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A totally awesome list of "old web" themes for your computers, browsers, and other stuff too

Posted by GRIFFEN

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(just got to making a changelog! if you want to see all the new stuff that gets added without checking every single link on the list, go here)

So you got your websites, but your computer still looks like it's chilling in 2024, what's worse is that all the devices around your computer ALSO still look freakishly modern, but I have themes to fix this!


Pre-XP:

Project 2k (modded Windows 10)

WindowBlinds (Classic theme)

simpleclassictheme (free alternative)

Enable Classic Theme by handle method (free alternative) (transparency fix) (browsers fix) (maximized fix) (UWP fix) (list view fix)

RetroBar (Taskbar)

OpenShell (Start Menu)

98 Paint

98 Media Player

98 Sounds

Outlook Express 6.0 (98 Mail)

Windows 98 Welcome Screen

98-XP Screensavers

Hover! (classic 95 game)

Classic Icons

Classic Desktop Icons (2000-XP icon select effect)


Classic Windows Applications (98 CD Player, 98 Notepad, 98 Volume Mixer, 98 Wordpad, 98 Telnet)

Classic Windows Applications 2 (98 Games, 98 Wordpad, Writer, 98 Notepad, CD Player, Deluxe CD Player, 98 Sound Recorder, Mplay32, 98 Master Volume, 98 Telnet)

Classic Login Screen

Classic Volume Slider

HyperTerminal

Kodak Imaging

Windows Media Player 7

Windows Millennium Remote Control

Windows Movie Maker 1.0 (Windows ME)

wcecl (Windows CE apps on modern OSes)

Winevdm (16x apps on modern Windows)

Icons of Win16 apps in Explorer

Misc Windows (Assortment of Windows 1.01/2.03 applications)

Explorer 32px Icons (old Medium Icon size)

Classic Explorer Treeview

winfile (Windows 3.1 file manager)

Windows NT 3.1 Apps (Assortment of Windows 3.1 applications)

Windows 3.x Program Manager for Windows 7, 8, 8.1 and 10

Progman (3.x Program Manager recreation)

Windows NT 4.0's Welcome program

NT4 regedit32

No Run Icon (removes the windows icon from the Run dialog box, like XP and earlier)

Chicago95 (Windows 95 theme for Linux)

B00merang-Project (1.0/2.0/3.11/95 theme for Linux)

Hotdog LINUX (Windows 3.1 Linux OS)

Chicago95 theme for LibreOffice (Windows 95 Word theme)


Windows XP:

Legacy Update (for Windows XP)

Windows eXPerience (modded Windows 10)

WindowBlinds (cost money, comes with a free trial. XP theme)

Luna10 (free alternative)

XP Theme (free alternative)

RetroBar (Taskbar)

OpenShell (Start Menu)

XP Paint

XP Calculator

Windows Movie Maker 2.6

Windows Media Player 8 skin for Windows Media Player 12

XP Photo Viewer (set it to be used by default)

XP Shutdown Dialogue

XP Icons

Classic Desktop Icons (2000-XP icon select effect)

XP Sounds

XP Login Screen

XP Boot Screen

Classic Windows Applications (XP Sound Recorder, XP Volume Mixer, XP CD Player, XP End of Life Warning)

Classic Windows Applications 2 (XP DXDiag, XP End of Life Warning)

XP Network Activity Indicator

XP System Properties

XP Event Viewer

XP Remote Desktop

XP Tour

XP Display Settings

XP Battery Meter

XP Help Center

XP Install Wizard

XP Open With (unstable, use with caution)

XP Volume Control

XP ACL Editor

Plus XP and DME

XP Minesweeper

XP Spider and Solitaire

SpaceCadetPinball decomp (3D Space Pinball)

HyperTerminal

MSN-Explorer-Enabler (Reenables MSN Explorer 6/7)

Restore the Disk Pie Chart

Classic Quicktime Player VLC Skin

Classic iTunes VLC Skin

VLC Skins (Authentic Media Player/General XP Skin)

Windows Media Player 9 (bundled with XP SP2+)

Windows Media Player Skins Archive (Windows 9x-XP media player skins)

FindeXer (file explorer, hard to download, requires running a bat file as admin in system32 to work, avoid if you can. Theming guide here)

Classic File Picker dialog (2000-XP)

Explorer 32px Icons (old Medium Icon size)

Classic Volume Slider

No Run Icon (removes the windows icon from the Run dialog box, like XP and earlier)

