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Isabellais
Bronze Contributor
Nov 17, 2025

I was bored so i turned Windows 10 into Windows XP

I was feeling nostalgic and decided to customize my Windows 10 to resemble Windows XP, which involved changing the visual style, icons, and overall interface. However, after completing the transformation, I encountered several issues such as icons not displaying correctly, system menus behaving oddly, and some features not functioning as they did in the original XP environment, making it difficult to use the customized system smoothly.

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  • Daofenw's avatar
    Daofenw
    Iron Contributor

    The core issue is that Windows 10 is not Windows XP. Its entire graphical subsystem is fundamentally different. Forcing it to look and behave like a 20-year-old OS requires "hacking" system files and using third-party tools that are often not perfectly compatible.

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