UPDATE!: For all those who have updated from Classic Shell to Open-Shell, make sure that you place the skin in the Open-Shell folder instead of the Classic Shell folder. Note that any skin mods such as this one which are based on the Metro skin and depend on the Windows 8/Windows 10 color engine will not work on Windows 7. Despite the name, Start11 works on both Windows 10 and Windows 11. You should now have the good old Windows XP fonts! EDIT: Another light/pastel colors Start Menu skin for Windows 7 style available below. The premier Start menu replacement for Windows is Stardock’s Start11. To use the skin, extract the skin to "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\Skins", using 7zip ( You can download it from here: To apply the skin, open the classic shell start menu settings, go to the skin tab and from the menu, choose "Windows XP Luna New" and click OK. If you want to do so, you will have to do it manually, because the skin does not contain the icons and it neither contains the start menu structure. You can restore the ability to customize Classic Theme by using an old dialog from a Windows NT 5.0 beta which still works under modern Windows. As you can see in the screenshot I also changed the icons. Adjusting Classic theme from within Windows 8/8.1/10/11 is no longer possible by default because Microsoft removed support for it in the Personalization panel/Settings. It doesn't look exactly like it is in Windows XP, but at least unlike the default Windows XP Luna skin, it has the correct font. Finally, click on the dropdown button next to Taskbar alignment and change the value from. Now scroll down a little and select Taskbar behaviors. ![]() Then select Personalization on the left sidebar and click on the Taskbar option on the right pane. skin7 files into C:Program FilesOpen-ShellSkins so the skin is recognized. To install, copy the Fluent-Metro.skin and. During installation, you can choose to exclude the Explorer and IE integration, as it is not necessary for the Start menu feature. That is why I am publishing this skin file for classic shell. To do that, open Settings by clicking on the Windows key and the letter I simultaneously. Open-Shell is a highly regarded Start menu replacement for Windows used by many enthusiasts. For some reason the font in the classic shell start menu uses the default font "Segoe UI", even if you changed the system font. ![]() If you have tried to make the Windows 7, 8, 8.1 or 10 start menu like from Windows XP, by using classic shell, you might have noticed that the font in the menu is incorrect.
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