Here you can either add your new folder in Programs or just put it there. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment. Go to DRIVE:Documents and SettingsStart Menu. Tip: you can subscribe to our official YouTube channel HERE. See the following video to watch the whole process of this customization: You can even enable the Windows XP start menu style in Classic Shell and apply the Windows XP Luna skin:
There, you can get the 4K version of this beautiful wallpaper.įinally your Windows 10 will look as follows: For the first launch, the application launched is determined automatically. To access a submenu, hover the cursor over a folder for a few seconds. Clicking on the folder launches the application. While I included it in the archive, I suggest you to read this article: Windows XP support has ended today: A farewell to the venerable OS. Start Menu X replaces the yellow folder icons with application icons. Now, it is a good idea to apply the genuine bliss wallpaper. Whistler in Beta 1 had the text Windows Whistler or Windows Codename Whistler or something like that in the classic start menu bar iirc. Right-click on Computer and choose Properties in the menu. If you try beta versions of the original WinXP MCE with the classic start menu you might get freestyle in the blue-black gradient bar. The window frame/title bar color also matches the taskbar. Instructions Start Windows in an account with Administrator privileges. The taskbar will have an almost authentic XP look.
You will get something like this: Click OK to apply the Start button image. Again, browse for the file XPButton.png you downloaded and extracted from the archive. Then click "Button image" and then click the button. There, tick the option "Replace Start button" and then click the option "Custom button".
The archive contains the taskbar texture, the wallpaper and the Start button to be used with Classic Shell. Download the following archive: Download Classic Shell XP suiteĮxtract all its files to any folder you like.
Install Classic Shell you downloaded earlier and do the following.
Recently, its developer implemented the ability to skin the taskbar in Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows too.
Today, we will see how to skin Windows 10's taskbar to give it a Windows XP appearance without using patches or themes.Īll we need is everyone's favorite Start menu replacement and system enhancement tool, Classic Shell. The appearance can be changed to some extent using UxStyle and third party themes, but in Windows 10, Microsoft prevents the taskbar from being skinned using visual styles (themes). Users who remember and like the appearance of Windows XP might not be very impressed by the default look of Windows 10. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon.ĭouble click on the Shell entry and input “Explorer1.exe” without quotes in “Value data“.RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows issues and optimize system performance if you would like to make a bitmap image with transparency, you will need an advanced icon making program such as Axialis IconWorkshop.Įxit Resource Hacker and click on the start button and select “Run…“. Select a Bitmap picture (.bmp extension) with a size of 25 pixels by 20 pixels. Select “Replace Resource“, then click on “Open file with new bitmap“. Select File, then Open, and select C:\WINDOWS\explorer1.exe.Ĭollapse the String Table folder and expand the Bitmap folder, then select folder 142 and right-click on 1033.