You can get there by hitting Windows key + R and typing regedit into the run box.Ģ. Make sure your third-party Start menu app is installed before you take these steps.ġ. If you're willing to live with the downsides, here are the steps for getting the Windows 10 taskbar in Windows 11. It also allows you to unlock the taskbar and drag it to the sides or top of the screen. However, if you don't use the classic taskbar, you can get those back in another way, which we'll explain in a section later. On the bright side, enabling the classic taskbar also gives you back the Windows 10 File manager (with ribbon) and the Windows 10 right click context menus. However, you can search directly from the Start menu and hit Windows key + Tab to get the Task View menu. Considering that the Windows 11 taskbar's Task View and search buttons work, this is a loss of functionality. The Task View button is worse than useless as it crashes when you click it, causing the taskbar to hide your icons for a minute or two while it recovers, so you should hide it also. There's a search box, but clicking it does nothing, and you may see a Cortana button that does nothing. Second, a few icons on this bar don't work and need to be hidden or disabled. First, this is a registry hack that Microsoft is likely to disable at some point because the company clearly wants you to use the Windows 11 taskbar. There's a simple registry tweak that will get you the classic taskbar, but before we go there, note the trade-offs. You need to use this method right now if you choose to use StartIsBack++ or Start10 or if you want to use Open-Shell and get the correct Windows 10 icon as your Start button. If you want the most Windows 10-like experience, you can bring back Windows 10's classic taskbar in Windows 11. Uncheck Replace Start button in Open Shell to get the Windows 10 Start button (Image credit: Future) Get Windows 10's Classic Taskbar
To do that, just right click on the taskbar, select Taskbar Settings and then navigate to Taskbar Behaviors and choose Left from the alignment menu.
#MAKE WINDOWS 10 LOOK LIKE WINDOWS 98 INSTALL#
If you install Open-Shell and don't want to have the bugs you get from bringing back the classic taskbar - all of which we'll get to below - all you need to do after setting up the program is to shift the taskbar icons to the left.
#MAKE WINDOWS 10 LOOK LIKE WINDOWS 98 TRIAL#
Needs classic taskbar hack (see below) to work properly.