How to make Windows 11 look like Windows 10 in 2 minutes


Hi everyone!

After my recent success attempting to revive the Windows 10 look, yet with the Windows 11 functionalities, I have come to a conclusion that it is dead easy to do.

First what does it look like?

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As you can see we have everything: The start menu, taskbar and search, and on top of that - even the ALT + Tab view!

Benefits of this program:
  • 100% free
  • Opensource
  • Does not affect system performance
  • Everything is neat, so clock etc is the correct size
  • Heaps of customisation
The software? It is Explorer patcher.

How to create this look
  1. First off, download Explorer patcher, and install it. On github you can simply open the latest release and download the exe at a <2mb file size.
  2. This will immediately give you the Windows 10 taskbar, but not start menu.
  3. To get the start menu, right click your taskbar and select Properties
  4. Select Start Menu, then after Start Menu style it will say Windows 11. Click that, and change it to windows 10.
  5. Below this, ensure after 'Position on screen', it states 'At screen edge'.
  6. Under the Taskbar option, you can choose the size of icons, hiding options and more!

Thank you for reading, and if you have any questions please do ask below!
 

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Great to hear people are finding this useful.
I have reverted to the original W11 looks as they have brought in some functionality that was missing previously such as dragging files between programs on the taskbar, etc..
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11 21H2
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Chillblast
    CPU
    AMD Ryzen 3 3100
    Motherboard
    Asus ROG Strix b450-f
    Memory
    Corsair 8GB x 2 (16GB)
    Graphics Card(s)
    Asus Nvidia Geforce GTX 1650 Super
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Dell 27" 1440p
    Screen Resolution
    1440p
    Hard Drives
    Seagate Barracuda 1TB
    256GB NVME Seagate Barracuda
    Browser
    Firefox / Edge
    Antivirus
    Windows Defender
  • Operating System
    Windows 8.1
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Amd E2
    Memory
    4GB
    Hard Drives
    128GB SSD
hi everyone, is there a way to revert back to the windows 11 default ?

update : doh !!.. uninstalling the patch will revert back to win 11.
 
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My Computer

System One

  • OS
    windows 11
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