Deleting EVERY Windows theme?!

This is probably the most interesting way to break Windows 8 and above. All the UWP/Modern UI stuff breaks but the proper Win32 stuff is completely fine. Third to last video before weekly upload schedule returns
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#windows #tech #experiment #windows11

[@spacey398]

so windows 11 is just overlay on windows 10 which is overlay on windows 7 basic theme which is overlay on windows 2000 theme wow

[@dumo178]

my ranked teammates:

[@Gui2226]

that's it

[@riggyuttd]

...which is overlay on... msdos??/

[@ThatRandomToast]

The basic theme is part of a msstyles, which Microsoft just didn't change it

[@Gui2226]

@@riggyuttd MS-DOS wasn't overlayed as it doesn't have a graphical interface. It's just text and a black screen. There isn't a window covering any part of the screen.

[@10GTech]

Launching Explorer crashes because it's too filled with UWP/XAML stuffs now which requires DWM

[@lilmonix]

Windows since Vista hasn't changed much underhood. So not surprisingly, kill dwm.exe and Windows returns to the Windows Basic theme. And honestly, win32 things are always more stable and agile than UWP apps September 6, 2024 12:11PM

[@gitq]

Some things in Windows date back to Windows 3.1 or even MS-DOS. Windows has always been a conglomeration of its predecessors. Now, instead of changing or removing unnecessary features, they prefer to stuff crap into the Start Menu with their ads.

[@10GTech]

Has always been like that. Maybe the source code branch itself is too bloated that MS decided to paint fresh over with a new layer instead of actually "sanding the rust down"

[@ThatRandomToast]

Actually the only two versions that can be considered "completely new" are Windows 1.0 and NT 3.1

[@Ransomwave]

Why did bro timestamp his own comment 😭🙏

[@SuperTort0ise]

I agree. September 6, 2024 23:44UTC-4

[@DanielClear2]

1:11 This is not true. It's a feature called "Hardware Cursor", which allows the GPU to draw the cursor directly to the framebuffer, improving cursor latency and stability. As it's a GPU feature, it requires DWM to function.

[@XeZrunner]

I believe I also saw it mentioned somewhere that this also improves the way the cursor is drawn when in HDR mode.

[@laglife]

Shouldn't this only cause the cursor to vanish then? In my case the mouse became entirely unresponsive. Also, this feature exists on Windows 10, and ending DWM doesn't break the mouse there

[@imaguyyesmale]

I think I just learned from this comment and reply section that windows is a black magic box lol /J

[@DanielClear2]

​@@laglife Yes, cursor works on Windows 10 on DWM failure, because they still supported software rendering (technically, in practice UWP broke). With Windows 11, they essentially always have compositing, even if the GPU is not capable of it. They essentially emulate a GPU in software instead of pure software rendering. That's why when DWM is dead, a lot of things break now. Let's just say that IT guys are not happy with Windows 11's always-on compositing when systems break, because it affects safe mode too.

[@BurnerAccount101-ui4et]

​@@DanielClear2Is it even possible to make "Hardware cursor" work in software rendering when using Windows 11

[@Cheddy]

You should try using explorer7, which is basically Windows 7's explorer running on 8.1/10/11, works perfectly with classic theme afaik

[@laglife]

I've literally just heard of this, works great on Windows 11. I'll probably make a video on it at some point (maybe Saturday?)

[@Cheddy]

@@laglife ye lol it literally JUST came out like yesterday

[@Toyota833]

Hey where can i download it ?​@@Cheddy

[@WinclassicEnderboy]

Well, that’s one way to enable classic theme, you know if you download windhawk and enable eradicate immersive menus then you classic context menus will work

[@LimeDash-ub4qc]

Nice video, waiting for the next one! :D

[@MatthewTehSpartanUpdated]

This is basically a tutorial for how to turn your PC to look like Windows 7 Basic Theme + Windows 10 taskbar and then turning it to Windows 9x theme + Windows 10 broken taskbar lol Alternate/A random title lol: How to make your Windows 11 look like Windows 7/Windows 2000/Windows 10!!! + BREAKING THE PC!!!!

[@snowmaske]

You deserve a medal gentleman

[@vogelboys74]

Yaay System theme that can be also done with C# Application.VisualStyleState and drawn with ControlPaint!

