Lest we forget....

[Trouble]

What we've had to complain about over all these years.
http://www.theverge.com/2016/2/11/10923808/microsoft-windows-start-menu-20-years-visual-history

It may be that

The Start menu appears to be back with a vengeance, and this time, it’s here to stay.

But it's still not going to keep some people from employing things like Classic Shell

 

[Tim Locke]

The 'real' original start menu was just



A:\


in green on black!

 

[Trouble]

I think I may have came a little later to the dance. I believe mine was Amber or actually Orange on Black and C:\Win (I believe) produced something called "Program Manager"
Sort of the Windows 3 equivalent of the Windows 8 Start Screen (not start menu).

 

[Regedit32]

Fairly sure my original start menu was a wall socket. Actually two wall sockets.

One for the oversized and rapidly overheating transformer.

The other for the solder iron so I could melt the transformers casing and insert an 8 cent fuse.

 

[davehc]

Trouble has it. Windows 95 was the first to have what could be called a start menu. Before there wasn't one. We used the program manager. Anyone remember this. It came out before MS windows, working in DOS. At the time I loved it -- today?? load of rubbish.

 

[bassfisher6522]

Yep...since windows 8/8.1 and now 10....I've been using Start8 and Start10 from Stardock and sometimes Classic Shell. It's just plain easier.

 

[Trouble]

Anyone remember this

I certainly remember program manager, although I don't recognize that particular one.
Dang..... I thought, I was old.
Hat's off to even my elders.....
Respect!!!!

 

[Regedit32]

Anyone remember this. It came out before MS windows, working in DOS. At the time I loved it -- today?? load of rubbish.

Wow that is a memory lane moment. GEOS was in its day somewhat revolutionary for the Commodore 64 users.

diskTurbo *yee haa* (similar to placing carrot in front of donkey)

I wonder if Microsoft borrowed GEOS software protection. Do you recall if you copied a Disk using GEOS security, then tried to use the disk, you couldn't because GEOS knew if you were a pirate

Nothing really to do with Start Menu, but I can distinctly recall modifying my MS-DOS.sys file when Windows 95 came out. It was perhaps my first rebellion against the Microsoft Developers.

1. I did not want to see their logo as my machine booted
2. I did not want to boot directly to Windows 95, but rather have the option to select a partition and so forth

[Options]

BootGui=0

Network=1

BootMulti=1

Logo=0

Bootdelay=0

I vaguely recall having to modify the CONFIG,sys too but off hand my memory is not that good LoL

 

[lanickerr]

I love the menu, lol

 

[davehc]

"Hat's off to even my elders.....
Respect!!!!"

It is an old adage now, but I have to repeat_

I also use to respect my elders, but they are all dead now-