Start Menu 8

A way to uninstall Start Menu 8 from your system

This web page contains detailed information on how to uninstall Start Menu 8 for Windows. It is made 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 (x86)\IObit\Classic Start folder, subject to the user's option. The full command line for uninstalling Start Menu 8 is C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\unins000.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might receive a notification for administrator rights. ClassicStart.exe is the programs's main file and it takes around 2.59 MB (2710800 bytes) on disk.

Start Menu 8 is composed of the following executables which take 28.87 MB (30270416 bytes) on disk:

• AUpdate.exe (590.27 KB)
• AutoShutdown.exe (408.77 KB)
• BuildIndex.exe (69.27 KB)
• Check.exe (1.28 MB)
• ClassicStart.exe (2.59 MB)
• DelStartMenuExtension.exe (51.27 KB)
• Expire_SM.exe (889.77 KB)
• InstallServices.exe (2.13 MB)
• IObitDownloader.exe (2.23 MB)
• IObitLiveUpdate.exe (2.83 MB)
• KillAllStartMenu.exe (509.27 KB)
• ManagerPro.exe (1.26 MB)
• PostProductData.exe (508.77 KB)
• ScreenShot.exe (959.27 KB)
• SendBugReportNew.exe (581.77 KB)
• SMCode.exe (1.52 MB)
• SMPomote.exe (1.43 MB)
• SMService.exe (1.03 MB)
• SMStyleRecommend.exe (516.77 KB)
• SM_Restore.exe (912.77 KB)
• StartMenu8_About.exe (493.27 KB)
• StartMenu8_frmStartMenuLibrary.exe (577.27 KB)
• StartMenuSetting.exe (1.85 MB)
• StartMenu_Hook.exe (67.77 KB)
• Start_Active.exe (22.27 KB)
• ToggleDesktop.exe (75.77 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.15 MB)
• UninstallPromote.exe (2.51 MB)

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The current web page applies to Start Menu 8 version 4.2.0.1 alone. For other Start Menu 8 versions please click below:

• 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
• 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
• 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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If you are manually uninstalling Start Menu 8 we suggest you to check if the following data is left behind on your PC.

Directories that were found:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu

Files remaining:

• 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\Expire_SM.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\fav.ico
• 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\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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Malayalam.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Polish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Portuguese(PT-BR).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Portuguese(PT-PT).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Romanian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Russian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Serbian (cyrillic).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Serbian (latin).lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Slovak.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Slovenian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Spanish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Swedish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Turkish.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Ukrainian.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Vietnamese.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveUpdateSrvUpt.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ManagerPro.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\MetroAppStart.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\parseAuto.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\PostProductData.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\pri.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ProductStatistics.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ProductUpt.log
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\RegisterCom.dll
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\RTSearch.ini
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ScreenShot.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\SendBugReportNew.exe
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_shutdown_more_press.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_shutdown_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_shutdown_over.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_shutdown_press.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_startmenu_left_over.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\btn_startmenu_right_over.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\devider_rightmenu.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_ad.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_arrow_left.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_arrow_right.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_back_normal.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_back_over.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_free.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_hot.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_menu_more.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_new.png
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\Skin\icon_programs_normal.png

Use regedit.exe to manually remove from the Windows Registry the keys below:

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

Additional registry values that are not cleaned:

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

A way to uninstall Start Menu 8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is an application by IObit. Some users want to remove this application. This can be troublesome because removing this manually takes some experience regarding Windows internal functioning. One of the best EASY manner to remove Start Menu 8 is to use Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Here is how to do this:





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

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• visit Download Link
• download the setup by pressing the DOWNLOAD NOW button
• set up Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and wealth of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful Windows tool.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs feature


5. A list of the applications existing on the computer will be made available to you

6. Navigate the list of applications until you locate Start Menu 8 or simply activate the Search feature and type in "Start Menu 8". If it is installed on your PC the Start Menu 8 app will be found very quickly. When you click Start Menu 8 in the list of apps, the following data regarding the program is available to you:

• Safety rating (in the left lower corner). The star rating explains the opinion other people have regarding Start Menu 8, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Reviews by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Details regarding the app you want to remove, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation window will show up. accept the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will uninstall Start Menu 8.


8. After removing Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong 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 items, files or directories are left behind on your system.

Your Windows system will remain clean, speedy and able to serve you properly.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation 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 page simply contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Start Menu 8 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that our application Advanced Uninstaller PRO stumbled upon and classified as "leftovers" on other users' PCs.