XP Winver

IPX/SPX Protocol

xfce-winxp-tc (themes, cursors, sounds, applications, and shell for XFCE)

RedmondXP (XP theme for GTK and XFCE)

XPQ4 (Windows XP Linux distro)

B00merang-Project (XP/XP Classic theme for Linux)


Vista/7:

Extended Kernal (lets modern apps work on Vista)

Windows Vibranihorn RC 2.1 (modded Windows 10, looks like Vista)

Reloaded7 (modded Windows 10)

Classic 7 (modded Windows 10)

revert8plus (windows 7 transformation pack for win 8-11)

Windows 10(1809) to 7 Transformation Pack

Windows 10 (21H2-22H2) to 7 Transformation Pack

MondySpartan's Windows 10 to Vista Guide

WindowBlinds (cost money, comes with a free trial) (Vista/7)

BasicThemer6 (free alternative)

OpenGlass (Aero Glass alternative for Windows 8/Windows 11)

DWMBlurGlass (WindowBlinds alternative for Windows 10/Windows 11)

Aero Window Manager

Aero10 for Windows 10 1903-22H2 (free alternative, incompatible with Windows 11)

StartIsBack (cost money, 7 taskbar for 8/10, incompatible with WindowBlinds) (accuracy tweaks)

StartAllBack (cost money, same thing as StartIsBack but for 11, incompatible with WindowBlinds)

RetroBar (Taskbar, free alternative for Vista)

OpenShell (Start Menu, free alternative for Vista)

Windows Media Center 7/Vista (installBLUE.cmd for the blue themed version, choose installGREEN.cmd
for the green themed version. Blue is recommended if you're going for
accuracy because the Green version was only officially installable on
Windows 8/8.1. If you don't see it on your PC after you install it
restart your PC.) (thanks Quentin)

Windows Media Player 12 VLC Skin

8GadgetPack (Weather Gadget fix)

Windows Vista Sidebar for windows 8, 10, & 11 (8GadgetPack alternative)

Windows Vista/7 Gadgets (8GadgetPack alternative)

Windows Vista-exclusive gadgets for Windows 7 (works for 8GadgetPack)

oldnewexplorer

Library Header For Windows 8+ (oldnewexplorer alternative)

Control Panel Restoration Pack

7/Vista Control Panel Colors

Windows Movie Maker 6.0

Windows Live Essentials 2012

7/Vista Volume Mixer

Vista Sounds

7 Sounds

Vista Icons

7 Icons

7/Vista Games

Inkball (missing from the link above)

Game Explorer Reenabler

7 Calculator

Vista Calculator

Vista Paint

7 Paint

Classic Sticky Notes

Classic Wordpad (7-10)

Classic Notepad (7-10)

Restoring classic volume context menu options (Windows 7 Volume Control context menu)

Windows 7 Alt+Tab Loader

WinFlip (Vista 3D Flip)

Vista Calendar

Vista Login Screen

Vista Boot Screen

Vista Mail

Vista Magnifier

Vista Security Center and Firewall applets

Vista Tablet PC & Pen & Touch CPL

Vista Help and Support

7 Help and Support

7 Snipping Tool

7/Vista Keyboard Layout Manager

7 On Screen Keyboard

7 Narrator

7 Sound Recorder

Windows 7 Clock Spacing

7 msconfig

7 "intl.cpl" and "input.dll"

7 Anytime Upgrade

7/Vista UAC

Windows 7 Easy Transfer

Windows 7 DVD Maker

Windows Vista DVD Maker

Vista Network Activity Indicator

Vista Winver

Vista Disk Cleanup

Restore the Disk Pie Chart

Microsoft SharePoint Designer 2010 and Microsoft Office Picture Manager

Open Live Writer (newer, open source version of Windows Live Writer 2012)

VLC Skins (1/2)

The Green Button (Windows Media Center theme for Kodi)

AEROTHEMEPLASMA (7 theme for KDE Plasma)

B00merang-Project (Vista/7 theme for GTK/GNOME)

Office 2013 theme for LibreOffice


Windows 8/8.1:

ProjectBlue (modded Windows 10, looks like 8.1)

Metro 10 v2 (modded Windows 10, looks like 8.1)

Windows 10x8 (modded Windows 10, looks like 8.0)

OpenShell

WindowBlinds (cost money, comes with a free trial) (8.x)

Aero10: Metro (free alternative)

Center Titlebar (titlebar like in win 8.x)

Windows 8 Start Screen Update + Download (requires Start11 in Windows 10 Style)

