Microsoft is adding more ads to the Windows 10 Start menu

The Verge ^ | May 16, 2016 | Tom Warren

[dennisw]

Hi
Do you use classic shell? How much of a memory hog is it? A few times a month I miss that up button (using win7) on windows explorer. XP was last to have it? Windows ten does bring it back? Thanks!

[dayglored]

Yeah I started doing just that on WinXP, do the same on Win7.

I only use the Start Menu directly when I do something unusual -- or I'm fixing someone else's computer that's still at the defaults.

[newfreep]

My history...

Win7 and XP were not very stable - the infamous BSOD
Upgraded from Win7 to Win8.1 - huge improvement in stability and speed
Win10 - another improvement...and significantly faster

The “Start” menu is small and concise
I have 7 “tiles” of my most used apps - very quick access

I have never seen an ad on the start menu

[zeugma]

Besides being memory hogs, they are intrusive and have no place in an OS.

But ... the Ads a critical part of the operating system. Without them it won't work!

(for those who remember Microsoft's claims regarding Internet Explorer back in the day.)

[dennisw]

great minds......etc etc

Between quick launch and “pinning” to taskbar I have all my commonly used programs covered... Then I auto-hide taskbar too, so out of sight, out of mind until I want “my” programs.

[daniel1212]

Do you use classic shell? How much of a memory hog is it? A few times a month I miss that up button (using win7) on windows explorer. XP was last to have it? Windows ten does bring it back? Thanks!

Sorry i missed your reply. Classic shell is only using 2.71mb of Private Bytes (refers to the amount of memory that the process executable has asked for - not necessarily the amount it is actually using - but a reasonable approximation of the amount of memory your executable is using). And yes, it enables you to have the Up arrow in folders.