Classic Shell, one of the more popular third-party Windows Start menu apps, is retired, while using source code released online for your personal developer community to fork the app and gaze after the project alive.

The developer from the program said in any announcement that giving up on Classic Shell is actually a decision mostly forced by three factors, including the lack of free time, frequent Windows 10 updates that break edition version of the app, and changes that Microsoft makes onto the operating system.

"Each latest version of Windows moves farther away from the classic Win32 programming model, which allowed room for some tinkering. The brand ways it is done allow it to be very difficult to receive the same customizations," the Classic Shell developer explains.

Although the original app won't receive any new updates, Classic Shell can live on with the help of the developer community, as your source code might be released to SourceForge for wants to fork it and release new updates with regards to the original version.

The Classic Shell download links will continue to be up for six more months, as you move website are likely to be closed in late 2018.

"Classic Shell making Windows 8 more familiar"

Because the story of Classic Shell returns to 2009, a worldwide boom in downloads was recorded next year when Microsoft made the controversial decision of launching Windows 8 without using Start button (in the beginning) and a Start menu. Many users ventured into third-party alternatives to bring the very beginning menu back, and Classic Shell was the single most popular versions given its familiar look and rich collection of features.

Classic Shell thus became most significant programs companies and home users alike installed after deploying Windows using a new computer, as it brought back the familiar UI that users lost following your upgrade to Windows 8.

For the time being, Microsoft has brought back the beginning menu in Windows 10, but users who still here is a third-party alternative can endure Classic Shell info on longer. It remains seen how many years though, as being a future Windows version can completely break the app.