WinMetro (free alternative, must be set to windows 7 compatibility mode)

Control Panel Restoration Pack

8 Icons

8 Apps

8 Sounds

8 Captions

8.1 HelpPane

8.1 Easy Transfer

Add Features (from 8.1)

Location Settings Control Panel (from 8.1)

Performance Information and Tools (from 8.0)

Restoring classic volume context menu options (Windows 8/8.1 Volume Control context menu)

Charms Bar Port (Windows 8 Charms Bar for Windows 10/11)

B00merang-Project (8/8.1 theme for GTK/GNOME)


Windows 10:

RevertSV (modded Windows 11)

ExplorerPatcher (taskbar for Windows 11, does not work on newer versions)

Windows 10 Retrobar Theme

10 Icons

10 Sounds

Windows 10 1511's Security and Maintenance Control Panel

Classic Display Settings (from 1511)

1607 UAC

1703 Magnifier

1709 Game Explorer

Restoring classic volume context menu options (10056 Volume Control context menu)

Legacy Search Bar (Search Bar from 1909 and earlier)

Disable rounded corners in Windows 11

Windows 10 theme for Wine

B00merang-Project (Windows 10 theme for GTK/GNOME)


Mac:

MacProxy Plus (lets modern websites work on very old Mac systems)

system.css (design system for very old Mac systems)

OS (Old School) (cost money, Mac 1-4 theme)

AquaLickX (older Mac OS X UI elements for modern macOS)

Classic Mac OS Finder (for Windows)

Retroactive (older versions of various Mac programs)

Front-Row (restores partial Front Row functionally on Mac OS Lion/Mountain Lion)

Mountain lion Icons

Mac OS X Sounds

Mac OS X Cursors

macOSLucidaGrande (old font for modern Mac systems)

ViFind (Yosemite-Catalina Menu Bar for Windows)

Lickable Menu Bar (Mavericks/Catalina/Tiger Menu Bar for modern Mac systems)

cDock (cost money, old Mac dock, version for Apple Silicon)

Mac OS X Yosemite Rocketdock theme

iTunes-Experiment (iTunes 10 recreation, needs to be compiled from source)

WinLaunch (Mac Launchpad for Windows)

Leopard-Mavericks Photobooth for Windows

Mac OS X Tiger Front Row for Windows

Mac OS X Address Book and Fontbook for Windows

Mac OS X iCal, Calculator, Shutdown, Force Quit, Finder Preferences, About Finder, About This Mac for Windows

Mac OS X System Preferences for Windows

Mac OS X Parallels Desktop for Windows (move Parallels folder to C: drive for the best effect)

Mac OS X CD/DVD Burning App for Windows

mfslives (allows modern Mac systems to run MFS images and floppy disk)

Executor 2000 (allows modern Mac systems to run older Mac applications)

Platinum9 (Mac OS 9 theme for Linux)

StyleProject (QT4/QT5 theme for Linux)

Yosemite Gtk Theme (Yosemite theme for Linux)

B00merang-Project (Leopard/Mavericks/Cheetah/Catalina/Catalina Dark/Mac OS 9/Mac System 4 theme for GTK/GNOME)

Hotdog LINUX (Classic Mac OS/Aqua Mac OS Linux OS)


Phones:

OldOS (old iPhone theme, technically an app)

iOS 6 Simulator written in Swift (old iPhone theme, technically an app)

iOS 6 Full Theme (iOS 6 theme for modern iOS)

Ultimate iOS 6 Theme Setup Guide (iOS 6 theme for jailbroken iOS)

Checkmate, Store! (allows older iOS devices to download new apps)

Electimon's Repo (allows older iOS devices to download new apps)

AppSync Unified (allows iOS 5+ devices to downgrade apps)

MapsX (fixes iOS 6-7 Maps)

EarthX (fixes Google Earth on old iOS devices)

iTunesStoreX (fixes iTunes stores for old iOS devices)

StoreLayoutsFix (fixes iTunes layout issues on iOS 6)

Modern 6 SE (iOS 6 Icons, Sounds, Wallpapers)

Espier Screen Locker i6 (iOS 6 lock screen for Android)

Espier Screen Locker 7 Pro (iOS 7 lock screen for Android)

Espier Dialer i6 (iOS 6 dialer for Android)

Espier Dialer 7 Pro (iOS 7 dialer for Android)

Espier Control Center 7 Pro (iOS 7 control center for Android)

Espier Music Controller (iOS 6 music control for Android)

Espier Reminders (iOS 6 reminders for Android)

