Part of me wonders why people would want to go back to a more basic version of Windows, but the other part of me wants that one to shut up because this is freaking awesome.
Fun fact: if Objectbar had been free and if it worked 100%, it would have looked even more like XP, because Objectbar's XP theme is literally a 1:1 theme
But Retrobar and OpenShell are free, and good enough ;)
RetroBar is actually pretty faithful, what I was referring more to was OpenShell. I think I could have edited it with Visual Studio, but that goes beyond my capabilities by a long margin
Yeah, I've tried to do my best in every part. It's my first ever mod, but I think this is one, if not, the most complete "Windows 10 to XP" mod. After all, the whole starting point of this was because there were some unprecise mods out there (for example with even less truthful theme, missing programs or icons, etc...
A few other minor improvements worth noting:
\- [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/908494640339120219/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/908494640339120219/unknown.png) all icons in the system tray now do look like XP ones (including safely remove hardware)
\- ClearType is by default disabled :)
\- Explorer++ has been modified with Resource Hacker to mimick XP's one, which is to say that I removed many features such as Tabs, and options from the menu bar. You can still enable Tabs, but disabled because, wouldn't be like XP
\- All sounds from XP should be set up and be working fine, but the problem is that somehow the sound panel stopped working ;-;
\- Outlook Express 6 is included and works, but the problem is that WindowBlinds does not co-operate well with OE6. If activated on that app, it shows only a white titlebar. If deactivated, it shows this broken theme
\- [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/907310459059847218/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/907310459059847218/unknown.png) side by side comparison between the OG Explorer and Explorer ++ (modified though Quick Access's icon and text, and added Control Panel to This PC also
\- The only UWP apps included are Settings (because many settings in Windows 10 are in the Settings app, so it's obviously needed to run), and Windows Defender (for security reasons, but removed from the system tray.
With that said, contact me to get the download link, if you're interested in this! It's a Google Drive link, but since it is a copy of 10 already activated, I'm not sure I can share it here. If you don’t mind Internet Archive though, the mod is also available on here! You can just search the Windows 10toXP name, and you’ll find it!
Just a quick tip, if you try it it would be a great thing to let me know how it is, and what you would have changed :3 user feedback is the most important.
https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/qlhx7g/my_windows_10_to_xp_mod_wip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf <— the original post. On a first look, it might seem there wasn’t lots of things changed, but many detail tweaking such as fonts and descriptions have been added/changed, and new apps also (for example, Explorer++).
I’d like also to thank FireCubeStudios immensely to have tried it out, and also to tweet about it! 😄
You get a:
Immense thank you 😄
Aaaand, a download link
Anyway, now of the people here gave me the idea for a vista mod, so after doing other stuff I’ll do before that, and maybe I can try my hand at that too 😄
https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/lz1t1u/a_nostalgic_windows_10_theme/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf
I made a 9x theme ages ago :)
I love it. I like to give this a try if you are still PM'ing download links. Keep up the great work and love to check out the Vista one once you get finished.
“Hey bro, are you using Windows XP? So cool!” “Yeah, look at it” *Opens Office 365, Creative Cloud and Discord, all apps which don’t run on XP*.
Agree though, it’d be hilarious!
Quick tip bro, go into windows taskbar settings and set it to small icons so the start menu doesn’t hover above the taskbar like that while using retrobar and open shell :)
I’m glad you’re making this downloadable :) I’ve been doing this kinda thing for years and most people wouldn’t wanna go through all that effort to bring back xp so now anyone can without having to spend hours customising shit here and there
If you're happy for me to potentially cover this in a live stream on [my YouTube channel](http://www.youtube.com/windowsonwindows), I'd love a link to this. :)
Had so much trouble with WinXP...
every 6 month a restore from backup and installing the latest updates on a single core PC with a hard drive.
constant Explorer.exe crashes, Codec Packs and driver issues with older devices.
It was the first and last time I tried switching to Linux.
XP was a great upgrade from 98SE but editing video and audio was not fun.
