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That's what https://reactos.org/ has been trying to accomplish for years. Their source code is written in C, so I guess that's the correct answer.
White a clone of MSDOS (see github.com/microsoft/ms-dos) in C and try to push that into the market. In the meantime write a GUI for that system and release a newer version of your OS combining the two components. Support your efforts with Diet Coke and pizza. For legal reasons you might need a new name for the system, call it "Doors 10" or something - the name should not be too IT-specific for marketing reasons.
You can always just fancy XFCE up to look like Windows 95, if you really want. With Chicago95. Had a little bit of issues with the fonts, but other than that, it's damn close.
git clone https://github.com/torvalds/linux windows cd windows make menuconfig make -j$(nproc)
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