WinDynamicDesktop VS Open-Shell-Menu

I just need more choices from WinDynamicDesktop (changes wallpaper relative to time of day) & I'll be as happy as a clam.

Things I install on a new machine VLC https://www.videolan.org/ NanaZip https://github.com/M2Team/NanaZip qBittorrent https://www.qbittorrent.org/download.php Spotify https://www.spotify.com/us/download/windows/ IDM https://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/ 4k Video Downloader https://www.4kdownload.com/downloads/27 Handbrake https://handbrake.fr/downloads.php Aquile Reader https://www.microsoft.com/store/productId/9P08T4JLTQNK OBS Studio https://obsproject.com/download Google Drive Stream https://support.google.com/a/answer/7491144?hl=en#zippy=%2Cwindows WinDynamic Desktop https://github.com/t1m0thyj/WinDynamicDesktop Microsoft Office Adobe Photoshop , Premiere Pro , etc ... etc...

For us Windows folks, it's the "Beach" theme that is available through the "WinDynamicDesktop" application.

Also, you can use AutoDarkMode just to switch color mode paired with WinDynamicDesktop to change wallpapers between of light and dark variants.

You can download the update from GitHub. It will be available on the Microsoft Store as soon as it gets approved.

Original Wallpaper Dynamic Wallpaper by me (could use some improvement) WinDynamicDesktop

I made it have different times of day so that I could use it with WinDynamicDesktop. I can share the .ddw file for that purpuse if requested. I may also be able to put your logo there if you want.

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.