Start Menu 8

A way to uninstall Start Menu 8 from your computer

This info is about Start Menu 8 for Windows. Below you can find details on how to remove it from your computer. It was coded for Windows by IObit. You can read more on IObit or check for application updates here. Start Menu 8 is frequently set up in the C:\Program Files\IObit\Classic Start folder, regulated by the user's decision. You can remove Start Menu 8 by clicking on the Start menu of Windows and pasting the command line C:\Program Files\IObit\Classic Start\unins000.exe. Keep in mind that you might be prompted for admin rights. ClassicStart.exe is the Start Menu 8's primary executable file and it occupies circa 2.58 MB (2710288 bytes) on disk.

The executables below are part of Start Menu 8. They take an average of 29.47 MB (30898624 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 (2.58 MB)
• DelStartMenuExtension.exe (51.27 KB)
• Expire_SM.exe (889.27 KB)
• InstallServices.exe (1.42 MB)
• IObitDownloader.exe (2.48 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 (1.43 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 (1.15 MB)
• UninstallPromote.exe (3.21 MB)

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The current web page applies to Start Menu 8 version 5.2.0.4 alone. You can find below info on other application versions of Start Menu 8:

• 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
• 2.0.0.0
• 1.5.0.0
• 2.3.0.0
• 4.1.0.5
• 4.5.0.1
• 6.0.0.2
• 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

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A considerable amount of files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be deleted when you remove Start Menu 8 from your PC.

Folders remaining:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.MicrosoftOfficeHub_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.YourPhone_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

The files below are left behind on your disk by Start Menu 8's application uninstaller when you removed it:

• 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

Generally the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

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

Open regedit.exe to remove the registry values below from the Windows Registry:

• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMService\ImagePath

A way to delete Start Menu 8 from your PC with the help of Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is a program by IObit. Sometimes, users try to remove this program. This is easier said than done because doing this by hand takes some advanced knowledge regarding removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE manner to remove Start Menu 8 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here are some detailed instructions about how to do this:





1. If you don't have Advanced Uninstaller PRO already installed on your PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is the best uninstaller and general utility to optimize your computer.

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• download the setup by clicking on the DOWNLOAD button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful system utility.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Click on the Uninstall Programs feature


5. All the programs installed on your computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of programs until you locate Start Menu 8 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Start Menu 8". If it exists on your system the Start Menu 8 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you select Start Menu 8 in the list , some information about the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating explains the opinion other users have about Start Menu 8, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other users - Press the Read reviews button.
• Technical information about the application you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will appear. accept the uninstall by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then uninstall Start Menu 8.


8. After uninstalling Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Click Next to start the cleanup. All the items that belong Start Menu 8 which have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By removing Start Menu 8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no registry entries, files or folders are left behind on your PC.

Your computer will remain clean, speedy and able to run without errors or problems.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a piece of advice to uninstall Start Menu 8 by IObit from your computer, we are not saying that Start Menu 8 by IObit is not a good application for your PC. This text only contains detailed info on how to uninstall Start Menu 8 supposing you want to. Here you can find registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.