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Open shell has been around for many years with no issue so far.

Also look at the Stardock line of software. They have been offering deep Windows UI customisations for decades.

https://www.stardock.com/products/

I use Start10 from Stardock on a Windows 10 machine. I do think it works fairly well. I still can't see the complete names of some super long named applications in the start menu. But maybe that was never their goal.

I never heard of Open-Shell before. Or maybe I have but forgot. Is Open-Shell better than what Stardock offers in your opinion?

Yes, In my experience stardock software can sometime get a bit flakey and glitchy over time. Open-shell has been rock solid and reliable IMO

How does that interpretation make sense given the other items on that list of apps? It seems more like the motivation is to prevent Startallback breaking than to discourage its use.

about 2 months i wager