Simple Classic Theme (fully supports Windows 8.1, 10 and 11)

Simple Classic Theme (fully supports Windows 8.1, 10 and 11) Aug 20, 2020 6:03:09 GMT -8

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Post by ihatemetro on Aug 20, 2020 6:03:09 GMT -8

Aug 20, 2020 2:54:48 GMT -8 romserg said:

ihatemetro, just create a task in the Scheduler to launch ApplicationFrameHost, and for the Classic Themes task, set a launch delay of 3 seconds (on the "triggers" tab).

Another problem is that the titles of some windows, when the classic theme is activated, become translucent, the system buttons on them can disappear, for example Internet Explorer, Thunderbird ... What to do?

And further. ʇǝǝๅ ftw, how can you prevent the program from being updated? I want to experiment with 1.0.6, but it's constantly updated.

The Classic Theme task runs a batch file that starts applicationframehost before SimpleClassicTheme. It also runs DwmUnExtendFrame, which is here: www.winclassic.net/thread/215/dwmunextendframe-extended-glass-titlebar-remover

It basically just turns the translucent titlebars to black areas. There's no solution for that except turning off DWM, which is unstable and metro applications stop working.

Edit: Nevermind I got everything working, it was just that I didn't add the batch file into the scheduled task. I also added delay. Everything works perfectly. Now the only things that will complete my setup is a Classic Taskbar that supports DPI Scaling (I use 250% dpi with Classic Theme), and the taskbar that I have currently is Spitfire_x86's. It doesn't match my theme colours, and all other Classic Taskbar options don't play nicely with High-DPI scaling. I also need explorer bitmaps and to complete my toolbar.

johnnyghost: Hopefully it doesn't get progressively harder for people to bring the look of older versions of Windows to Windows 11. I'm wanting to keep the classic Windows look from 9x/ME/2K in Windows 11, down to replacing the W11 apps with their W2k counterparts. Aug 10, 2023 20:18:58 GMT -8

The Jackal: So they're finally removing the legacy taskbar? Very sad to hear. I've only used the default W11 one for a short while and it was terrible. Aug 11, 2023 11:38:25 GMT -8

R.O.B.: I have not had a great experience with Windows 11, and I'm still on 21H2. Probably going to downgrade to 10 at some point Aug 11, 2023 17:05:55 GMT -8

Simple Classic Theme (fully supports Windows 8.1, 10 and 11)

Post by ihatemetro on Aug 20, 2020 6:03:09 GMT -8

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