Espier Clock (iOS 6 clock for Android)

iPhony (iOS 6 keyboard/mail for Android)

iLauncher (iOS 6 theme for Android)

Launcher 10 (Windows Phone 10 theme for Android)

Metro UI Launcher 8.1 (Windows 8.1 Tablet theme for Android)

Groove Launcher (Windows Phone 8 theme for Android)

Retiled (Windows Phone 8.x theme for Linux phones)

Lynn Launcher (MeeGo 1.2 theme for Android)

Meeye, Classic MeeGo Icon Pack

Belle ui for Klwp/Kwgt (Symbian launcher for Android, requires KLWP or KWGT)

Donut Launcher 1.3 (Android 1.3 theme)

Android 4.0 ICS Launcher

Launcher 4.4.2 (Android 4.4.2/KitKat theme)

Android 4.4.4 (KitKat) Launcher

Android 5.0 (Lollipop) Launcher

Android Lollipop theme for iOS

Launcher <3 (Android 7-11 theme)

Galaxy S Launcher (Samsung Galaxy Touch Wiz theme for Android)

Google Nexus5 Launcher

Nova Launcher (Android launcher, not old inherently, needs themed)

Nokia Theme for Nova Launcher

Nokia 1280 Launcher (for Android)

Holo Launcher (old Android launcher)

Android Icons (2, 3, 5)

Android 4.0, 4.1 and 4.4 icons

Android 4.2 Icons

Android KitKat AOSP Keyboard

Android KitKat Gallery

Honeycomb Clock (Android 3.x clock)

Ice Cream Sandwich Clock (Android 4.x clock)

Sense flip Clock

Old Camera for Android

Android Honeycomb Camera

Android 5/6/7 AOSP Camera

Old Clock for Android

Android 1.6 Donut Alarm Clock

Android 1.6 Donut Global Clock

Android 1.6 RSS Reader

Android 1.6 Notepad

Android 1.6 Official Example Games

Android Easter Egg Archive

Phone Ringtone Archive

Nexus Revamped (Nexus Live Wallpaper for newer Android phones)

Android 4.x Phase Beam Wallpaper

Android 4.x Bubbles Wallpaper

Android 4.x Black Hole Wallpaper

Home Screen Tips widget for modern Android

Google Classic Car Home

Galaxy Tab A Screensaver

ReLiveWP (restores some functionality to Windows Phone 7/8)

Live Store (Windows Phone 8.1 store)

Windows Phone 7 Apps for Android

Install with Options (removes limit on old apps for Android)

Tango (allows new Android devices to run older apps)

J2ME-Loader (allows new Android devices to run older Java apps)

WPR (allows new Android devices to run older Windows Phone games)

touchHLE (allows new Android devices to run older iOS games)

EKA2L1 (allows Android devices to run Symbian OS/N-Gage apps)

Nofun (allows Android devices to run Mophun apps)

Mythras (allows Android devices to run Mythroad apps)

BREWEmulator (allows Android devices to run Mythroad apps)

HTC Sense Apps port for All Devices


Other:

DiskClick (old HDD clicking sounds)

MikeBonnell.com (1997-2004 Desktop Wallpapers)

Old Icons (assortment of old ICOs)

Version Spoof (Fakes the Windows Version reported to applications)

Classic context menu on Windows 11

Classic Task Manager (applies to literally everything before windows 10)

Windows Journal (various Windows OSes had this)

Winaero Tweaker (various tweaks for Windows 10/11, allows for Classic Shortcut Icons, Windows 7 Photo Viewer, etc.)

Reenable Shutdown Sounds

Eradicate Immersive Menus (restores various old context menu themes for Windows)

Classic Task Dialog Fix (makes the buttons in task dialogs taller like Windows 8.1 and earlier)

Old This PC Commands (forces some commands to use Control Panel instead of Settings, doesn't work on Windows 11)

NTVDMx64 (MS-DOS apps on modern Windows)

KDE on Windows (early KDE apps on Windows)

VAIO Gate Dock for any computer (VAIO Gate for non-VAIO computers)

2ine (allows Linux devices to run OS/2 applications)

Old Ubuntu Sounds

Ubuntu "Human" Cursors

NsCDE (90s desktop environment)

CDE (90s desktop environment)

RetroCoolTerm (retro terminal theme for Linux)

GNUstep (NeXTSTEP theme for Linux)

OneStepBack (NeXTSTEP theme for GTK)

Human theme (old Ubuntu Human theme for GTK)

