Start Menu 8

A guide to uninstall Start Menu 8 from your PC

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. Further information on IObit can be seen here. The program is frequently located in the C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start folder (same installation drive as Windows). C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\unins000.exe is the full command line if you want to remove Start Menu 8. Start Menu 8's main file takes about 2.12 MB (2220832 bytes) and is called ClassicStart.exe.

Start Menu 8 is comprised of the following executables which occupy 22.36 MB (23445472 bytes) on disk:

• AUpdate.exe (585.28 KB)
• AutoShutdown.exe (403.78 KB)
• BuildIndex.exe (69.28 KB)
• Check.exe (1.18 MB)
• ClassicStart.exe (2.12 MB)
• DelStartMenuExtension.exe (51.28 KB)
• InstallServices.exe (2.13 MB)
• IObitDownloader.exe (2.23 MB)
• IObitLiveUpdate.exe (2.84 MB)
• KillAllStartMenu.exe (508.78 KB)
• PostProductData.exe (508.78 KB)
• ScreenShot.exe (959.28 KB)
• SendBugReportNew.exe (581.78 KB)
• SMService.exe (1.02 MB)
• SMStyleRecommend.exe (494.28 KB)
• StartMenu8_About.exe (390.78 KB)
• StartMenu8_frmStartMenuLibrary.exe (577.28 KB)
• StartMenuSetting.exe (1.32 MB)
• StartMenu_Hook.exe (67.78 KB)
• Start_Active.exe (19.78 KB)
• ToggleDesktop.exe (75.78 KB)
• unins000.exe (1.15 MB)
• UninstallPromote.exe (3.20 MB)

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This web page is about Start Menu 8 version 3.1.0.5 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
• 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
• 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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Many files, folders and registry entries can be left behind when you are trying to remove Start Menu 8 from your computer.

Directories left on disk:

• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start
• C:\Users\%user%\AppData\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\EULA.rtf
• 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\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
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Malayalam.lng
• C:\Program Files (x86)\IObit\Classic Start\LiveupdateLanguage\Polish.lng

Usually the following registry keys will not be uninstalled:

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

Additional registry values that you should remove:

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

How to delete Start Menu 8 from your PC with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is an application by the software company IObit. Sometimes, people want to erase this program. Sometimes this is troublesome because doing this by hand requires some know-how regarding removing Windows programs manually. One of the best EASY way to erase 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 system, install it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and general utility to maximize the performance of your Windows system.

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• navigate to Download Link
• download the program by clicking on the green DOWNLOAD NOW button
• install Advanced Uninstaller PRO

2. Run Advanced Uninstaller PRO. It's recommended to take your time to admire Advanced Uninstaller PRO's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a very good system utility.

3. Click on the General Tools category


4. Press the Uninstall Programs button


5. All the applications installed on your computer will be shown to you

6. Scroll the list of applications until you locate Start Menu 8 or simply activate the Search field and type in "Start Menu 8". If it is installed on your PC the Start Menu 8 program will be found automatically. After you select Start Menu 8 in the list , some data regarding the application is made available to you:

• Star rating (in the left lower corner). This 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.
• Details regarding the app you wish to remove, by clicking on the Properties button.

7. Press the Uninstall button. A confirmation dialog will show up. Confirm the uninstall by pressing Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will automatically remove Start Menu 8.


8. After uninstalling Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will ask you to run an additional cleanup. Click Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items that belong Start Menu 8 which have been left behind will be found and you will be able 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 ready to take on new tasks.

Disclaimer

The text above is not a recommendation to uninstall Start Menu 8 by IObit from your PC, we are not saying that Start Menu 8 by IObit is not a good application for your PC. This text 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 discovered and classified as "leftovers" on other users' computers.