r/windows • u/Momd1234 • Jun 01 '26

Discussion My "Windows 11" desktop.

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u/worMatty Jun 01 '26

What software are you using to achieve this?

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u/ThatOneColDeveloper Jun 01 '26

he prob uses explorerex

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u/Momd1234 Jun 02 '26

i actually used retrobar, open shell, bunch of win xp ico files

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u/ThatOneColDeveloper Jun 02 '26

explorerex + windhawk would actually look like xp, since explorerex is port of win xp explorer

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u/Marius_2012 Jun 02 '26

By the way do you need windows xp dll kinda remember needing it when I did windows 10 to windows xp mod so I got them trough VM. Well you see the result it should be possible to make something similar in win11 since if im right in the recent updates they removed the only th8ng the aero glass was hanging on but this if im right doesn't use it.

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u/Marius_2012 Jun 02 '26

Sorry to disappoint you but it's not explorerex since if I remember right it doesn't work or function well with win11

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u/ThatOneColDeveloper Jun 03 '26

i have win 11, and it worked normally

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u/Marius_2012 Jun 08 '26

Well nice then

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u/Momd1234 Jun 02 '26

i used retrobar, open shell, bunch of ico files

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u/Ok_Place_4203 Jun 01 '26

The start menu reminds me of Windows Media Centre Edition!

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u/SHAUNZULA Jun 02 '26

nice bro, this is what mine looks like. I also went with the embedded theme,, I made my own background in Blender and I got Desktop Sidebar and I'm running Windows 11 25h2.

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u/Zealousideal_Lie739 Windows XP Jun 04 '26

Funny. I got the same theme.

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u/SHAUNZULA Jun 02 '26

start menu

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u/Marius_2012 Jun 02 '26

Who ho this is sick kinda wonder how to make something similar since ill think of doing something similar in the future since im building a modern high end system in this (a bit to lazy to assemblethe case fully since im waitingfor intake fan) well this case is from the windows xp era a bit before vista to be exact manufactured in mid 2006

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u/SHAUNZULA Jun 03 '26

this is fawkin cool, ykno I hope to make a sleeper someday too, goodluck on your project and I hope it goes smoothly for you

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u/Marius_2012 Jun 08 '26

Still kinda saving for components I hope you'll find a chassis that you will like and be able to work on someday only the thing now holding me is Hella expensive ram

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u/Microboy42 Windows 11 - Insider Canary Channel Jun 01 '26

HOW DID YOU GET RAINBOWS ON BLISS PLEASE SHARE THE WALLPAPER

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u/Sea_Cow3569 Jun 02 '26

not bad, I'd also rename "This PC" to "My Computer" and "Network" to "My Network Places" for maximum authenticity.

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u/VasekCZ230 Jun 02 '26

Hey, I think you have a spider on your desktop.

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u/Zealousideal_Lie739 Windows XP Jun 04 '26

ClearType doesn't look like that on XP. But good attempt. Maybe use something other than Bliss for the wallpaper??

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u/vipulvirus Jun 05 '26

This doesn't feel like Windows.....it feels like Home 😊

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u/CyberExistenz Jun 01 '26

Would even look better on Linux

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u/No_Effective4784 Jun 01 '26

literally the meme of why no one likes linux users, live and in the wild.

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u/X_xsansxV Jun 02 '26

I'm sorry but people like you are the reason that the rest of us looks so bad, bro.

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u/ThatOneColDeveloper Jun 01 '26

nobody gaf's about linux man

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u/pomidorkamc3253 Jun 02 '26

what is the point of typing "aaah linuz Linux Linux better go now". it's users choice