Re: Can windows 10 be made to look like XP?

[arlen holder]

On Thu, 28 Feb 2019 17:01:36 +0000, MikeS wrote:

> I disagree. It may be possible to customise Win 10 to the way I like it
> but that is a non trivial task for those who simply want to get on and
> use their PC. Installing Classic Shell is trivial, for me it does things
> I doubt are achievable by customising, and for the moment it still works
> well.

*The Windows XP style accordion menu _never_ left Windows 10.*
o *It's really trivially simple to get WinXP menus on Win10.*
<https://i.postimg.cc/9MbGhYf3/winxpmenu05.jpg>

It's so simple to understand that statement that if all you want is the
accordion menu, then only a fool would load ClassicShell/OpenShell
(simply because it's an added complexity that is just not needed (IMHO).
<https://i.postimg.cc/Cx8k1gKs/winxpmenu06.jpg>

I repeat, if _all_ you want is the cascade-style WinXP menu,
then loading ClassicShell/OpenShell is what fools always do, where all I do
is right click on the shortcut and use the native "SEND TO" menu.
<https://i.postimg.cc/GpJDFxGB/winxpmenu07.jpg>

That _creates_ either a "flat" (alphabetical) or "hierarchical" (cascade)
menu automagically for you in a single simple right-click operation:
<https://i.postimg.cc/vT1DNrgt/winxpmenu09.jpg>

If I haven't mentioned it yet, installing an app just to get WinXP style
menus is, IMHO, crazy, simply because ClassicShell/OpenShell is just not
needed (if all you want is the accordion style menu) since the
cascade-style WinXP accordion-style menu _never_ left Windows 10 in the
first place.

Did I mention yet that the accordion-style WinXP menu never left Windows?
o If not, allow me to mention that the cascade-style menu was ALWAYS there.

I use it every single day, where I _tried_ heroically to wrest control of
the "native tiled" orthodox menu, but I just gave up. Likewise, I gave up
on the heterodox (left-side) alphabetical menu since it's a lot _smaller_
to just pin a folder of the alphabetical menu to the taskbar.
<https://i.postimg.cc/CL3n9Q4B/winxpmenu08.jpg>

1. Just create any directory tree to your liking such as
C:\data\menu\{archiver,browser,cleaner,database,editor,finance,game,etc.}

2. Then "pin" that directory tree to your taskbar.
<https://i.postimg.cc/zXgVwk1J/winxpmenu10.jpg>

3. Then rick-click send-to populate with your shortcuts such as
C:\data\menu\archiver\Revo Uninstaller.lnk

*It's really _that_ trivially simple to get WinXP menus on Win10.*

If I haven't mentioned it yet, if _all_ you want is the WinXP cascade style
accordion style, then installing ClassicShell/OpenShell is what fools do.

If you're smart about it, you can simply _copy_ your entire WinXP style
menu from Windows XP to Windows 10 and it will work just fine, but likely
I'm the only one who can do that since I organize all my machines the same
so all the shortcuts point to the same location on all machines.

Even so, to _populate_ the menu is as simple as a rightclick sendto.
o *It's really _that_ trivially simple to get WinXP menus on Win10.*

--
If I forgot to mention it, only a fool uses a hack to get what is already
there.