Windows Longhorn setup
Jan 17, 2023 10:34:02 GMT -8
Post by Jevil7452 on Jan 17, 2023 10:34:02 GMT -8
EDIT: Okay, maybe I should actually write something here instead of some nonsense.
Well, this is something I wanted to do for some time. A Windows Longhorn-styled setup. Since I am using Windows 10 2004, which lacks Aero support, the only sensible option I saw was Slate. It was actually easier than I thought to make the msstyles/retrobar themes, so I did. This is obviously using BasicThemer2, as there's no way DWM would look this good. Winver as well as the desktop watermark were spoofed. The whole watermark itself is fake, and done in Rainmeter. PaintDesktopVersion looks ugly, as even the bottom line is bold, which wasn't the case in Longhorn. Now, Explorer gets less realistic. I've tried to have a mix between XP and Longhorn.
Quick Access was supposed to be Storage Favorites in 4074's Explorer. I'll probably work on it more later.
Start menu is Classic start menu. I was too lazy to make an Open-Shell skin.
The Search box is such a convenience for me, I'm not giving it up regardless of which start theme I do.
The imageres/shell32 is a custom one done by me, based on a XP imageres. The person who sent them to me said I can't give them out, sorry.
As for desktop icons, most apps have been actually reshacked to have older icons, in some exceptions where I didn't see the sense of it or I just liked the newer icon
No, Virtual PC 2007 isn't Virtual PC 2007. It's actually 86Box. I've custom compiled the manager with the buttons being on the right, like they were in the Virtual PC Console.
No, uTorrent isn't uTorrent either. It's qBittorrent with a different icon. I would never install malware on my system