that, i just want it gone, anyone ever removed it before.
 

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Wow! First person I've met that disliked it.

It will uninstall just like any other regular program...had you taken a look there you would've found it and not needed to create a thread. :D

Win+X --> Control Panel --> Programs and Features --> Select "Classic Shell" --> Click "Uninstall"

I've never uninstalled it, but I don't think you'll even need to restart. You sure don't after installation.

Revo would be overkill...Classic Shell is very ligthweight and simple on that aspect. Should be as painless to remove as it was to install.
 

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Sys restore before it was ever installed
 
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i looked he did not create one but i will go uninstall it thanks a bunch its not that i dislike it its more that i don't like it like this i got use to using win 8.1 and its start screen.
 

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I am semi-used to metro on a PC-interface...I don't prefer it if the screen isn't touch-capable. On my Windows Phone it worked amazingly well. I prefer Classic because I can tune a Windows 7-style start menu and bypass Metro until I want to use it. I am much more efficient with the start menu, run and command line than the metro interface. But I use all of them.

A simple uninstall should do it...I just did on mine and it restores everything that it changed. Keep us posted if it doesn't otherwise!
 
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Yeah it worked i went a head and used revo but like you said there was not much in the registry a simple file folder reglink that was it. thanks for the help :)
 

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all you had to todo was uninstall it like any other normal program
also the "start screen" is still accessible with it installed unsure why you where flipping out
 
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was not aware you could still get to the start screen with it installed.
 

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was not aware you could still get to the start screen with it installed.
shift + winkey or alt+winkey its configurable in the options
 
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oh maybe i re install it then but the color was like really odd it did not match the color of the task bar kind of looked wired that's another reason i uninstalled it.
 

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you need to manually configure stuff ...
 
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ok i re install it tomorrow and play with it :) Hey i had a question for you i did the latest round of MS updates, before this i could grab the start screen and move it on my screen, but now its like locked solid? is your like this to. or is it related not to the updates but the classic shell thing i had installed.
 
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