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Open-Shell-Menu
- Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
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Window Manager / DWM replacement?
There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.
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I turned the Windows start icon into Elysia's signet!
Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.
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How do I remove the recommended thing in the start menu, or add more space for pinned apps?
There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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I missed the old windows so i tried to recreate it
Looks like you're going for an XP theme. May I suggest using open-shell to skin the taskbar, start menu, and start button if you wanna take that extra step? You can also find the taskbar skin and start button here. Also, I would remove the search bar, task view button, and news & interest area of the taskbar just to bring things together. This is all just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't want to.
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make windows 11 look like windows xp!
not sure if this is the right place to post but windows 11 was restricted and the description says that anything that has the microsoft windows xp look and feel is welcome here so here i go. this here is a guide on how to make windows 11 (and maybe 10, didnt test it on that) look like windows xp, but slightly more modern. first get retrobar, from here. then once youve done that run the setup (it might ask you to install dotnet, so do that.) then run it. now right click your taskbar and click on properties. then youre gonna leave everything the same except for the theme, wich youll set to windows xp royale. once youve done that click ok. now you need openshell. you can get it right here. then install that and go launch "open shell menu settings." now in start menu style set it to classic with 2 collumns then click select skin (right under the option i just told you to click) and set it to windows aero, and have the options like this. no icons in second column on, show user picture on, show username on, center usernname optional but i reccoment off, small icons on, large font off, reduce glass color off, and finally, white sub menu's on. then click ok. now get the dark theme bliss from my google drive over here, and set it as your wallpaper, you dont have to, but it makes it look better. then get the recycle bin icon somewhere on the interwebs and go to settings>personalisation>themes>desktop icon settings. then set the empty bin to an empty windows xp bin ico file. and set the full one to the same one, or if you have time (and disk space) to waste, set it to a full version of it. now youre done! ill try to figure out how to change the windows 11 logo in about windows and give an update once i get that done. thats it for now, bye!
EverythingToolbar
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Fluent Search
Everything + EverythingToolbar
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Windows search is a joke: what alternative software do you suggest?
EverythingToolbar
- What's the point of having a search function in Windows 11 if it can't find items? "Everything" found the program I was looking for and its folder in literally real time while I was typing what I was looking for.
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Charms Bar Port: a new program I made to replicate Windows 8.x charms bar for Windows 10/11. Any suggestions?
Please integrate both Windows Search (native) and EverythingToolbar (and/or Everything only) search with your Charms bar -- and give the user the option to choose which one they want (or none at all, and then disable/hide the Search button).
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As good as it gets, or...
Everything Toolbar is a great app to use in tandem with Everything Search
- Windows 10 Large file search...How?
- It's all just Chromium
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What happened to the search function in Windows 10? Why is it so useless?
You can also replace the stock taskbar search with Everything using this: https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar
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Why do you hate us, Microsoft? Biggest mistake was "upgrading" to Windows 11 in the first place
Everything with EverythingToolbar - for finding folders really quickly ueli - a keystroke launcher ShareX - much better alternative to the snipping tool imo Microsoft PowerToys - a bunch of cool features from Microsoft that aren't implemented in windows KDE Connect - a way to connect your smartphone and computer and not use Microsoft's Link to Windows tool (I've had some times where the windows versions of this app wouldn't recognize anything, your experience may vary)
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Microsoft should improve the performance of file explorer Search. It's very slow.
There's even a way to add it to your toolbar https://github.com/srwi/EverythingToolbar
What are some alternatives?
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
Flow.Launcher - :mag: Quick file search & app launcher for Windows with community-made plugins
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
Wox - A cross-platform launcher that simply works
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
Home-Assistant-Taskbar-Menu - This application is a simple Home Assistant client for Windows. It can display Lovelace views, control entities and show persistent notifications.
TaskbarX - Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options.
FrEee - An open source clone of the classic 4X game Space Empires IV.
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
gir.core - A C# binding generator for GObject based libraries providing a C# friendly API surface
TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons
ungoogled-chromium - Google Chromium, sans integration with Google