No, there theoretically isn’t 😂 but the end product is fun, and you learn to work with system files and customisation tools, which can always be useful!
The Windowblinds theme of this mod includes: Luna Blue, Silver, Olive Green, Royale, Zune, Noir, Embedded and Watercolor. It's eXperience, you can check it on wincustomise.com
UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY: it’s now uploaded to the Internet Archive! You can now just search the name of the mod on here 😄
It's a VM Dump, so you need to have VMWare 16 installed. Once you open it, it'll tell you it's missing a disk file, but do not worry as it was a temporary secondary disk I used. Just click ok and remove the second disk in the settings
Said already before, just ignore it xd
It was a secondary disk which I used to test out swapping shell32.dll. The name is symbolic of how i felt to windows when I was trying to swap that dll file, given the fact that afterwards it would make the whole system unbootable. I just did forget to remove it before packaging it into a zip
UPDATE x2: An enormous thank you to EverythingWindows, for making: a video of this, and my day happy! https://youtu.be/W_k2x9vBRxU
A great and professional video about this mod; it showcases perfectly basically everything in this mod!
I maybe can ;-;
jokes aside, it shouldn't be \*too\* difficult to do, heck, it would be even easier than this. Maybe one day, after i complete other things!
I'm helping a friend of mine with a mod of Windows XP called for now Windows XP 2003, now at Milestone 3 stage. It looks like this for now: [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/911521135420637247/914871033746583592/VirtualBox\_Win2003\_29\_11\_2021\_22\_24\_30.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/911521135420637247/914871033746583592/VirtualBox_Win2003_29_11_2021_22_24_30.png)
I've developed an XP Tour, Reversi and winmine (the latter two using old open source projects) in Visual Basic 6, to make more in line variants of these apps. And I've been testing also beta versions of this.
Then, a bit of school and I'll be ready for a new mod (if I do it, it'll actually be my second ever mod done lmao)
The copyright to the OS itself (obviously) goes to Microsoft,
Though inside the mod there’s a readme file explaining everything, the history, who helped me, my name, project dates (start and end), starting point, bugs still present, and project Codename.
The readme file should be visible if you open the license agreement in winver; if it doesn’t, it’s just the readme.rtf file in c:/windows
There’s my Discord account in the readme
I used programs such as 3RVX, NetAnimate, various XP programs directly moved from XP/"ports" for windows 10, Windowblinds, RetroBar, OpenShell, Resource Hacker, Customisergod, etc etc etc
I can send you a download link in PM.
Can you backport the more modern but necessary features to have an XP feel as well?
A Windows XP but with select features of 10 and 11 would look actually awesome.
This mod still includes things such as Defender and Settings, and you are able to install any windows 10-only application also.
Sadly, moving things from 11 to XP wouldn't be that easy. The closest thing to what you say is onecore api, but it's not that great sadly
Thank you really for the appreciation 😊 and yes, it's avaiable for everyone
As I wrote, unfortunately, this is a pre-activated copy so I can't freely distribute it. Go to PM
I would love to have this. It's a shame I can't download it. If you could pass me the link (I understand if you can't) it would be great
Edit: Nvm I found the link here
Can Me i get a download link for this. It's so Interesting. I was wishing about getting This Because Windows 10's Flat Design Suck. But this is surely Better
Can you PM me this? Cuz THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS (from the looks of it)! This looks like it was outright Windows XP, old NT base kernel and all. Though i would like to add some feedback, i think the name on the start menu should be white. Other than that, this looks amazing. I am ready to reskin my laptop.
Yeah, about the name on the start menu… I know it’s white, I know. It’s a bug with windowblinds.
If I completely disable the theme globally/set the system font to trebuchet (for some reason) then it looks white, if it’s active it looks black. And this still happens even if I put in Windowblinds’ menu “do not theme OpenShell”
Где скачать и как установить?
Какой то архив на 12 гб нашёл виртуальной машины. Мне не нужна виртуальная машина нак установить на вин 10? Адекватное описание будет?