B00merang-Project (old ChromeOS/Unity 7/Unity 8/Solaris 8/Solaris 9/BeOS/Human/Adwaita/Old Fuchsia theme/80s Terminal/OS/2 Warp 4  for GTK/GNOME)

Hotdog LINUX (Atari ST/Amiga Linux OS)

DS theme for 3DS (1/2)

DSI theme for 3DS (1/2/3) (3DS needs to be hacked)

DS Splash Screen for 3DS (3DS needs to be hacked)

DSI Splash Screen for 3DS (3DS needs to be hacked)

Wii theme for Switch (Grey/Blue) (Switch needs to be hacked)

PS2 Legacy Theme for PS4 (cost money, very cheap)

PRENXE v2+ (Xbox 360 Blades theme for Freestyle Dashboard)

AuroraNXE (Xbox 360 NXE theme for Aurora)

Proto Dash (Blades/NXE/Kinect theme for Proto Stealth)

Original XBOX Legacy theme for Series X

XBOX 360 Blades theme for Series X and Xbox One

TetradUI (XBOX 360 Blades theme for Kodi)

XBOX One 2013 theme for Kodi

PS3 theme for Kodi

PS4 theme for Kodi

DroidTV (Android TV 2014-2015 theme for Kodi)

Dos Terminal (MS-DOS theme for LaunchBox)

DOS Matrix (MS-DOS theme for LaunchBox)

RetrOS - Commodore Amiga (Commodore Amiga theme for LaunchBox)

RetrOS - Commodore 64 (Commodore 64 theme for LaunchBox)

RetrOS - Sinclair ZX Spectrum 0.5 (Sinclair ZX Spectrum 0.5 theme for LaunchBox)

9999999-in-1 Famiclone (50-in-One NES theme for LaunchBox) (also for Pegasus)

Famicom Beach (50-in-One NES theme for Pegasus)

GenesisMini (Sega Genesis Mini theme for LaunchBox)

Mini Consoles Theme - RetroSai Nostalgia - Form over Function (Xbox 360 Blades/Xbox 360 Metro/Xbox One/PS3/PS4/Wii/Wii U/Famicom Classic/NES Classic/SNES Classic/Switch theme for LaunchBox)

NESiCAxLive Theme (NESiCAxLive theme for LaunchBox)

New Pegasus Experience Theme (Xbox 360 NXE theme for Pegasus)

switchOS (Switch theme for Pegasus)

Modern (Switch theme for EmulationStation)

AltHome (2018-2020 webOS TV theme)


Browsers:

Firefox 1.0 theme

Echelon (Firefox 4-29 theme)

Zap's Cool Photon Theme (Firefox 87 theme)

Waterfox Classic

Pale Moon (more visually accurate firefox. Themes (including Firefox 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, Chrome, Opera and Netscape 4), IE 9/10 theme, Netscape 8 theme)

MyPal (based on Firefox Quantum, 3.0 theme)

OtterBrowser (Opera 12.x)

Redmond-Firefox (IE 6-8 theme for Firefox)

MSFX (IE 5 theme for Firefox)

IE 5 Mac Skin, OSX Safari Skin (2 different Firefox themes)

eXPeriencefox (actually good IE 6 theme)

07fox (actually good IE 7 theme)

rinFox (IE 7 and 8 theme for Firefox)

BeautyFox (IE 9, 10 and 11 theme for Firefox)

Geckium (Chrome 1-6, 11, 21, 25, 47, 58 theme for Firefox)

Basilisk (looks like chrome/Firefox)

360chrome (without the spyware. old chrome theme)

ChromifyVivaldi (Chrome 49 theme for Vivaldi)

Classic Blue Theme (back to 50)  (old Chrome colors)

Netscape Clone (Windows/Mac)

Modoki-Firefox (Modern Modoki Netscape theme for Firefox)

K-Meleon (Mozilla's Gecko layout)

SeaMonkey (made with old Firefox source code)

Retrozilla (old Firefox, designed for the Classic style)

Safari-Experiment (Snow Leopard Safari, Mac only)


If I'm missing something, let me know and I'll add it!


