There are not a lot of fans of the Windows 8 user interface, and I am one of tho

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There are not a lot of fans of the Windows 8 user interface, and I am one of those detractors. What I would like to do is remove the Metro touch overlay from Windows 8, and have a regular Windows 7 style Start Menu instead. I know that there are a lot of these programs available, but I need to make sure to choose the right one.

Most importantly, it needs to be as stable as possible. I do not want to corrupt the Windows 8 installation. If this computer crashes then I will be in big trouble.
It does not need to be free. The budget would be anywhere below 50 dollars, but there is some wiggle room for that as well.
It needs to have a Start Menu that you open up by clicking in the bottom left, just like a Windows user is used to.
If it looks and functions exactly like the Windows 7 start menu, that is bonus.

Someone recommended this one to me Classic Shell but I have not tried it yet. I don't want to purchase multiple programs just to try them out. But again, the most important thing is stability, so I would rather go with a program that someone here has tried and likes, or that someone has heard is fully stable.

This is my first question here, but I love the idea of this SE site!

Explanation / Answer

I had used it and it never made any crashes or malfunctions. It never removes the metro screen. It places a start button in the taskbar and when you click on it a start menu pops up just as in Windows 7. The difference is that this start menu is very modern when compared to Windows 7 start menu and it can be customized as we wish.

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