Open-Shell-Menu
Classic Shell Reborn. (by Open-Shell)
TaskbarX
Center Windows taskbar icons with a variety of animations and options. (by ChrisAnd1998)
| Open-Shell-Menu | TaskbarX | |
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| 255 | 130 | |
| 6,419 | 7,633 | |
| 4.8% | - | |
| 6.5 | 1.1 | |
| 22 days ago | 4 months ago | |
| C++ | Visual Basic .NET | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Open-Shell-Menu
Posts with mentions or reviews of Open-Shell-Menu.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-04-24.
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Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone
I've been very happy happy with https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu as a Start Menu replacement. If ads have rolled out to my Windows install, I wouldn't even notice.
- Why does part of the Windows 98 Setup program look older than the rest?
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Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
Whenever I set up a new computer for older family members, despite it being windows 11, I always install open shell[1] and retro bar[2]. Between the two, I've made the operating system look very close to Windows XP visually, and they always appreciate it.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu
[2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
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Window Manager / DWM replacement?
There's Open-Shell but it's not exactly a full WM replacement.
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I turned the Windows start icon into Elysia's signet!
Hi yall, I used Open-Shell to change the icon.
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How do I remove the recommended thing in the start menu, or add more space for pinned apps?
There is also Open Shell, a free and open source tool which performs a similar function.
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What is a piece of software that you need but doesn't exist?
I wish so bad there is a port (a fork) of the Legacy Kickoff start menu for Windows: https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1083
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Looking for a specific 'subgenre' of digital minimalism - "Retro digital"?
Classic Start Menu
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Ask HN: How do you “clean” Windows from all bloatware?
I use Open Shell (fork of Classic Shell) as a replacement to original Start Menu. This gives me full control over what appears in start menu - no results from internet, animated tiles, etc (I am on Win 10 though, from what I read the Win 11 is supported, but not yet officially [1]). It could be a solution to the ads appearing in start menu.
[1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/1564
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I missed the old windows so i tried to recreate it
Looks like you're going for an XP theme. May I suggest using open-shell to skin the taskbar, start menu, and start button if you wanna take that extra step? You can also find the taskbar skin and start button here. Also, I would remove the search bar, task view button, and news & interest area of the taskbar just to bring things together. This is all just a suggestion, you don't have to if you don't want to.
TaskbarX
Posts with mentions or reviews of TaskbarX.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-28.
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New Wallpaper
You can download TaskbarX here (For windows tray)
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sword portal thing:)
You might wanna check out TaskbarX for your Taskbar
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Explorer crashing on startup. Similar issues on desktop as well
there is an issues on git related to that maybe it can help you, https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX/issues/442
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Any working alternative for TranslucentTB?
If you want to know more alternatives, I recommend you to take a look at TaskbarX and TaskbarXI.
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Is there a way to make my taskbar look like this?
Yeah, TaskbarX is really nice. Works with Windows 10 and 11.
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My current desktop
Taskbarx rainmeter skin(used for center dock icons):https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX
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How do i remove these empty spaces? i'm using taskbarX on Win10
Issue
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Windows 11 runs on fewer than 1 in 6 PCs
You can probably do this with Windows 10 using TaskBarX[0].
[0] https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX
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"Musical Anomaly." My first Rainmeter Suite! Critiques are welcome.
Oh! I can't forget about TaskbarX!
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Ultra minimal rainmeter suite
Taskbar: https://github.com/ChrisAnd1998/TaskbarX
What are some alternatives?
When comparing Open-Shell-Menu and TaskbarX you can also consider the following projects:
ExplorerPatcher - This project aims to enhance the working environment on Windows
TranslucentTB - A lightweight utility that makes the Windows taskbar translucent/transparent.
RetroBar - Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows
RoundedTB - Add margins, rounded corners and segments to your taskbars!
ThisIsWin11 - The real PowerToys for Windows 11
rainmeter - Desktop customization tool for Windows
Fluent-Metro - A modern, highly customizable Start menu skin for Open-Shell.
CenterTaskbar - Center Windows Taskbar Icons
TileIconifier - Creates tiles for most Windows 8.1 and 10 start menu icons
More-Icons-unFold-Rainmeter - 💻 In this repository you will be able to find different icons of the type "unFold" for Rainmeter.
simplewall - Simple tool to configure Windows Filtering Platform (WFP) which can configure network activity on your computer.
T-Clock - Highly configurable Windows taskbar clock
Open-Shell-Menu vs ExplorerPatcher
TaskbarX vs TranslucentTB
Open-Shell-Menu vs RetroBar
TaskbarX vs RoundedTB
Open-Shell-Menu vs ThisIsWin11
TaskbarX vs rainmeter
Open-Shell-Menu vs Fluent-Metro
TaskbarX vs CenterTaskbar
Open-Shell-Menu vs TileIconifier
TaskbarX vs More-Icons-unFold-Rainmeter
Open-Shell-Menu vs simplewall
TaskbarX vs T-Clock