Click the option 'Taskbar texture' and then click the button to browse for the file xp_bg.png that you extracted from the archive:.There, you will find a number of options which you need to change. Now, go to the tab called Taskbar and enable the 'Customize taskbar' option.By default, the Settings dialog opens in basic mode: You need to switch it to the extended mode by ticking the 'Show all settings' checkbox to get the following look:.Right click the Start menu button to open Classic Start Menu Settings:.The archive contains the taskbar texture, the wallpaper and the Start button to be used with Classic Shell. Download the following archive: Download Classic Shell XP suiteĮxtract all its files to any folder you like.Install Classic Shell you downloaded earlier and do the following. Scroll down and enable the option Show color on title bar:.In Settings, go to Personalization -> Colors.

When the Settings app opens, turn on the option called Use small taskbar buttons as shown below:.

Right click the Taskbar and pick Settings from the context menu:.

To proceed, you need to download Classic Shell 4.2.7 from its official web site (use the red button 'Download Beta'):Īfter that, you need to prepare Windows 10 for a better XP look and feel.

The user can change the taskbar text color, change the color to make it different from the title bar color, change its transparency or set a background image or texture for the Windows taskbar.Īs of this writing, only the beta version 4.2.7 of Classis Shell allows doing this. Recently, its developer implemented the ability to skin the taskbar in Windows 10 and earlier versions of Windows too. Today, we will see how to skin Windows 10's taskbar to give it a Windows XP appearance without using patches or themes.Īll we need is everyone's favorite Start menu replacement and system enhancement tool, Classic Shell. The appearance can be changed to some extent using UxStyle and third party themes, but in Windows 10, Microsoft prevents the taskbar from being skinned using visual styles (themes). Users who remember and like the appearance of Windows XP might not be very impressed by the default look of Windows 10. RECOMMENDED: Click here to fix Windows issues and optimize system performance

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