Start Menu 8

A way 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 PC. The Windows version was developed by IObit. More info about IObit can be seen here. Start Menu 8 is typically set up in the C:\Program Files\Classic Start folder, but this location may vary a lot depending on the user's option when installing the program. The full command line for uninstalling Start Menu 8 is C:\Program Files\Classic Start\unins000.exe. Note that if you will type this command in Start / Run Note you might get a notification for admin rights. Start Menu 8's primary file takes about 2.58 MB (2710288 bytes) and is named ClassicStart.exe.

Start Menu 8 is comprised of the following executables which take 30.15 MB (31612352 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 (2.13 MB)
• IObitDownloader.exe (2.51 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 (3.15 MB)

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This info is about Start Menu 8 version 5.1.0.1 only. 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
• 3.1.0.5
• 5.2.0.2
• 5.4.0.2
• 4.0.2.3
• 2.0.0
• 4.6.0.5
• 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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Some files and registry entries are regularly left behind when you remove Start Menu 8.

Folders left behind when you uninstall Start Menu 8:

• 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\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 data will not be cleaned; remove them one by one using regedit.exe:

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

Additional registry values that you should clean:

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

A way to remove Start Menu 8 from your computer with Advanced Uninstaller PRO

Start Menu 8 is an application marketed by the software company IObit. Some users want to erase this program. This can be efortful because uninstalling this manually takes some knowledge related to removing Windows programs manually. One of the best QUICK action 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 PC, add it. This is a good step because Advanced Uninstaller PRO is one of the best uninstaller and all around tool to clean your computer.

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2. Start Advanced Uninstaller PRO. Take your time to get familiar with the program's interface and number of tools available. Advanced Uninstaller PRO is a powerful package of utilities.

3. Press the General Tools category


4. Activate the Uninstall Programs tool


5. A list of the programs installed on your PC will appear

6. Scroll the list of programs until you find Start Menu 8 or simply click the Search feature and type in "Start Menu 8". The Start Menu 8 program will be found very quickly. Notice that after you click Start Menu 8 in the list of applications, the following information regarding the program is shown to you:

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

7. Click the Uninstall button. A window asking you to confirm will come up. Confirm the removal by clicking Uninstall. Advanced Uninstaller PRO will remove Start Menu 8.


8. After removing Start Menu 8, Advanced Uninstaller PRO will offer to run a cleanup. Press Next to go ahead with the cleanup. All the items of Start Menu 8 that have been left behind will be found and you will be asked if you want to delete them. By uninstalling Start Menu 8 using Advanced Uninstaller PRO, you are assured that no Windows registry entries, files or directories are left behind on your system.

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

Disclaimer

This page is not a piece of advice to remove 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 computer. This text simply contains detailed info on how to remove Start Menu 8 supposing 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.