There are many alternatives to WindowBlinds for Windows if you are looking for a replacement. The best open source Windows alternative is Open Shell. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to WindowBlinds and nine of them are open source and available for Windows so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting open source Windows alternatives to WindowBlinds are 7+ Taskbar Tweaker, Classic Shell, RetroBar and Window Maker.
Open Shell is a fork of the Classic Shell project for Windows that getting back the classic start menu to modern versions of Microsoft Windows.
It's a taskbar tweaker, nothing like windowsblinds.
It's a great little tool to add functionality to the native Windows taskbar, but it doesn't really change the look. It is a tool to change the behaviour of the taskbar. Furthermore, the application also only refers to the taskbar. WindowBlinds, on the other hand, does not change the way the taskbar or Windows works, but changes the visuals and more than just the taskbar. Therefore, the two programmes are not comparable. Nevertheless, it is an essential little tool that everyone should know.
Classic Shell is free software that improves your productivity, enhances the usability of Windows, and empowers you to use the computer the way you like it.
Classic Shell is a Junior Chipmunk version of Open Shell. IT works fine, if that's what you want, but again, it's to skin the start menu, not the entirety of Windows.
Pining for simpler times? RetroBar teleports you back in time by replacing your modern Windows taskbar with the classic Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Longhorn, or Vista style.
I swear to God. This just themes the taskbar, not Windows.
Window Maker has a reputation for being fast, efficient and highly stable. Window Maker has been characterized as reproducing "the elegant look and feel of the NeXTstep GUI" and is noted as "easy to configure and easy to use.
SharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an open source shell replacement system for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7. When using SharpEnviro the default Windows desktop is replaced by a new and more powerful desktop environment.
Shell replacement is not the same as Windowsblinds.
bbLean is the lean version of Blackbox for Windows. It tries to keep balance between features and complexity, to give you some efficient means within a compact shell.
A free alternative to WBlinds, completely the same so I'm good with it.
A free portable software to skin the windows borders by skins composed of png images with the support of several features like Blur, Reflection and Aero Explorer.
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Open Shell is phenomenal! I use it on every Windows machine I set up.
However.. it does not theme WINDOWS, just the Start Menu, Taskbar and etc.