Theme Windows Xp For Windows 10
Kristee Summerford
Having the above in mind, with Windows 8, Microsoft decided you can't turn off Desktop Window Manager (DWM) any more. However, if you stop Themes service, Windows will have to fallback to CPU-based window rendering similar to Classic theme.
A third method is somwhat similar to the first one, but is reported not to work with the taskbar (or the taskbar needs to be restarted).It uses a batch file and the handle utility by sysinternals. As the first method, it keeps DWM running. You have to run them unde admin command prompt.
Use penetwork for metro network ui, use turn system icons on or off to get rid of Windows network icon.Use Windows pe task manager (old style non dwm dependant, can be pulled out of Windows setup using shift f10, notepad, open file, all files. Need en-us\taskbar.exe.mui).Use clearlock instead of locking pc, replace sethc.exe for lock on 5x shift key.Use classic shell for start menu, disable all metro and start screen references.Google how to disable the explorer ribbon ui, do it.Google how to disable Command bar, edit the shellstyle.dll in system32.Use batterybar and disable low battery notifications if using a laptop, also disable icon using turn system icons on or off.Disable lock and switch users.Disable password on wake.Set force auto logon key to automatically log on if you accidentally log off.Google how to disable all hot corners, charms bar & mouse edge ui
Only problem with this..Can't see any startup/shutdown messagesCan't use multiple user accountsInsecure due to clearlockCan't use metro appsCan't use startscreenCan't use ctrl alt del security screenCan't use open with dialogueCan't use network UI dialogueCan't use autoplay dialogueCan't use charms bar
As the other answers have stated, the old, non composited classic theme is gone, and all the other answers do is suggest you tweak the theme. Lets face it - its not a classic theme without a proper start button and menu. On the other hand, if you want all that modern/metro/windowsui/whatevertheycallitthisweek goodness, you need a start screen. You can probably use my solution, in conjunction with either classic, or new shiny windows 8 themes to get something that close enough to a windows XP or 7 system UIwise. It also contains a explorer tweaking tool that brings it closer to a classic windows explorer window
It takes a bit of tweaking to get it just right but you can get something pretty close to what you want with a combination of classic shell and small taskbar buttons set to "never combine" through the regular taskbar settings. You can also tweak to select the explorer style you want
. In this case, I've created a new account (the horrible yellow wallpaper is a default!) and set this up like an XP system. You can also use a 7 style start button, and/or 7 style explorer settings.
You can use the start screen menu as you see here to access the start screen/metro.I do believe you can also pin that in order to get a modern ui/strat screen launcher, and presumably set another shortcut to it.
Unlike a theme hack, this is a standalone application that can be easily installed and uninstalled, without having to resort to ugly things like patching and other hacks. It also uses the DWM (unlike the classic themes), so you're not missing out on the graphically accelerated (and actually faster) UI with aero. You can also uninstall it cleanly if you're not happy with it
If you happen to open the same page on multiple private windows, good luck finding out which is which. Unless you setup window positioning, such as private window from profile #1 on the left screen, and private window from profile #2 on the right screen, but this not scalable, i happen to have 3 different profiles ( might be extreme setup for most people, but i find this very helpful on my daily workflow ), its hard to manage in small screen.
Kinda thinking to install or create some random extension for my usage, that having different icon color, and then expose it to private windows, pin it, every private window of different profile will have different extension icon color, compared to having customized the window decorator and tab color, extension solution far way less than ideal, but its something.
I have a new theory that Google/Chrome has made private browsing deliberately annoying so that fewer people will use it. Also the fact that we cannot default new windows in private mode adds fuel to this theory. the reason they dont want us to use it is because it is more difficult to track user behaviour in private mode. This is an issue for Google being the largest on line advertising company as well as the huge data collectors.
A little bit fun playing with new toys, it is not yet complete. One for dark theme and other for light theme. All the themes combined with windows 10 1909 custom theme. Still take a lot of time to complete this themes with custom icons. Most of the toolbar icons come from "Metro Icons v2.1" icon sets by Cris van Minnen.
Our PB application is using a slightly modified Flat Design Grey theme, but we noticed it's difficult to resize windows due to how thin the borders are: You have to be extremely precise for the mouse pointer to change to indicate that you can resize it. My guess would be to increase the thickness of borders for windows in the theme.json file, but I'm not sure how to do that. I tried a couple shots at it based off something I found on the web, but when I put it into my theme.json, it crashes the PowerBuilder 2019 R3 IDE. Here was the snippet I was trying to add to see what it did:
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