SimpleClassicTheme
By AEAEAEAE4343
RetroBar
Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows (by dremin)
SimpleClassicTheme | RetroBar | |
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13 | 71 | |
2 | 2,408 | |
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7.2 | 8.6 | |
almost 2 years ago | 3 days ago | |
C# | C# | |
GNU General Public License v3.0 only | Apache License 2.0 |
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SimpleClassicTheme
Posts with mentions or reviews of SimpleClassicTheme.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-07.
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My Desktop [Win10]
I'm using the taskbar that is included with SImpleClassicTheme: https://github.com/AEAEAEAE4343/SimpleClassicTheme, but you can do pretty much the same with Retrobar.
- It's still the 90s for me [Win10]
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Win10 classic theme
The classic theme can be enabled with SimpleClassicTheme: https://github.com/WinClassic/SimpleClassicTheme
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Is there a way I can make my Windows 10 look like Windows 95?
You can actually-- and not just the background either. There's a whole community dedicated to keeping the old visual design. I found a program that automate the setup for the old theme on windows 10: https://github.com/WinClassic/SimpleClassicTheme/releases/tag/1.6.0.3
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Be honest: Why do you hate Windows (if at all)?
SimpleClassicTheme gives you the classic theme back
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Login/Ctrl+Alt+Del screen not respecting users' accent color
I installed SimpleClassicTheme (https://github.com/WinClassic/SimpleClassicTheme) on my computer (the nostalgia got me to do it), but since it kinda broke my context menus and all, I uninstalled it. But ever since then, the login (or Welcome) screen and Ctrl+Alt+Del screen got stuck on default accent color, as if it has it's own theme applied. It even disables the high contrast theme if I enter and exit the Ctrl+Alt+Del menu.
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Windows 11: XP Edition
Simple Classic Theme
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Is there a (safe) Windows 10 registry edit that can bring back the old desktop text highlight?
Additionally, you can use Simple classic theme to get the classic theme back in Win10: https://i.imgur.com/HSfMWhE.png
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SerenityOS is a Unix-y love letter to the ’90s
Simple classic theme. Precompiled binaries are available in the Releses section.
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Just downloaded Windows 11 ISO from Ebay
Download it here
RetroBar
Posts with mentions or reviews of RetroBar.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-07.
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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.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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A KDE Plasma theme that aims to replicate the look and feel of Windows 7
https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar replicates all old taskbar and I have been using it for a long time now. Works perfectly on Windows 10.
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Fluent Search
I wanted that toolbar for a very long time, didn't know it now exists. Thanks for recommending. I have switched to https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar/ for a very a while now but this is very intriguing.
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic taskbar
- The History of Windows 2.0
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Läuft es so schlecht, dass die Bohnen schon Bot Kommentare kaufen?
Gibt's auch in OpenSource: https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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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!
- Today is the 10 Year anniversary of "it has stopped production"
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What is “WinCleaner” and is it BS? I didn’t even feel any storage media inside the box.
It's a bit complicated, but I mainly used some 3rd-party tools like Winaero Tweaker, WinClassic's SimpleThemeTray, RetroBar, and OpenShell to achieve this effect. As for the icons, I used a fresh Windows XP install for this, which someone extracted all the icons from said fresh install and put them on the Internet Archive. :)
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Windowblinds
RetroBar (Windows 9x/XP like status bar)
What are some alternatives?
When comparing SimpleClassicTheme and RetroBar you can also consider the following projects:
SecureUxTheme - 🎨 A secure boot compatible in-memory UxTheme patcher
Open-Shell-Menu - Classic Shell Reborn.