I long ago switched to Classic Start Menu (part of Classic Shell), and I love it. I have a hybrid of Win 98 and Win 7. Hit start, type the first few letters

I long ago switched to Classic Start Menu (part of Classic Shell), and I love it. I have a hybrid of Win 98 and Win 7. Hit start, type the first few letters of the program, hit enter. Launchy is really great as well.