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Reply by Rod

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Add these:

VMOS (Android 4.4,5.1 and 7.1 emulator)

https://www.vmos.com/

Internet explorer theme for firefox

https://github.com/matthewmx86/Redmond-Firefox

Nova launcher(you can change the look and animations of android to make it look like previous versions)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=fr&gl=US

Otter browser(browser that looks like opera 12.x)

https://github.com/OtterBrowser/otter-browser

Firefox UI Fix(Old firefox UI)

https://github.com/black7375/Firefox-UI-Fix



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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wow that's really helpful! thanks


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Reply by Quentin

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Windows 7 & Vista Games for Modern Windows

Includes all of the games except inkball

https://win7games.com/#games


Also +7 taskbar tweaker to make the icons on the taskbar bigger like in Windows 7
https://tweaker.ramensoftware.com/

Also heres the download for 3D Pinball and Inkball

https://www.mediafire.com/file/zg6degc2j93k81t/3d_pinball_for_windows_space_cadet.exe/file

https://www.mediafire.com/file/jzo6tnm3f4wk2h6/windows-vista-inkball-game-download-for-xp-and-windows7.zip/file



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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thanks! i didnt know about most of this and i forgot to add pinball, added it all


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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you uninstall it like you do anything else, right click it and click "uninstall"

you need to close it first, to do that you have to right click the bar and click "exit retrobar"


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Reply by Quentin

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I have more but SpaceHey wouldn't let me add it while editing the original reply:


Windows XP Minesweeper: https://archive.org/details/ms_minesweeper


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Reply by Quentin

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Windows 7 Calculator: https://win7games.com/#calc



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Reply by Quentin

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Spacehey not letting me add images to these

Windows Media Center 7/Vista: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1b1h71HJQbiZ_AeQSuRRBoR_n7ObpSafj

Run
installBLUE.cmd for the blue themed version, choose installGREEN.cmd
for the green themed version. Blue is recommended if you're going for
accuracy because the Green version was only officially installable on
Windows 8/8.1. If you don't see it on your PC after you install it
restart your PC.

Windows 7 Calculator: https://win7games.com/#calc


Windows 2000-7 Task Manager: https://win7games.com/#taskmgr



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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thanks again, you have done nothing but give me cool things to add to my forums so thanks a lot


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Reply by Quentin

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Reply by Quentin

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Windows XP

Classic Quicktime Player VLC Skin: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=QuickTime.vlt

Classic iTunes VLC Skin: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=itunes.vlt


Windows 7

Windows Media Player 12 VLC Skin: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=windows_media_player_12.vlt


Other

Skeuomorphic Icon Pack (W.I.P): https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Y8pwAYNUyehk35AFISwszO2hPW30lILX?usp=share_link

ADW Launcher for Android: https://adw-launcher.en.uptodown.com/android



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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thanks again! will not be adding the mac stuff because then i have to look for more mac stuff, but thanks again


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Reply by Quentin

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The quicktime and itunes themes are supposed to replicate the windows versions released in the early-mid 2000s


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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oh ok, will add then, thanks!


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Reply by Rod

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Here are themes to add:

VMOS (Android 4.4,5.1 and 7.1 emulator)

https://www.vmos.com/

Nova launcher (Lets you customize icons and alot of stuff!!!)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher&hl=fr&gl=US

Classic themes and icons for Nova launcher:

Nokia theme for nova launcher:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guWZDgjwp8A

Old samsung icon packs:

Samsung galaxy S2 icon pack: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/q-samsung-galaxy-s2-icon-pack.1092425/

Samsung galaxy S3 icon pack:https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/icon-galaxy-s3-complete-pack-icons-wallpapers-flashable-update-v5-final.1699249/

Windows 8.1 theme for windowblinds 11

https://www.deviantart.com/fytuf/art/EnhancedMetro8X-911944451

Windows 8/7/XP/10 icon packs(these are executables that changes every windows icon from the file explorer,desktop and even the control panel)

https://github.com/2013Windows81/IconPacks/find/main

Windows 8 RTM wallpaper pack:

https://www.deviantart.com/misaki2009/art/Windows-8-RTM-Wallpapers-317093751

Windows 8.1 wallpaper pack.

https://www.deviantart.com/misaki2009/art/Windows-8-1-RTM-Wallpapers-396286302

Windows 8.1 sounds:

https://winsounds.com/windows-8-default-sounds/

Windows 7 theme for WB 11:

https://www.deviantart.com/fytuf/art/BetterAero7X-875022700

Windows Vista theme for WB11:

https://www.deviantart.com/fytuf/art/BetterAeroVistaX-875258248

Windows XP theme for WB11:

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/9262/




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Reply by GRIFFEN

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thanks! already have the sounds and i'm waiting for 8 until next year when people will need it, but i'm adding the phone stuff


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Reply by Rod

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Here are more themes to add:

Old samsung themes skinpack for One UI (Requires rooting/hacking to apply a theme permanently)

https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/one-ui-theme-pack-old-style-samsung-galaxy-touchwiz-series-and-samsung-experience-themes-for-one-ui-devices.4308527/

Windows media player 11 (Windows Vista) theme for VLC:

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=Win_VLC_11.vlt



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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oh i totally forgot to say thanks, thanks!