[@Paolog_]

Cool video !!! I will try with other UWP apps

[@juniorwmg]

Arc on Windows is a complete UWP app.

[@FF9F00]

1:00 this is not Windows 7 basic, its original name is Windows Vista basic. Windows UI has been the same under the hood ever since 2006

[@_GhostMiner]

You should've used Windows 8 for this. W8 has none of the UWP junk that's in Win10 and 11, so it's a lot more stable.

[@BurnerAccount101-ui4et]

Windows 8 and 8.1 have Metro UI which is the predecessor of UWP. That also encounters issues when DWM isn't running.

[@_GhostMiner]

@@BurnerAccount101-ui4et but not as much. Metro apps usually run in an entirely different window than all desktop windows

[@BurnerAccount101-ui4et]

@@_GhostMinerMetro UI apps are essentially a Fullscreen window on top of all running apps.

[@mrfoxesite4482]

cmd runs pretty decent in all these conditions

[@10GTech]

Did this on Windows 10, pretty much the same result, except that tbe File Explorer can be opened up and running, albeit a buggy bar at the top. I will release the video soon

[@a_nicegaming]

Correct title: how to get 30 year old theme no downloads

[@Zayeemlol]

how can a soul figure do it??!! IT'S CRAAAAAAZYYYYYY!!!!!!!

[@rblx.pomeshik2319]

How to get a theme from windows 7 to windows 11💀

[@Parsa-mine]

Windows 11:broke edition 😅

[@Pc_User_Pro]

Nice video like every time!

[@UltraCenterHQ]

Finally... Windows NT

[@frumpymussel13]

fire song 0:00 🔥🔥🔥

[@Galaxy.Windows]

congrass!!! you just got the main gui of Windows. unchanged since Windows 98

[@_kitaes_]

95*

[@Galaxy.Windows]

@@_kitaes_ NT 5.0 motified it with gradients, but i said 98 as its easier to say and its most known.

[@_kitaes_]

@@Galaxy.Windows oh nevermind btw isn't nt 5.0 just 2000? 98 is the first version released to have this gradient but also gradient is the only thing changed

[@Galaxy.Windows]

@@_kitaes_ NT 5.0 came out in 1997 while Windows 2000 came out in 1999

[@WindowsDestroyer]

This video was already epic before I watched it

[@WXYRGT]

The mouse curser is probably invisible cuz the curser looking is stored in themes

[@SagefulGaming]

Cursor*

[@WXYRGT]

@@SagefulGaming 🤓☝️

[@YeahhColix]

​@@WXYRGThe was just pointing it out

[@平地貞彦]

still old theme its here....

[@FlushDesert22]

Wasn't the basic theme introduced in Vista?

[@Gui2226]

You can consider Luna style from Windows XP a basic style. Vista had the its basic theme based on Windows XP style.

[@Zoomer_Animations]

windows 11 is just windows 10 if you think about it with 1 percent brain

[@RandomytchannelGD]

Nice

[@pb-doslegacy2020]

how to get basic theme in windows 11 (real working 100%)

[@Versanitybutreal]

Binbows 7

[@LinuxPengueni-Gnu]

dwm.exe

[@thearchuser]

bro installed dwm on windows 😂 where is i3wm bspwm 😂

[@BrandonUtomo69]

Ok

[@sdxq]

if this was on windows 10 than the OS would have just defaulted back to windows 7 theme

[@zvdxc]

This is 10

[@BurnerAccount101-ui4et]

On 11 it does the same??

[@VSteam81]

cool. im watching this on a dell inspiron with an intel celeron 900 and 2gb of ram in void linux + i3. youtube loading is slow but it works lol

[@mrfoxesite4482]

ok pal my computer is better. but yours is better condition.

[@mrfoxesite4482]

try to put sensible songs. the first second it scares me.

[@ErdrickHero]

Take the L dude. Music is fine.

[@mrfoxesite4482]

@@ErdrickHero i just joked its Japanese soudning

[@BurnerAccount101-ui4et]

Bro is only good at commenting than watching till the end

[@PersonausdemAll]

Lol there are no themes anymore since Windows 8. Only this ugly flat shit..