Start Menu 8

A guide to uninstall Start Menu 8 from your system

This page contains detailed information on how to remove Start Menu 8 for Windows. The Windows version was created by IObit. Check out here for more details on IObit. Start Menu 8 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start directory, but this location can vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The full uninstall command line for Start Menu 8 is C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\unins000.exe. The program's main executable file has a size of 2.59 MB (2715080 bytes) on disk and is called ClassicStart.exe.

Start Menu 8 is comprised of the following executables which occupy 30.57 MB (32055096 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 (1.43 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 (3.71 MB)

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The information on this page is only about version 5.4.0.2 of Start Menu 8. You can find below a few links to other Start Menu 8 releases:

• 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
• 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
• 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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Numerous files, folders and Windows registry entries will not be uninstalled when you are trying to remove Start Menu 8 from your computer.

Directories that were left behind:

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

The files below remain on your disk by Start Menu 8 when you uninstall 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

Registry that is not removed:

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

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

• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ClassicStart.exe.ApplicationCompany
• HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Shell\MuiCache\C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\ClassicStart.exe.FriendlyAppName
• HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\SMService\ImagePath

How to remove Start Menu 8 from your PC using Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is an application released by the software company IObit. Sometimes, people decide to remove this application. This is hard because uninstalling this by hand takes some experience related to removing Windows applications by hand. The best SIMPLE manner to remove 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 on your Windows PC, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful uninstaller and general utility to optimize your Windows PC.

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• go to Download Link
• download the program by pressing the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to admire the program's design and number of functions available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very useful package of tools.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs button


5. A list of the programs installed on the computer will be made available to you

6. Scroll the list of programs until you locate Start Menu 8 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Start Menu 8". The Start Menu 8 program will be found automatically. Notice that after you click Start Menu 8 in the list , some information regarding the program is made available to you:

• Safety rating (in the lower left corner). The star rating tells you the opinion other people have regarding Start Menu 8, from "Highly recommended" to "Very dangerous".
• Opinions by other people - Click on the Read reviews button.
• Technical information regarding the app you are about to uninstall, by pressing the Properties button.

7. Click the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will come up. Confirm the uninstall by clicking the Uninstall button. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will then remove Start Menu 8.


8. After removing Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Press Next to start the cleanup. All the items of Start Menu 8 that have been left behind will be detected and you will be able to delete them. By removing Start Menu 8 with Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry items, files or folders are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a recommendation to uninstall Start Menu 8 by IObit from your computer, nor are we saying that Start Menu 8 by IObit is not a good application. This text only contains detailed instructions on how to uninstall Start Menu 8 in case you want to. The information above contains registry and disk entries that other software left behind and Advanced Uninstaller PRO discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.