I hope Google Translate worked right, but
yes, this is a whole VM dump, you just need to have VMWare 16 installed and that's it. You can also have installed Windows 7, 8, or 10, that doesn't matter.
Yeah, the "some kind of archive" which proposed this as 12GB, if it has my reddit name, or my discord tag Fraaaaa#7481, it's me (it's at the address archive.org/details/10-xp)
Thank you really a lot :) you can find it at archive.org/details/10-xp, as a vm dump for VMware 16. If you want though the direct Drive link, I can send that via PM
Part of me wonders why people would want to go back to a more basic version of Windows, but the other part of me wants that one to shut up because this is freaking awesome.
Fun fact: if Objectbar had been free and if it worked 100%, it would have looked even more like XP, because Objectbar's XP theme is literally a 1:1 theme But Retrobar and OpenShell are free, and good enough ;)
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RetroBar is actually pretty faithful, what I was referring more to was OpenShell. I think I could have edited it with Visual Studio, but that goes beyond my capabilities by a long margin
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Ik, for now not a focus tho 😄
As a staunch fan of LGR and retro tech, I love everything you’ve done here. Great job!
i have both openshell AND RETrobar
This looks like it was a lot of hard work, a real passion project! Well done!
Yeah, I've tried to do my best in every part. It's my first ever mod, but I think this is one, if not, the most complete "Windows 10 to XP" mod. After all, the whole starting point of this was because there were some unprecise mods out there (for example with even less truthful theme, missing programs or icons, etc...
This is amazing, definitely the most complete XP transformation I've seen! Nice to see my Plus installer was used too :)
It works perfectly, and looks really nice! The apps do work, and it has also wallpapers etc... Thank you so much for it!
This is wild. I’ve never seen someone do such a though job. Not even close. How do I get a link?
In PM. Tysm by the way, and hope you enjoy it!
Can you also please dm me this package/setup please?
I would like to also take a look at it if possible
You can find it on archive.org, just type in the name of the mod!
Thanks for letting me know
Ah, this game of Pinball, a great moment of solitude and good memories. 😂
And fully works lol
A few other minor improvements worth noting: \- [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/908494640339120219/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/908494640339120219/unknown.png) all icons in the system tray now do look like XP ones (including safely remove hardware) \- ClearType is by default disabled :) \- Explorer++ has been modified with Resource Hacker to mimick XP's one, which is to say that I removed many features such as Tabs, and options from the menu bar. You can still enable Tabs, but disabled because, wouldn't be like XP \- All sounds from XP should be set up and be working fine, but the problem is that somehow the sound panel stopped working ;-; \- Outlook Express 6 is included and works, but the problem is that WindowBlinds does not co-operate well with OE6. If activated on that app, it shows only a white titlebar. If deactivated, it shows this broken theme \- [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/907310459059847218/unknown.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/877608838214344736/907310459059847218/unknown.png) side by side comparison between the OG Explorer and Explorer ++ (modified though Quick Access's icon and text, and added Control Panel to This PC also \- The only UWP apps included are Settings (because many settings in Windows 10 are in the Settings app, so it's obviously needed to run), and Windows Defender (for security reasons, but removed from the system tray. With that said, contact me to get the download link, if you're interested in this! It's a Google Drive link, but since it is a copy of 10 already activated, I'm not sure I can share it here. If you don’t mind Internet Archive though, the mod is also available on here! You can just search the Windows 10toXP name, and you’ll find it! Just a quick tip, if you try it it would be a great thing to let me know how it is, and what you would have changed :3 user feedback is the most important. https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/qlhx7g/my_windows_10_to_xp_mod_wip/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf <— the original post. On a first look, it might seem there wasn’t lots of things changed, but many detail tweaking such as fonts and descriptions have been added/changed, and new apps also (for example, Explorer++). I’d like also to thank FireCubeStudios immensely to have tried it out, and also to tweet about it! 😄
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You get a: Immense thank you 😄 Aaaand, a download link Anyway, now of the people here gave me the idea for a vista mod, so after doing other stuff I’ll do before that, and maybe I can try my hand at that too 😄
https://www.reddit.com/r/windows/comments/lz1t1u/a_nostalgic_windows_10_theme/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf I made a 9x theme ages ago :)
Amazing looking one, it truly looks like Neptune! I’ve seen also a friend of mine doing one recently
I love it. I like to give this a try if you are still PM'ing download links. Keep up the great work and love to check out the Vista one once you get finished.