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Reply by Mr Alan

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add https://github.com/valinet/ExplorerPatcher ( for win11 )


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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i knew about it but i forgot the name, thank you!


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Reply by delicious2003

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Please add Roytam's browsers, good option to browse the web on Windows 2000 with Extended Kernel or newer versions. You can find these browsers here:
http://i430vx.net/files/XP/RoyTam%20Browser%20Installer.exe
The official page is rtfreesoft.blogspot.com
Between these browsers, the most interesting (in my opinion) are Borealis/BNavigator (a fork of Netscape 5 with Html5 support), and Basilisk UXP for XP. Other important tool is Sound Manager
https://github.com/ORelio/Sound-Manager
This tool makes changing sound and adding/modifying Startup/shutdown sounds in Windows Vista and newer easier as it was in XP.
Regarding Android, you should add Belle Launcher (a launcher which is highly customizable and looks like Symbian), Launcher 95 (launcher with Windows 95 look) and RapidLauncherXP.


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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hi, added the netscape thing, but basilisk is already here, winaero tweaker can already change those sounds, belle launcher doesn't look really close to Symbian from what I can see, and those other two phone launchers make it look like a computer. thank you for the suggestions though!


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add these things to theme android:

holo launcher it's an exact rip of android ics

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobint.hololauncher.hd

android 4.0, 4.1 and 4.4 icons

https://www.deviantart.com/hktorito/art/Android-4-0-4-1-4-4-Icons-924738288

clock ics a rip of the android ics clock with multiple themes for 1.2 etc

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.clockics

sense flip clock for if you want a sense ui theme

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.senseflipclockweather

csbw allows you to make a custom search bar best for replicating ics google search

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.natewren.csbw

galaxy s launcher a launcher that mimics galaxy touchwiz 2

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.galaxy.s.launcher

old weather widget

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.droid27.transparentclockweather

winamp for android

https://winamp.en.uptodown.com/android

firefox aurora old browser for android

https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/mozilla/firefox-nightly-for-developers/firefox-aurora-for-developers-54-0a2-release/

camera ics the old camera app https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics



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Reply by Rod

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Here are more suggestions to add to this forum:

Nexus revamped (Old nexus android live wallpaper,comes with customizable settings to change the colors and backrground,there are other old android wallpapers like bubbles or spiral and more but couldnt find them,I'll send them to you once I find a way to get them):

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details%3Fid%3Dcom.stealthcopter.nexusrevamped%26hl%3Den_US%26gl%3DUS%26referrer%3Dutm_source%253Dgoogle%2526utm_medium%253Dorganic%2526utm_term%253Dnexus%2Brevamped%26pcampaignid%3DAPPU_1_cnewY8G3CL2DhbIPnpyDCA&ved=2ahUKEwjBuOXUtqT8AhW9QUEAHR7OAAEQ5IQBegQIBxAF&usg=AOvVaw2sOG8njxr_w2bRRRBwl0KD

Android 1.6 icons:

https://www.deviantart.com/hktorito/art/Android-1-6-Icons-917739846

Android 5.0 lollipop icons:

https://www.deviantart.com/eatosdesign/art/Android-Lollipop-Icons-491326893

Iron browser (browser that is a 1:1 replica of old chrome's design,comes with app for android)

https://www.srware.net/iron/





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Reply by GRIFFEN

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wow! there's a lot of phone request coming in! added!


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Reply by Rod

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I discovered that Iron browser has the new chrome design now!!!

My bad

Also I have a question:

How do I apply the old chrome design to 360chrome ,i dont know how to do it

P.s:in the description,you should change the year from 2022 to 2023


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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truth is i also dont know how to use 360chrome, my friend uses it and it works for him but i refuse to install it


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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also thanks for letting me know!


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Reply by Rod

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To bad there aren't any good methods to restore the old google chrome layout.

There used to be a flag in google chrome to enable the old design but it's gone now.

The only thing to get the old chrome design is to use an old version of google chrome,chromium or chrome canary.

This is a link to download old versions of chrome or any browser:

https://www.browserstack.com/guide/downgrade-to-older-versions-of-chrome(Download chrome version 69 and below that to get old design)

NOTE:Some websites like google clouds are unsupported on versions of chrome that has the old design.

