Open-Shell-Menu VS LittleBigMouse

I've been very happy happy with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu as a Start Menu replacement. If ads have rolled out to my Windows install, I wouldn't even notice.

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.

[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu

[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar

There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.

Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.

There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.

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

Classic Start Menu

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

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.

You can use This program to make the moving between different sized monitors easy.

I use LittleBigMouse from Github. I was able to change how big my 27" 1080p screen was compared to my 25" 1440p monitor. Might work for your scenario.

Hey OP have you tried https://github.com/mgth/LittleBigMouse yet?

I have a setup with a laptop (4k display, 20cm height) and a monitor (2k display, 44cm height). windows detects that the 20cm display is twice the size of the 44cm display because of resolution. I found an app called LittleBigMouse that should fix this, and it does but partially. (see last image/video in imgur for better explanation than what I'm about to say) The mouse doesn't cross the border of the screen when it shouldn't but when it does cross the border where it should it isn't aligned with the screen correctly. I think this may be because of the settings in windows that interfere with LittleBigMouse. If I could get maybe a way to disable the default windows behaviour or a different software that works anyways I would be grateful.

Get the program Littlebigmouse, it can help with this. https://github.com/mgth/LittleBigMouse