![]() ![]() It hasn’t been updated since 2009, but a lot of people still love using it because of the simple GUI interface. Also, it hasn’t been updated since 2010, which is eons ago! bbLean (stalled)įor those of you who like the minimalistic look for your desktop, bbLean is a good choice. Also, AstonShell is not free, so you’ll have to cough up $30 if you really want to convert your desktop into something crazy. It’s definitely not for those who want a minimalistic look or a modern look. AstonShell (stalled)ĪstonShell is definitely not my favorite shell replacement program, but it might be great for some! If you really liked specific themes like Christmas or Disney, etc, then you can use AstonShell to download all kinds of crazy themes and convert your desktop into whatever you like. With a little bit of self-learning, you can customize the taskbar, system tray, clock, start menu, explorer interface, etc. You can create multilevel desktops, desktop panels, and lots more. Talisman Dekstop is a commercial shell replacement that has a good number of themes you can download to fully customize your desktop environment. However, the themes and modules are still being updated/created by users. It’s probably not going to work with Windows 10. LiteStep has been around for a very long time and the latest release was in 2011, so quite a while back. Using LiteStep with some of the modules requires a little more technical experience than some of the other programs, but it can do just about anything you want if you get into it. You can customize your desktop in a multitude of ways and it’s all open source and free. ![]() Just install it and then start installing themes, scripts or modules. LiteStep was another awesome replacement desktop for your Windows PC. You can also create virtual desktops to manage your desktop windows. Sharpenviro also supports multiple monitors, which is essential nowadays since a lot of people have more than one monitor. You can also customize pretty much everything, which is the hallmark of a good shell replacement program. You can create multiple toolbars that are similar to the Windows taskbar, but you can customize them and they can also include real-time info like monitoring CPU, taking notes, getting weather reports, etc. Sharpenviro (stalled)Īnother good shell alternative is Sharpenviro. It replaces Windows Explorer, the taskbar, the start button and pretty much everything else. Emerge Desktop (stalled)Įmerge Desktop was probably one of the most popular Windows replacement shells out there before it stopped developed in 2015. Since the last stable release was just in 2017, it still works fine in Windows 10, 8, 7, etc. It’s also highly customizable, which is kind of the point if you are replacing your entire Windows shell. Hopefully, someone picks it back up for him because it’s definitely one of the better shell replacements.Īs the name suggests, it can give Windows that classic look from older versions. Classic Shell (stalled)Ĭlassic Shell was active till the end of 2017, but the developer has stopped working on it after 8 long years. It’s not highly customizable or anything like that, but it does give your desktop a unique look. It kind of makes your Windows desktop look more like the Mac OS X desktop. Otherwise, if you want a specific theme to use a wallpaper other than the one it came with, follow Vectornut's advice: select the theme in the Themes tab, click the Open Folder button and replace the theme's wallpaper.* file.CarioShell is the only modern looking and active Windows shell alternative that allows you to access your files and programs faster from the desktop. If you want that wallpaper to be preserved when you switch between themes, you can enable the 'Lock Wallpaper' setting in the General tab of Preferences. If you want to switch to a wallpaper in your hard drive completely unrelated to your existing Winstep themes, just use the Windows wallpaper dialog. It gives you the commodity of being able to select and use wallpapers from different themes but that is as far as it goes. This said, Winstep applications are not intended as wallpaper managers, you can already do that pretty easily from Windows itself. Wallpapers are a very important part of a theme: a bad wallpaper can break a great theme and vice-versa. In other words, there seems to be no way to pick a jpg, gif whatever. But, for the life of me I can't see how you choose a new image(S) from say, my hard drive. I know how to change a specific theme's single wallpaper - just RTFM. ![]()
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