[Intro]
Once I made a video where I showed the result of my work to change the look of Windows 10 from original style to style once popular and beloved by the people Windows XP system
And you appreciated it very well, I was even very surprised by this. Some even thought that I was just running Windows XP and showed her review, such comments amused me a lot :D
And it looks like the mission "To make a system in style that will maximize looks like another" made with brilliance. Now I want to show that I am for did it, what I used, what I turned off, deleted, returned. I did everything on Windows 10 1803, but thanks to the subscriber, this is verified and on build 1909.
It will be a long video and therefore, I do not want to be verbose and I don't want to torment, let's watch :) [Everything that is done in this video is done at your own peril and risk. And if you want to do the same, then the responsibility for performed actions are borne only by you! I warned you :)]
As I said before, before doing anything, you need to create system restore point. Suddenly something might go wrong It will come in handy.
After we have created a restore point, we open adjusting our taskbar to disable everything unnecessary.
Making the taskbar buttons small and removing unnecessary features
After the first preparations have been made, you can now start reworking the interface. To start (optional) we will return the standard photo viewer and make small fixes
In this program, you can uninstall UWP support, disable Windows Update or UAC, uninstall OneDrive and more
I turned off Windows Defender, returned the standard viewer photos and deleted OneDrive.
Now reboot the system
After the reboot, you can start editing the bootloader picture.
I already prepared everything in advance :)
Changing the system bootloader is possible only with the installed Windows in UEFI mode with "Secure Boot" function disabled.
The loader now looks in the appropriate style.
We also change the background pictures to those that were in Windows XP, set the corresponding user avatar and change lock screen
Beautiful, isn't it? :)
Now it's time to change the "Branding" folder.
But this cannot be done so simply, you need to edit the permissions to change the Branding folder
Set the rights as shown now.
New branding of the system. Hooray!
Now it's time for some editing of Explorer.exe's work
To do this, the OldNewExplorer program will help us.
We build it into the system and set the settings that shown in the picture.
Windows 10 Explorer now partially resembles Windows 7 Explorer
Let's bring back the old Task Manager.
And yes, we seem to have forgotten about sounds. They also need to be changed.
Copy the folder "XP Sounds" to "C:\Windows\Media" and apply a special .reg file I made, where everything is already set up
Moment of testing
Now let's replace the welcome screen text (this is not very necessary, as for me)
And yes, after we changed the access rights to the ru-RU folder, delete or we won't be able to replace the file we need, only we can rename it. [For English users of Windows, you should edit winlogon.exe.mui on en-EN folder]
Great, the welcome screen is complete!
Now we change the icons. This program is absolutely harmless and there are no viruses in it.
It's a long process
The desktop was loaded again, but with new icons
Next, we install Classic Shell version 4.3.0 for reconstruction the old start menu.
We also customize the toolbar.
Of course the Start Menu doesn't look the way we would like it now. But I prepared in advance special settings for the Classic Shell, which will easily install the old or new version of the "Start".
But first, we need to copy the covers for the Classic Shell to the Skins folder
And now load the settings that are made by the .XML file
Win95-2000 Start Menu
XP Luna Start Menu Which, as for me, is a little different :(
Now the most interesting thing is the design theme. Here comes WindowBlinds version 10.8.5, the latest can be downloaded from the official website. There is also a folder with "something" it will come in handy.
Here we will be asked to buy the program or activate it.
After we have activated it, we install the theme. Also a bonus is the classic Windows 9x theme.
With the theme, the system looks more or less similar to XP
Now the turn has come to standard applications.
Yes, yes, yes, and again, permissions .... :/
Also change to the files "notepad.exe" and "mspaint.exe"
After all the work is done, you can safely start copying
I put the "games" folder in "C:\Windows" and created shortcuts for the Start menu.
Well, here, absolutely at will, you can arrange the menu to the XP style.
That's all. Done. Now you can enjoy your finished work :)
Yes, in some moments it is difficult and not immediately clear, but still, I have proved that it is possible to transform the style of one system into another no problem.
And that's all. I hope you were interested in learning about this. See you =)
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