ReactOS taskbar + Win10 desktop + Classic Shell

One more reason to avoid Win10. Still on Win8.1 works well.

Spitwirez another thought : could u port the linux xpde gui to windows 10

Actually somebody modded xpde further in 2004 linux.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Environment/Window-Managers/XPde-1786.shtml
Maybe there is code there that can help for a completely new gui so we have a lean fast ui when microsoft forces more crap down our throat.
Ros explorer is a GREAT project and hopefully the reactos team could adapt its code to make reactos more compatible seeing how they left their ui in decay.
The clock seems to load timedate.cpl when clicking on it which is good maybe theres a setting for calendar view or we could just snatch the calendar from reactos?.
I still cant get that startbutton to work , but classicshell is opensource why not add it to the taskbar and delete the uncommented ros code? (saves us from installing classicshell)

startbutton ahk crashes the startmenu im using this tweak to get normal menus on regular 10 www.askvg.com/tip-get-rid-of-dark-context-menu-in-windows-10-taskbar/ but it does not work with ros explorer .
i could need that step by step guide cause win10 even creators update messed up big time , you can no longer disable schedule service and expect taskbar to work and that sucks.

Splitwirez It might be easier if you can open it using command or shortcut. But Win10 explorer is still needed to properly display wallpaper and desktop icons.

Holy crap I finally found a hope! I joined this forum just now because I found this. I am definatley getting around to trying this out but so I wont have to go trough a painful disappointment a question. Does Reactos taskbar have the thing with the multiple customisable panels like win 2000 and win XP?

because I resorted to picking up coding again after years of not programming anything since VB.net in an attempt to make at least one decent additional sidepanel with shortcuts and menus

(Heres yesturdays attempt but i ran into a problem where any maximized window slides underneath the panel, Thanks to you guys i now have some idea why that is)
and even proceeded with learning my way around systems such as Emdedded standard 7 and 2009 (modular industrial windows systems) in hopes of maybe somehow switching or modifying the XP and 7/10 taskbar components for that extra bar on the side.

But even if Reactos dosent have that yet, hell. For windows 10, this is still much better than the default shell.

See only about 2 hours ago, I was putting together an embedded system when the two windows components Default shell and shell with custom shell support made me realize and remember HOLY CRAP! Custom shells for windows is still a thing! This got me searching for which ones are available and even trying one (Forgot what its called but a total piece of crap with pretty glossy transparent paintjob) Anyway, Reactos shell is on my list now but this got me already pretty deep into the idea of making a personalized distro, and I am installing it now and will be trying Reactos shell the first thing


[EDIT/UPDATE] (sorry for the rant, if i made it too late for the party or if this was already discussed in this forum. )

I tried Reactos panel from this thread (Worked on windows 7, screwed up my Windows 10 but thats ok)
And i realized that Its not that i used the wrong type of form or missed a flag somewhere. This happens with both of the panels Explorer and Reactos. Windows Slide underneath both of them but one axis at a time depending on how much you strech the panels.

           (Made them both transpatrent via ViGlance to illustrate my point)
 My guess is Windows in recent MS systems react only to having one bar because it wasnt designed to have 2 bars (which is a shame )  

Because 2 bars worked great winth 2K and XP

 

This is what XP looks like with the same kind  of setup. Every Maximized window always aligns with the edge of the toolbar. Would be useful to know how they did it. Because So far The Reactos taskbar is pretty much the closest replication of how that feature worked in XP, and its Actually useful to me even tho the panel cracks under too much pressure, thats understandable.

Is it possible to somehow replace the original win explorer in win 7-10 with one from XP with the multiple taskbars? I havent found what the name of the explorer packet is or if it even consists of more than one but i do know that in modern systems there are 2 shells that cant be together at the same time: the classic windows explorer and a Windows Powershell with custom shell support. Tried it out today on like the 5 custom shells that exist for windows and they all suck (Seriosly Reactos was the best one i came across. All others either had too much pretty glossy transparency slowing down my PC to a crawl or branched out from Unix systems and cant be customized on the go).

(Short introductory rant about me )?
Anyway, Being a big fan of the classic theme (and having been made fun of for that ) I am really glad i found this Forum! I am more of an operating system tinkerer type rather than a coder but i always wanted to learn how to program graphic interfaces but never got around to it because i was too busy jumping through hoops that Linux systems constantly seened to put in my way (i used to like designing interfaces in different desktop environments geared toward someone who is working with a lot of content and needs to have convenient shortcuts avaliable without having to switch virtual desktops or something that might make a person loose train of thought of which folder he was going to. Like right now i am getting to know dependencies between different windows embedded packages, so like reading the help file to each one,  then comparing to a different online manual, then switching to the program itself which also has several windows in it with lists of packets and configurations to them and like i need to do the whole switching to the right place without thinking about it so i am REALLY glad i found this forum where i might actually learn a thing or two about tinkering with Guis. (literaly nobody i know knows or cares about graphic UIs as much as i do).

Anyway Sorry if i flooded too much here, Ill now go and read this forum.

Having no extra taskbars/toolbars doesn't mean the working area can't be modified... >.>

Hey, nice job. A few questions.

1. This looks really cool, but would you be able to add some step-by-step instructions? Is this compatible with the automatic script for ClassicTheme? I'm not sure what exactly the other files are used for, or how to add the start button to the ReactOS taskbar. Rather than using the ReactOS start button and menu (Which has some flaws and no customization features), how can I get it to open up the Classic Start Menu? I would like to combine both but I'm not sure what exactly to do after running ReactOS explorer. Do the other files you included in your post need to be placed in certain places? Any help would be appreciated.

2. When I run the ReactOS Explorer, the taskbar shows two instances of "Windows Shell Experience." Any idea what that is?

3.