ExplorerBlurMica
Add background Blur effect or Acrylic (Mica for win11) effect to explorer for win10 and win11 (by Maplespe)
Classic-Start
Renamed to NeoClassic-UI then renamed to Open-Shell - https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu (by passionate-coder)
| ExplorerBlurMica | Classic-Start | |
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| 8 | 34 | |
| 955 | 30 | |
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| 6.8 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 month ago | over 5 years ago | |
| C++ | ||
| GNU Lesser General Public License v3.0 only | - |
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ExplorerBlurMica
Posts with mentions or reviews of ExplorerBlurMica.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-27.
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Get an acrylic and mica effect in Windows 10 Explorer using ExplorerBlurMica
ExplorerBlurMica Tool: https://github.com/Maplespe/ExplorerBlurMica
- we really need a file explorer with Full mica effect like this
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Customization gives consistent look.
I'm more talking about the acrylic explorer But whatever, I found it - https://github.com/Maplespe/ExplorerBlurMica/releases
- Any free methods to get aero-glass back in windows 10 22H2?
- What file explorer do you use?
- UltraUXthemepatcher, sweet lovelace theme, weird Lt grey text in chrome form fields.
- Customize Desktop even more?
- In April there were rumors that MS will bring back the Aero-Glass effect... Has there been any news since?
Classic-Start
Posts with mentions or reviews of Classic-Start.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
- Open-Shell: A collection of utilities bringing back classic features to Windows
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Windows 11 has made the “clean Windows install” an oxymoron
FYI, Classic Shell is discontinued, long live the https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
- the cycle continues...
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Two sides of people not being able to upgrade to Windows 11
Finally, to get a decent start menu and context menu back Explorer patcher and Shell work wonders. There is also Open shell if you want that classic Windows 7-10 look, but personally I think it looks dated in comparison. The Win11 start menu looks fine, it's just missing core functionality.
- Windows 11 Start menu ads look set to get even worse – this is getting painful now
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Open-Shell-Menu is a collection of utilities that can return some of your favorite features to newer versions of Windows. Revel in the glory of classic-style features like a Start menu for Win 7, 8 & 10; tool and status bars for Windows Explorer; title and status bars for Internet Explorer. Hel_OWeen says, "I honestly have a hard time to navigate any Windows version > W2K without it."
- Microsoft is Slowly Rolling Out Ads in the Windows 11 Start Menu - The latest Windows 11 update adds promotional ‘notifications’ to bait users into using services like OneDrive.
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Steam dropping support for Windows 7/8/8.1 on January 1, 2024
if you don't like the new taskbar, start menu, or the new right click menu, you'll want to grab ExplorerPatcher, Open-Shell, and WinAero Tweaker which will effectively make 11 look and feel like 10 again. sometimes i genuinely forget that i'm using 11
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You can actually downgrade from Windows 11 back to 10 using the media creation thingy
Reddit is full of facts about them. I offer you one: how to fix classic shell: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
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Do you know of any software that can make the Windows 11 taskbar look like Windows 7?
ExplorerPatcher combined with Open-Shell
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ExplorerBlurMica and Classic-Start you can also consider the following projects:
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
TranslucentFlyouts - Translucent effect for most of the win32 flyouts
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
qBitTorrent-fluent-theme - Fluent theme for qBitTorrent
BasicThemer2 - Apply the basic theme of Windows Vista-7 to Windows Vista-10, without disabling the DWM composition
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
DWMBlurGlass - Add custom effect to global system title bar, support win10 and win11.
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
Files - Building the best file manager for Windows
bloatbox - ☑️🌠 Remove Bloatwares from Windows 10
ExplorerBlurMica vs ExplorerPatcher
Classic-Start vs RetroBar
ExplorerBlurMica vs TranslucentFlyouts
Classic-Start vs ThisIsWin11
ExplorerBlurMica vs qBitTorrent-fluent-theme
Classic-Start vs BasicThemer2
ExplorerBlurMica vs Fluent-Metro
Classic-Start vs ExplorerPatcher
ExplorerBlurMica vs DWMBlurGlass
Classic-Start vs TaskbarX
ExplorerBlurMica vs Files
Classic-Start vs bloatbox