Also,there are methods to restore old google chrome context menus,settings pages and have the old blue gradient theme back)

Old chrome settings styles:

https://www.askvg.com/tip-restore-classic-settings-and-other-pages-ui-in-google-chrome/

Old chrome context menus(disables windows 11 rounded context menus):

https://www.askvg.com/tip-enable-or-disable-windows-11-style-menus-and-ui-in-chrome-and-edge/

Old chrome blue theme:

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/classic-blue-theme-back-t/jammgopjmlachkjhifkdjccbphdcapei


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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i wont support using old browsers, but between Firefox and Pale Moon the look is not dead through custom layouts (that i havent linked because i forgot to)

i'll add those layouts i was mentioning soon!


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Reply by Rod

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I have a question:

How do I change windows icons like the control panel,file explorer,etc icons ?


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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FIRST: reenable "Personalization Classic" with winaero tweaker
SECOND: go to "Personalization Classic" (in Control Panel)
THIRD: click "Change Desktop Icons"

i know there's a way to do it without all these steps but that's just the way i do it


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Reply by Rod

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You forgot one of my suggestions like VMOS pro aswell has the android 5.0 icon pack



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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added 5.0 icons but I'm not adding VMOS, if it from china then i wont add it (exception was made for 360chrome because my friend stripped out all the spyware)


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Reply by Rod

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VMOS pro does not have any type of bloatware what so ever,

It doesn't spy on you and it does a pretty good job at emulating old versions of android

You can even create custom ROMs with it.

You can modify the preinstalled ones and you can change the wallpaper,icons styles,more aswell as adding,removing apps.

Ex:

There is a preinstalled android 4.4 one and you want to make it look like 4.0,you can change the icons,etc to make it look like 4.0


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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i cant take your word for it and i dont have the money to replace my phone if it is full if bloat or spyware, sorry but i wont add it


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Reply by Rod

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I think you should add windows 8.1 theme now since it's ended of support,here's the list of it:

Windows 8.1 icons:

https://www.deviantart.com/cozzmy13/art/Windows-8-Original-Icons-Largest-Icon-Pack-407985804

Windows 8.1 theme (for Windowblinds):

https://www.deviantart.com/fytuf/art/EnhancedMetro8X-911944451

Windows 8.1  apps:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1D9-nS1R682TZoog6DOs_GO9nCJ0P9ipb/view

Windows 8.1 sounds:

https://winsounds.com/windows-8-default-sounds/

Windows 8.1 task manager:

https://win7games.com/#taskmgr10


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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since windows 8.1 is still supported there is no reason to add these yet. also the task manager should still be there


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Reply by Quentin

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8.1 just ended support today lol


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Reply by Rod

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Windows 8.1 has now ended support today


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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wait really!? will add these tomorrow then!


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Reply by Rod

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You should categorize both samsung and google android because they are different


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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i don't know phones well enough to sort these things, when i learn more about phones I'll sort it


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Reply by Rod

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Android used to have these old live wallpapers like bubbles,phase beam,nexus,etc

Here are the old android live wallpapers from old versions of android:

Live wallpaper manager (to apply the live wallpapers):

https://m.apkpure.com/live-wallpaper-manager/sightidea.com.manage.livewallpaper/download

Phase beam,bubbles and black hole live wallpapers:

https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/apk-stock-ics-live-wallpapers-lwps.1439540/

Nexus wallpaper:

https://nexus-revamped.fr.aptoide.com/app

Nexus rain wallpaper:

https://www.appsapk.com/nexus-rain-live-wallpaper/

Also here are some other stuff to add:

Windows media player 11 VLC skin:

https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-skins2-go.php?url=WMP11.vlt

ViGlance (Same as retrobar,except it's a Windows 7 styled taskbar):

https://github.com/lee-soft/ViGlance

Vistart (Open shell alternative):

https://github.com/lee-soft/ViStart



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Reply by GRIFFEN

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thank you! will add later


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Reply by RobloxObby555

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Hello. any links to the Windows 7 movie maker? i cant find it in the list


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Reply by GRIFFEN

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the windows 7 movie maker should be bundled with the XP one as 6.0, if its not then i'll add it next time i rememver when im home


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Reply by Quentin

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Shouldn't you add this too since Windows EXPERIENCE was added? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8a5jA8o6Ws


(Only linking the video instead of archive.org cuz it has a more updated version)


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