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Classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista taskbar for modern versions of Windows

15 mentions on Hacker News by 7 people: 4 stories, 11 comments · first 2021-08-18 · latest 2025-09-10

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  1. https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar to have customisable Windows 98/XP like taskbar
    comment by smusamashah · 2025-09-10 · in Windows 10 resists its end: usage share climbs while Windows 11's falls
  2. …XP visually, and they always appreciate it. [1] https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu [2] https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
    comment by ajdude · 2024-01-07 · in Windows XP 2024 Edition is everything I want from a new OS
  3. https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar replicates all old taskbar and I have been using it for a long time now. Works perfectly on Windows 10.
    comment by smusamashah · 2023-12-20 · in A KDE Plasma theme that aims to replicate the look and feel of Windows 7
  4. …for a very long time, didn't know it now exists. Thanks for recommending. I have switched to https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar/ for a very a while now but this is very intriguing.
    comment by smusamashah · 2023-11-22 · in Fluent Search
  5. https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar gives at least the classic taskbar back. I have been using it on windows 10 for a while now. It is much better experience.
    comment by smusamashah · 2023-08-25 · in The History of Windows 2.0
  6. I recommend using RetroBar https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar Its portable and gives your taskbar look of Windows 98 -> Vista.
    comment by smusamashah · 2022-12-18 · in Windows 11 update added 'Search' label to taskbar search button – how to remove?
  7. A few people are trying to claim it back! My current favorite - https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
    comment by trap_goes_hot · 2022-11-28 · in Designing Windows 95’s User Interface (2018)
  8. …that liked the Classic windows taskbar that has been removed in W11, I'd like to plug RetroBar - https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
    comment by trap_goes_hot · 2022-11-15 · in Show HN: Rethinking Tabs in Firefox
  9. …available, it makes the above "paving over" process much easier than a retail/pro edition. [0]: https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar [1]: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do...
    comment by selfhoster11 · 2022-08-31 · in Show HN: AutoHotkey for Linux
  10. When it comes to the task bar, the closest to it might be RetroBar: https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
    comment by seritools · 2022-07-13 · in A Windows 95-like shell for Windows 3.1x
  11. …taskbar will slowly break. Perhaps alternative taskbars [1] will become popular at some point. [1]: https://github.com/dremin/RetroBar
    comment by wolpoli · 2022-04-12 · in Microsoft explains why you can't move Windows 11 Taskbar