{"id":559784,"date":"2023-03-05T18:24:51","date_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/this-windows-11-customization-takes-you-back-to-windows-2000-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2023-03-05T18:24:51","modified_gmt":"2023-03-05T15:24:51","slug":"this-windows-11-customization-takes-you-back-to-windows-2000-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-windows-11-customization-takes-you-back-to-windows-2000-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#This Windows 11 Customization Takes You Back to Windows 2000 \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a418c5269756\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a418c5269756\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/this-windows-11-customization-takes-you-back-to-windows-2000-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CThis_Windows_11_Customization_Takes_You_Back_to_Windows_2000_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;This Windows 11 Customization Takes You Back to Windows 2000 \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CThis_Windows_11_Customization_Takes_You_Back_to_Windows_2000_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;This Windows 11 Customization Takes You Back to Windows 2000 \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-147369\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2023\/03\/f5bf31d6.png?width=1200\" alt=\"Windows 11 themed like Windows 2000\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\">u\/ExoGeniVI, prozad94<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Do you ever yearn for the days of blocky gray operating systems? Well, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> user <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/windows\/comments\/11fhssn\/windows_11_classic_theme_oh_and_i_also_installed\/\">u\/ExoGeniVI<\/a> found a way to transform Windows 11 into Windows 2000, complete with old <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s, <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>lications, and Clippy. And with a bit of work, you can do something similar to your desktop.<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a hack or a virtual machine\u2014u\/ExoGeniVI is using <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stardock.pxf.io\/c\/156932\/1403858\/15833?subId1=rg&amp;subId2=147349&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stardock.com%2Fproducts%2Fwindowblinds%2F&amp;subid3=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=ir\">StarDock WindowBlinds<\/a> to customize the theming in Windows 11. The basic Windows operating system isn\u2019t very customization-friendly, so a third-party tool like StarDock is required for this kind of project.<\/p>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/winclassic.boards.net\/thread\/823\/windows-2000-theme-windowblinds\">Windows 2000 skin<\/a> utilized in this project was originally posted on the WinClassic forums by prozad94. That said,\u00a0u\/ExoGeniVI didn\u2019t just install the skin and call it a day. Many of the things you see in these images, including the File Explorer, app icons, and software were manually put together by\u00a0u\/ExoGeniVI.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, one of the most interesting parts of this project is the old software. Apps like Internet Explorer v5.5 still work in Windows 11 thanks to Microsoft\u2019s obsession with backward compatibility. Microsoft Word 2000 also works, complete with Clippy (albeit with a broken transparency effect).<\/p>\n<p>You can achieve a simplified version of\u00a0u\/ExoGeniVI\u2019s retro desktop using <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stardock.pxf.io\/c\/156932\/1403858\/15833?subId1=rg&amp;subId2=147349&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.stardock.com%2Fproducts%2Fwindowblinds%2F&amp;subid3=xid:{xid}&amp;___trxnet=ir\">StarDock WindowsBlinds<\/a> and prozad94\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/winclassic.boards.net\/thread\/823\/windows-2000-theme-windowblinds\">Windows 2000 skin<\/a>. That said, a more authentic Windows 2000 experience requires a lot of work\u2014you\u2019ll need to play with some elements in StarDock and Windows (I don\u2019t suggest doing this on your primary desktop, as you might break something). Oh, I should also note that StarDock WindowBlinds has a Windows XP theme built into its editor.<\/p>\n<p><small>Source:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/windows\/comments\/11fhssn\/windows_11_classic_theme_oh_and_i_also_installed\/\">u\/ExoGeniVI<\/a>\u00a0via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.windowscentral.com\/software-apps\/windows-11\/redditor-brings-ugly-windows-2000-aesthetics-back-to-windows-11\">Windows Central<\/a><\/small>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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