Start Menu 8

A guide to uninstall Start Menu 8 from your PC

Start Menu 8 is a Windows application. Read more about how to uninstall it from your computer. It is developed by IObit. More information on IObit can be found here. The application is frequently placed in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start folder. Keep in mind that this path can differ being determined by the user's preference. The full uninstall command line for Start Menu 8 is C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\unins000.exe. Start Menu 8's main file takes about 2.59 MB (2720792 bytes) and its name is ClassicStart.exe.

Start Menu 8 is comprised of the following executables which occupy 30.83 MB (32323040 bytes) on disk:

• AUpdate.exe (590.27 KB)
• AutoShutdown.exe (408.77 KB)
• BuildIndex.exe (70.27 KB)
• Check.exe (1.27 MB)
• ClassicStart.exe (2.59 MB)
• DelStartMenuExtension.exe (51.27 KB)
• Expire_SM.exe (889.27 KB)
• InstallServices.exe (2.13 MB)
• IObitDownloader.exe (2.37 MB)
• IObitLiveUpdate.exe (2.83 MB)
• KillAllStartMenu.exe (509.27 KB)
• ManagerPro.exe (1.26 MB)
• PostProductData.exe (508.77 KB)
• ScreenShot.exe (754.27 KB)
• SendBugReportNew.exe (581.77 KB)
• SMCode.exe (1.53 MB)
• SMPomote.exe (1.66 MB)
• SMService.exe (1.11 MB)
• SMStyleRecommend.exe (516.77 KB)
• SM_Restore.exe (913.77 KB)
• StartMenu8_About.exe (493.27 KB)
• StartMenu8_frmStartMenuLibrary.exe (577.27 KB)
• StartMenuSetting.exe (1.84 MB)
• StartMenu_Hook.exe (67.77 KB)
• Start_Active.exe (516.27 KB)
• ToggleDesktop.exe (75.77 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.16 MB)
• UninstallPromote.exe (3.71 MB)

...click to view all...

This web page is about Start Menu 8 version 6.0.0.2 alone. Click on the links below for other Start Menu 8 versions:

• 1.0.0.0
• 4.0.1.2
• 4.2.0.2
• 3.1.0.3
• 2.3.0.201
• 5.2.0.3
• 4.0.2.1
• 2.4.0.1
• 4.6.0.1
• 1.3.0.0
• 2.0.1
• 4.2.0.1
• 1.1.0.0
• 5.2.0.4
• 2.0.0.0
• 1.5.0.0
• 2.3.0.0
• 4.1.0.5
• 4.5.0.1
• 2.3.0.200
• 5.2.0.1
• 2.2.0
• 5.1.0.10
• 4.3.0.5
• 5.0.0.20
• 3.1.0.5
• 5.2.0.2
• 5.4.0.2
• 4.0.2.3
• 2.0.0
• 4.6.0.5
• 5.1.0.1
• 1.4.0.0
• 5.1.0.11
• 3.0.0.2
• 4.1.0.3
• 4.0.1.1
• 5.1.0.4
• 5.3.0.6
• 5.2.0.6
• 4.0.0.0
• 5.1.0.2
• 4.1.0.4
• 1.2.0.0
• 3.1.0.2
• 4.3.0.1
• 3.0.0.1
• 4.4.0.8
• 5.1.0.7
• 4.2.0.100
• 5.3.0.1
• 1.6.0.0
• 5.2.0.9
• 4.0.1.10
• 2.4.0.2
• 5.2.0.5
• 4.4.0.1
• 5.0.0.22
• 2.1.0

...click to view all...
Start Menu 8 has the habit of leaving behind some leftovers.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\ChemtableShellInstallRegOrganizer_e4eknbhwkb5sp\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Clipchamp.Clipchamp_yxz26nhyzhsrt\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

Generally, the following files are left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\AUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\AutoShutdown.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\BuildIndex.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Check.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\ClassicStart.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\datastate.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\DelStartMenuExtension.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Downloader.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\EULA.rtf
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Expire_SM.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\FileSearch.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\InfoHelp.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\InstallServices.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitDownloader.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_addfolder16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_addfolder32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_document16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_document32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_game16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_game32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_movie16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_movie32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_music16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_music32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_picture16.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\icon_group_picture32.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\ScreenShotLarge.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\ScreenShotSmall.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\SwichToMetroLarge.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\SwichToMetroSmall.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\UninstallerLarge.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitExtension\UninstallerSmall.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitLiveUpdate.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\IObitStartMenuExtension.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\KillAllStartMenu.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\lang.dat
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Arabic.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Armenian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Bosnian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Bulgarian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Catalan.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\ChineseSimp.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\ChineseTrad.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Croatian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Czech.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Danish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Dutch.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\English.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Finnish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\French.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Georgian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\German.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Greek.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Hebrew.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Hungarian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Indonesian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Italian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Japanese.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Korean.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Kurdish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Latvian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Lithuanian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Norwegian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Persian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Polish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Portuguese(PT-BR).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Portuguese(PT-PT).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Romanian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Russian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Serbian(cyrillic).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Serbian(latin).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Slovak.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Slovenian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Spanish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Swedish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Thai.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Turkish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Ukrainian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\Language\Vietnamese.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Arabic.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Belarusian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\ChineseSimp.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\ChineseTrad.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Czech.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Danish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Dinka.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Dutch.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\English.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Finnish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Flemish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\French.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\German.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Greek.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Hebrew.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Hungarian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Indonesia.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Italian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Japanese.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Korean.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Latvian.lng

You will find in the Windows Registry that the following keys will not be uninstalled; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\IObit_StartMenu8_is1

Use regedit.exe to delete the following additional values from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\ManagerPro.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\ManagerPro.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SM_Restore.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SM_Restore.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SMCode.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SMCode.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SMPomote.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SMPomote.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\SMStyleRecommend.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\StartMenuSetting.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\StartMenuSetting.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\UninstallPromote.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IOBit\Classic Start\UninstallPromote.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMService\ImagePath

A way to erase Start Menu 8 from your computer with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is a program marketed by IObit. Sometimes, users decide to erase this program. This is troublesome because performing this manually requires some knowledge related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE practice to erase Start Menu 8 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take the following steps on how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your system, add it. This is good because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very potent uninstaller and all around utility to take care of your PC.

DOWNLOAD NOW

• go to Download Link
• download the setup by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take some time to admire the program's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system optimizer.

3. Click on the General Tools button


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the applications installed on the computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you find Start Menu 8 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Start Menu 8". If it exists on your system the Start Menu 8 program will be found very quickly. After you click Start Menu 8 in the list of programs, some data regarding the program is shown to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other users have regarding Start Menu 8, ranging from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the program you wish to uninstall, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation page will appear. Confirm the uninstall by pressing the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Start Menu 8.


8. After uninstalling Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Start Menu 8 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Start Menu 8 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you can be sure that no Windows registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your disk.

Your Windows computer will remain clean, speedy and ready to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to remove Start Menu 8 by IObit from your computer, we are not saying that Start Menu 8 by IObit is not a good application. This text only contains detailed info on how to remove Start Menu 8 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.