Windows Vista has a new more attractive Start Menu button that no longer requires you to scroll through the cascading "All Programs" view. Even the word "Start", that has been part of the Start Menu button since Windows 95 days, is now replaced with a Windows Vista's blue Orb logo.Windows XP users can also add a Vista style menu on their desktop using the free Vista Start Menu Emulator, a standalone program that has the same look-n-feel and some common features as the default Vista Start button.
Vista Start Menu Emulator won't replace you existing XP Start Menu but place a Vista style wheel atop your Start Button. Or you can drag the Vista wheel on the right side of the task bar and have access to both menu styles.
Vista Start Menu Emulator Requires .Net framework 2.0 [via etc]
Find this article at: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2006/12/windows-vista-style-start-menu-for-xp.html
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Reader Comments
i recently used an xp add-on that changed the view to Windows vista but it also changed some of the system files and drivers.
i had installed a driver for my digital camera, which suddenly stopped working after i installed that add-on
hope this add-on doesn't have the same effect
the size of that add-on was something around 27 mb
Written on 18/12/06 1:42 PM
Looks cool, but I prefer the classic look.
VTP does the job too
Written on 18/12/06 5:19 PM
nice thing but doesnot get the good effect of Vista!
better is VTP...it rocks!
why dont you blog abt it anyday?
Written on 18/12/06 10:46 PM
It crashed for me as soon as I clicked on the button
Written on 19/12/06 3:38 AM
It looks fancy! :p
Written on 19/12/06 7:22 AM
that is the fake and the ugliest theme i seen in my life i rather get windows 95 than that
Written on 12/1/07 5:26 AM
That's it, I had enough. I'm going back to using Windows 95.
Written on 20/2/07 6:06 AM