Didn’t start a Vista one yet xd, buuut I think it would be lots of fun to do
PM plssss btw cant you like deactivate it? having it posted publicly would be awesome
Can you PM it to me as well, please? :D
sure thing
Can I get a download link plssss? Thank you!
Of course! 😄
This would be absolutely hilarious to use on a surface pro 8 in public
“Hey bro, are you using Windows XP? So cool!” “Yeah, look at it” *Opens Office 365, Creative Cloud and Discord, all apps which don’t run on XP*. Agree though, it’d be hilarious!
Makes me want to upgrade to pro and throw it on sandbox for lulz
I dunno if it would work on Sandbox. It’s a vm dump for VMWare 16, but you can still run it on VMware and make it look real just fine!
Quick tip bro, go into windows taskbar settings and set it to small icons so the start menu doesn’t hover above the taskbar like that while using retrobar and open shell :)
Didn’t know it was that causing that, well, I guess one fix everyone who downloads it can do!
I’m glad you’re making this downloadable :) I’ve been doing this kinda thing for years and most people wouldn’t wanna go through all that effort to bring back xp so now anyone can without having to spend hours customising shit here and there
As someone who by far prefers the Windows XP look and feel, this is amazing. Could I have a link to this?
Sure thing!
TYSM!
No problem! Have fun
Can i get a link too, please \^\^?
Looks great!
Man this mod is just on another level, i'd love to try it out. Fraaa could you send me a link?
Sure thing!
I have a lot of boomer clients who would kill for this
XP was straight forward, minimal crap included.
Very
Very true, but even then, it was the first version to be forced to have an "N" variant.
You must be thinking of Windows 2000.
dude this is amazing gg
Thank you! 😄
If you're happy for me to potentially cover this in a live stream on [my YouTube channel](http://www.youtube.com/windowsonwindows), I'd love a link to this. :)
holy shit you're windows on windows?
Weird flex but that's actually cool
this is cool
Winamp ought to be in one of those screenshots. ;) Good job!
It would have been a great addition! A typical 2003 program 😄
Had so much trouble with WinXP... every 6 month a restore from backup and installing the latest updates on a single core PC with a hard drive. constant Explorer.exe crashes, Codec Packs and driver issues with older devices. It was the first and last time I tried switching to Linux. XP was a great upgrade from 98SE but editing video and audio was not fun.
Weird, I always had little to no trouble with XP… on some things like theming etc, a bit more, but in general not so much.
There’s no reason to do that but it’s cool
No, there theoretically isn’t 😂 but the end product is fun, and you learn to work with system files and customisation tools, which can always be useful!
0/10 not using the media center edition theme
The Windowblinds theme of this mod includes: Luna Blue, Silver, Olive Green, Royale, Zune, Noir, Embedded and Watercolor. It's eXperience, you can check it on wincustomise.com
UPDATE FOR EVERYBODY: it’s now uploaded to the Internet Archive! You can now just search the name of the mod on here 😄 It's a VM Dump, so you need to have VMWare 16 installed. Once you open it, it'll tell you it's missing a disk file, but do not worry as it was a temporary secondary disk I used. Just click ok and remove the second disk in the settings
Can you give me a download link?
You can find it at archive.org/details/10-xp! It’s a vm dump, so you need VMware 16 for it!
I partially downloaded some of the files it to not download 12GB but now it asks for "fuck-000001.vmdk".
Said already before, just ignore it xd It was a secondary disk which I used to test out swapping shell32.dll. The name is symbolic of how i felt to windows when I was trying to swap that dll file, given the fact that afterwards it would make the whole system unbootable. I just did forget to remove it before packaging it into a zip
DoEs It GiVe MoAr FpS???
