My Windows 10 setup, made to look like Win XP.

Finally about time I wrote something for lots of people here who want a XP theme.


0) This is optional, but recommended, make a system restore point and have Windows recovery media ready in case you get a "black screen of death" or something, or if you change your mind about having a XP theme.


1) Get the XP Luna theme here: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/752905992777498654/1043600923785699399/modifiedstuff.zip There may be some updated and more accurate versions of Luna (I don't remember now, but they'll be in the Visual Styles category of this forum). You will also would like to have Windows XP window metrics applied to get it looking very accurate. Here is a pile of registry files that will apply the stuff: cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/889255367433936899/1062459917258215514/Window_Metrics_and_Colors.zip apply them and log off, then back on. Also if your titlebar text color is black go to Settings, Personalization > Colors search for and tick "Title bars and window borders" in there and select Default blue as the color.


2) Get the XP Classic/Open Shell skin in that zip too, put it in C:\Program Files\Open Shell\Skins (it depends if you have Classic or Open shell installed), then load up the XML from this www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=3025&p=30741#p30741. You can load them by going to Open Shell Settings and going to Backup at the bottom of the window, and select Load XML File.


3) Get RetroBar and apply the XP Luna theme


4) For the file explorer I used SCT.FEH for getting borders and removing navigation pane, FindeXer for the left pane, Quero for the address bar and also Open Shell for the XP navigation buttons. The XP navigation buttons are here: www.winclassic.net/thread/842/windows-xp-classic-explorer. A quero theme is also included in it. For FindeXer, instructions and many replicated PNGS are available here www.winclassic.net/thread/1188/bringing-toolbar-section-explore-kinda.


5) Get XP system files from a windows XP virtual machine or real computer (I recommend to get them from the x64 Professional edition of XP) and grab mspaint, notepad and calc from system32. You are free to experiment with many more like sol.exe and winmine.exe, I'm too lazy to send a list of all.


6) For icons it's a bit complicated to get accurate ones. I got an accurate XP imageres from deviantart from someone but they deactivated their account, it's a large file (like almost 80mb iirc) and my internet upload speeds are in the toilet. 


If you have any more questions don't be afraid to ask.

I forgot this but you need explorerpatcher to change the context menu to the old one.

I changed the theme successfully, but where do I find the Windows XP icon files?
I also did BasicThemer2 and RetroBar.

I suggest to use this icon pack for toolbar icons instead of the one on my thread.
ICO and PNG formats are available.
Most of icons were directly extracted from system file so they should be good with any color schemes and more exact. (though disabled icons might not be so exact)

Maybe talk about the problem here : www.elevenforum.com/t/new-version-of-explorerpatcher.1991/

No there isn't
If you get one it's probably game over and you have to quit dreaming about a XP theme :/

I remember fixing this somehow but I don't remember exactly. I think what I did was modify the actual msstyles itself to hide the navigation pane (it's possible to do that iirc).