Users who remember and like the appearance of Windows XP might not be very impressed by the default look of Windows 10. The appearance can be changed to some extent using UxStyle and third party themes, but in Windows 10, Microsoft prevents the taskbar from being skinned using visual styles (themes). Today, we will see how to skin Windows 10's taskbar to give it a Windows XP appearance without using patches or themes.
Windows 95/98/ME/XP theme Read Me file: Here are a few install methods if your not sure how to install a theme. Using winzip or a similar unzipping program right click on the zip file and choose extract to folder C:Program FilesPlus!Themes Your file should now be,available from your theme program in. The author of Windows 8 RTM Theme for XP PeterRollar are doing his best to make this as closest as possible to Windows 8 Theme for XP. So, without any further ado, download the theme below, extract it. In the extracted archive you’ll see Visual Style folder, inside this folder contains two additional folders.
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Win Xp ThemesAll we need is everyone's favorite Start menu replacement and system enhancement tool, Classic Shell. Recently, its developer implemented the ability to skin the taskbar in Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows too. The user can change the taskbar text color, change the color to make it different from the title bar color, change its transparency or set a background image or texture for the Windows taskbar.
As of this writing, only the beta version 4.2.7 of Classis Shell allows doing this. To proceed, you need to download Classic Shell 4.2.7 from its official web site (use the red button 'Download Beta'):
Download Classic Shell
After that, you need to prepare Windows 10 for a better XP look and feel. Do it as follows.
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Now you can close Settings.
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Install Classic Shell you downloaded earlier and do the following.
You will get the following appearance:
The taskbar will have an almost authentic XP look. The window frame/title bar color also matches the taskbar.
Now, it is a good idea to apply the genuine bliss wallpaper. While I included it in the archive, I suggest you to read this article: Windows XP support has ended today: A farewell to the venerable OS. There, you can get the 4K version of this beautiful wallpaper.
Finally your Windows 10 will look as follows: Xp Theme Download
You can even enable the Windows XP start menu style in Classic Shell and apply the Windows XP Luna skin:
See the following video to watch the whole process of this customization:
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If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment. What do you think about this trick? Do you like the appearance Classic Shell allows you to get?
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