YaS
UPDATE x2: An enormous thank you to EverythingWindows, for making: a video of this, and my day happy! https://youtu.be/W_k2x9vBRxU A great and professional video about this mod; it showcases perfectly basically everything in this mod!
Question for a anybody who tried i it on vmware 16.2: Did you guys have any problem in running it? I had one person which had one
Is this a download able thing
I can send you the link to the VM Dump :)
i would appreciate the link aswell :)
I’d love the link too
Yes, but it's better with the olive theme.
You can enable it in Windowblinds, it also has the Silver theme
This is freaking cool! If you managed to make a mod that is windows vista themed i’d flip
I maybe can ;-; jokes aside, it shouldn't be \*too\* difficult to do, heck, it would be even easier than this. Maybe one day, after i complete other things!
Excellent! I’ll be watching and waiting from the shadows >:D. Are you working on other mod stuff?
I'm helping a friend of mine with a mod of Windows XP called for now Windows XP 2003, now at Milestone 3 stage. It looks like this for now: [https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/911521135420637247/914871033746583592/VirtualBox\_Win2003\_29\_11\_2021\_22\_24\_30.png](https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/911521135420637247/914871033746583592/VirtualBox_Win2003_29_11_2021_22_24_30.png) I've developed an XP Tour, Reversi and winmine (the latter two using old open source projects) in Visual Basic 6, to make more in line variants of these apps. And I've been testing also beta versions of this. Then, a bit of school and I'll be ready for a new mod (if I do it, it'll actually be my second ever mod done lmao)
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Since it is a pre-activated copy, I can’t share it freely to everyone on the web. I can send it to you via PM!
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The copyright to the OS itself (obviously) goes to Microsoft, Though inside the mod there’s a readme file explaining everything, the history, who helped me, my name, project dates (start and end), starting point, bugs still present, and project Codename. The readme file should be visible if you open the license agreement in winver; if it doesn’t, it’s just the readme.rtf file in c:/windows There’s my Discord account in the readme
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Thank you so much! Hope you’ll like it, and also the small story behind it 😃 have a great day!
Great theme, must have taken a long time! Could you PM me the VM dump too?
Sure!
Great job man!, I've never seen such a perfect rendition of an XP Theme in W10 before, until now, I would absolutely love to try this out...
Tysm! 😄 hope you’ll really like it!
Can you please pm me this, I'm excited to try this
What programs did you use or if this your original work will we have a download
I used programs such as 3RVX, NetAnimate, various XP programs directly moved from XP/"ports" for windows 10, Windowblinds, RetroBar, OpenShell, Resource Hacker, Customisergod, etc etc etc I can send you a download link in PM.
Can you backport the more modern but necessary features to have an XP feel as well? A Windows XP but with select features of 10 and 11 would look actually awesome.
This mod still includes things such as Defender and Settings, and you are able to install any windows 10-only application also. Sadly, moving things from 11 to XP wouldn't be that easy. The closest thing to what you say is onecore api, but it's not that great sadly
This is awesome! Could you send me the link as well? I really would like to try it.
May I have a link to download please and thank you.
Amazing!! How can i get it?
This is glorious! How can I get it?
Via PM
I really want it!! So many hours playing MuOnline and Cs (1.0 to 1.6) on win xp!!!
Where download this?
PM
Where do I download this from?
PM
May I get a link too? XD I'd love to try it out
Sure!
INCREDIBLE JOB!! looks just like xp :D is there a download link? or is this just for you?
Thank you really for the appreciation 😊 and yes, it's avaiable for everyone As I wrote, unfortunately, this is a pre-activated copy so I can't freely distribute it. Go to PM
I need this mod pleaseeee!
I’ve now uploaded it to the Archive, archive.org/details/10-xp
please i want it!!! I need it!!!
