Aston
A desktop manager and shell replacement for Windows with easy shell swapping capability and features including transparencies and hotkeys.
bbLean
bbLean is the lean version of Blackbox for Windows. It keeps balance between features and complexity, to give you efficient means within a compact shell.
BEOSWin
BEOSWin is a BEOS style Shell for Windows 95 or 98, designed to emulate the "Deskbar" application of BEOS version 5.
Blackbox For Windows
The main site for blackbox for windows, an alternative shell that mimics blackbox for linux.
Blizzle
News and releases about Windows customization and alternative shell software
Blueberry 3D-Desktop
The Blueberry desktop project is made using Delphi, it's main purpose is a 3D OPENGL engine in replacement of Windows desktop
Bluebox
A competitor to Blackbox for Windows, bluebox adheres more to the fluxbox style of doing things.
Core
Core is written in VB6 and is designed to imitate LiteStep in that it is completely customizable.
DarkStep
Replaces the default explorer shell for Windows 9x/ME/NT/W2K, which allows for a fully customized Graphical User Interface to improve/personalize functionality and aesthetics.
Desktop Manager
Desktop Manager is a virtual desktop program and Windows shell. A virtual desktop program gives you more work space, you use a control of some kind and you switch to another virtual screen where you can run different applications. So, instead of hunting for windows behind other windows on one cramped screen you can keep them separate and switch to them when you need to work with them. A Windows shell is what you see on the desktop, the interface for interacting with the system, it includes the icons, folders, the taskbar, etc. Desktop Manager is what you make of it.
DesktopX
This utility offers many desktop enhancements such as adding objects, direct access to ActiveX controls, and ability to create your own objects and add functionality with VBScript or Javascript.
Emerge Desktop
Emerge Desktop is an alternate desktop shell (user interface) for Microsoft Windows 2000 and above. It provides menus similar to the standard 'Start Menu' available via a right or mid click on the desktop. In addition, there are many additional applets that provide additional functionality, including a task list, system tray (the icons located on the right hand side of the Windows Taskbar). There are many informational applets that display CPU, Memory and Disk usage. It will even display the weather for you.
GO
Go, the ultraminimilistic shell for windows. A run box, some hotkeys, and no fuss.
HoverDesk
HoverDesk is a complete and powerful desktop replacement. It adds versatility to your existing Windows desktop and lets you customize your interface according to your needs and tastes. HoverDesk expands the Windows environment by adding novel ways to launch your applications, keep track of running tasks, display system information, display time / date with world time zone features, play media files and more.
k23 productions
Home of cloud:9ine, icefire, melon, eggShell, and dotWidgets.
LiteShell
A tiny, ultra-fast shell for Windows. It is designed with old, slow PCs in mind. On any PC, it uses next to no CPU/RAM.
LowDimension.net
SharpE - An alternative to Litestep and other Windows shells
MacVision
MacVision is a program for all Windows computers. It allows your computer to be more friendly - more "Mac like". MacVision gives your Windows environment the friendly personality of a Macintosh computer by replacing the normal windows style window borders, buttons, progress bars, scrollbars, and more... and at the same time gives you the functionality of MacOS by providing a strikingly similar replica of the Mac OS Finder.
NixSTEP - A Freeware Shell For WindowsXP
NixSTEP is a new freeware shell that will either work with or replace the Windows XP shell.
PureLS
Originally LiteStep recoded into ANSI C. Same as LiteStep in setup and configuration, differant under the hood.
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