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    WSaltamirano
    AskWoody Lounger
    February 7, 2021 at 10:31 pm #2341674

    If I upgrade Win 10 1909 to 2004, should I uninstall Classic shell before doing it ?

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    • Cybertooth
      AskWoody Plus
      February 7, 2021 at 10:50 pm #2341677

      I’ve never needed to uninstall Classic Shell before moving from one version of Windows 10 to another.

      However, sometimes after the new version finishes installing, a message has popped up claiming that Classic Shell is “incompatible” with Windows 10. For a while, Microsoft was even blacklisting Classic Shell’s filename, so that you couldn’t install it (you could get around this by renaming the EXE file), but I think these MS shenanigans have mostly abated now.

       

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    • PKCano
      Manager
      February 8, 2021 at 4:45 am #2341742

      Classic Shell is now Open Shell and the later versions work well on Win10.

      Download Open Shell 4.4.160 here.

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    • EP
      AskWoody_MVP
      February 9, 2021 at 11:13 am #2342191

      Classic Shell was discontinued a few years ago and superseded/replaced by Open Shell

      remove Classic Shell and install Open Shell instead

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    • JohnDeaux
      AskWoody Lounger
      February 10, 2021 at 9:13 pm #2342579

      I am on 20H2 and have no problem with Classic Shell running. Yes, I get the messages about it not being acceptable but I just click past those and all is well.

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