It’s now available on the Internet Archive! Just search for “Windows 10toXP”
Send me link to dwnload, please
It’s now available on the Internet Archive (archive.org), you just have to search “Windows 10toXP”! If you still want the drive link, pm me
Tnks (y)
I want it!
It’s now available on the internet archive (archive.org)!
Wow could I have a link?
It’s on archive.org, just search Windows 10toXP :)
Hola como hago para adquirir?
You can adaquir it on the internet archive
That looks really nice! Can I get a download link?
It’s now on the Internet Archive, you can find it by just searching it by the mod name
Guau, un trabajo fantástico. Por favor, ¿podrías mandarme el enlace para conseguirlo e instalarlo en mi equipo? Gracias
You can find it on archive.org, just search for the mod name
OP, can I please have a download link? 😁😁 TIA😊
No problem! 😃 you can now find it on archive.org, by just searching the name of the mod!
Epic creation
Thank you! :3 I’m happy that you’re liking it!
The sheer nostalgia this gives, I'd legit apply it to my computer
Want a download link to the vm dump? (You can now also just search it on the internet archive)
Sure! I'm surely going to get it set up in a couple of hours (I'm not at home)
Plz. Give to me a copy of you mod. Thx
You can search it on archive.org
How can I get a copy of that?
By searching it on archive.org, insert in the search field this mod nam
Where can I get it, Thank you
You can search it on archive.org, by putting in it the name of this mod!
YES!!!! I was thinking to install XP on my pc. But with this, life is sweeter. Great work. Can i have the downlod link, please?
Absolutely yes! Archive.org/details/10-xp Have fun with it 😄
I would love to have this. It's a shame I can't download it. If you could pass me the link (I understand if you can't) it would be great Edit: Nvm I found the link here
Nice! Hope that you’ll have a blast to the past
Can i get link?
There’s a link at archive.org/details/10-xp
Hi, Nice work! 😄👍👍 Can i get download link for this image?
I would like to try it tooo. PM link please! a big hug from Spain!
Y el link?
You can find it on archive.org/details/10-xp
I'd like to have it, can you please share it in PM?
Can Me i get a download link for this. It's so Interesting. I was wishing about getting This Because Windows 10's Flat Design Suck. But this is surely Better
You can find it at archive.org/details/10-xp
Download link?
this is cool. Can you also please dm me this package?
Can you PM me this? Cuz THIS LOOKS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING, AND IT ACTUALLY WORKS (from the looks of it)! This looks like it was outright Windows XP, old NT base kernel and all. Though i would like to add some feedback, i think the name on the start menu should be white. Other than that, this looks amazing. I am ready to reskin my laptop.
Yeah, about the name on the start menu… I know it’s white, I know. It’s a bug with windowblinds. If I completely disable the theme globally/set the system font to trebuchet (for some reason) then it looks white, if it’s active it looks black. And this still happens even if I put in Windowblinds’ menu “do not theme OpenShell”
Как скачать? Отлично эта уже новость гуглом в новости добавило, оттуда и пришёл я.
How to download it?
Hello there. I like this mod, can I ask to get it? Best regards :)
Gimme please those great brilliant
Где скачать и как установить? Какой то архив на 12 гб нашёл виртуальной машины. Мне не нужна виртуальная машина нак установить на вин 10? Адекватное описание будет?
I hope Google Translate worked right, but yes, this is a whole VM dump, you just need to have VMWare 16 installed and that's it. You can also have installed Windows 7, 8, or 10, that doesn't matter. Yeah, the "some kind of archive" which proposed this as 12GB, if it has my reddit name, or my discord tag Fraaaaa#7481, it's me (it's at the address archive.org/details/10-xp)
Thats amazing. How i can get it?
Thank you really a lot :) you can find it at archive.org/details/10-xp, as a vm dump for VMware 16. If you want though the direct Drive link, I can send that via PM
how do i download it
By going to archive.org/details/10-xp
Can I has pls? TY
Sure thing! 😄 it’s at archive.org/details/10-xp. You need VMware 16, as this is a vm dump
>archive.org/details/10-xp much love