Sincere thanks All,

Much appreciated.

dalchina,

Many thanks for response.

Before I saw your response I thought it would do no harm to uninstall open-shell and then re-install it.
After I did that and then selected Windows 7 style...

Should open shell work OK with Windows version 2004?

I have selected Windows 7 style as the preferred start menu.

Every time I restart PC, when I click on start, I see the normal Windows 10...

Denis,

Probably about 400 - not too many - but it would take some time.
I'll probably leave as it is for now.

Probably not do a Repair Install, because there probably is nothing that cold be...

Denis,
Before I might possibly go down the Repair Install route, please see the following.

This crossed my mind yesterday:

Before I moved to Windows 10 I was on Windows 7.
I backed up all my...

Denis,

Not sure what you mean when you say "You are not up to date then"?

Keith/Denis,

Many thanks for all you efforts.
I have tried Rebuilding Icon Cache/Thumbnail Cache and also tried sfc /scannow which came up clean.

I originally thought that this was something...

Keith,

Apologies for not telling you re. Read only.

I have done what you said and now I have 148 folders with RD in the attributes column and 14 folders with D in the attributes column.

I...

Keith,
Using the first of your commands - 683.
Using the last of your commands - 231.

BTW Keith, I used properties for read only, because I couldn't see a way to get to the screen you showed.

Keith,

All looks OK to me.

Keith,

Read Only attribute is set on all folders.

Denis,
Once again - thanks for response, but that is not the problem.

BTW, I came across the following whilst scouring the Internet for answers:

Selected Folder
right click on...

Denis,

I go through the procedure - click OK - nothing happens.
Just to recap - I can't customize any of the many existing folders any more.
If I create a new folder, there is no problem??

Denis,

Did what you suggested - this is not the problem.

Keith/Denis,
Thanks for responses.

Keith - If I go through the procedure i.e. right click on folder/properties/customize/choose file/open/apply/ok - all the options are still there but nothing...

I recently moved to Windows 10.
I have about 130 folders in Pictures.
I customized each folder with a pic from that folder using the following method:

right click on...

Dear All,

Thanks for responses.
Obviously best left alone.:thumbsup:

Recently moved to Win 10 Home on SSD.
Is it OK to disable Indexing and Prefetch?
Any other useful tips?

f14tomcat,

All sorted - Many thanks for your help.

f14tomcat,

Did what you suggested and everything was as you said - all working fine.
When I went back later, when I click on start, the Windows 10 startup shows and not the Classic Start??
Where...

I have installed Classic Start into Windows 10.

My problem is that I cannot pin programs to the Classic Start Start up.
When I attempt to pin a program to Classic Start it pins itself to the ...