![]() I don't plan on migrating to Windows 8, so I will not continue the tests, except if someone is interested.ĮDIT: Don't try to use this program as it is not compatible with UAC! I will only make it UAC-compliant if there is demand. ![]() Warning: this program will create a service and replace the default shell with itself if the installation goes wrong, the computer may not start anymore! You can run DESKN.CPL to customize the colors. Copy the file ClassicTheme.exe to C:\Windows and run it to install. You can see the result in these screenshots : default theme (77kb) and my theme (56kb) You can download the program here (72kb, only tested on Windows 8.1 x86). The only problem I found is that the taskbar does not observe the color settings. ![]() The dialog to customize colors and sizes is no more present so I used the one from Windows NT 5.0 Beta. I have written a quick and dirty program to automate the task at startup. The first thing that upset me, apart from the presence of the new "Metro" interface, is that the Classic theme is no more present (my eyes can't stand white backgrounds on screens so I need to customize the colors and I am used to the same theme for 8 years).Īfter some tinkering, I figured out that the classic theme can be restored for new processes by closing the handle to a shared memory section named "\Sessions\\Windows\ThemeSection" in the WinLogon process. ![]() Today I installed Windows 8 for the first time in a virtual machine to try it.
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