Freeware Listing: Shell Replacement
- VistaFY
- License: Shareware

VistaFY is a modification of utbox, a powerful Windows GUI shell replacement. VistaFY provides users a neat Windwos Vista like interface with a few nice twists.
To run it with a cool desktop image: run "vistabox.bat". To use it without the neat wallpaper run "blackbox.exe". To exit VistaFY use the following path in the application's menu: start->blackbox->Quit.
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- Publisher: David Matthews bobdotexe
- Date:
- Platform: Windows 7, WinOther, WinVista
- SharpE 0.8
- License: Freeware

SharpEnviro (or SharpE) is an Open Source shell replacement system for Microsoft's operating systems. When using SharpEnviro the default Windows desktop is replaced by a new and more powerful desktop environment. The goal of SharpEnviro is not only to create a user friendly desktop environment which provides many advanced and modern desktop features, but to also create a desktop environment which is easily configurable and which you can customise to your needs. You can decide how your desktop will look like and how it will work - adjust your desktop environment to work like you want it to.
- Publisher: SharpE Development Team
- Date: 22-10-2012
- Size: 32973 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Val-Shell
- License: Freeware

A open source Explorer shell replacement for Windows 2000/XP using Delphi 7. Support for plugins (probably dll) and scripting support (ala vba). Project is still in design phase. More details to come.
Val-Shell License - GNU General Public License (GPL).
- Publisher: Valshell
- Date:
- Platform: WinOther
- gh0st shell
- License: Freeware

gh0st shell is a shell replacement for Microsoft Windows. It is patterned after Mircrosoft's explorer.exe, but has many extended capbilities, including being completely skinnable.
gh0st shell License - Artistic License.
- Publisher: Gh0stshell
- Date:
- Platform: WinOther
- Windawesome
- License: Freeware

Windawesome (pronounced - contrary to what you would expect from the way it is written - Windows-om, not Wind-awesome) is a highly customizable tiling/dynamic window manager with multi-monitor support for Windows, which works on top of explorer.exe and not as a shell replacement. It is heavily inspired by bug.n, but tries to go further. Windawesome is (mostly) written in C# and is scriptable and pluggable in IronRuby, IronPython and any .NET language that compiles down to an assembly. Requires .NET Framework 4 Client Profile, Visual C++ 2010 Redistributable and IronRuby/IronPython DLLs. The main bundle comes with 3 configuration files (2 in Python, 1 in Ruby), 3 layouts (2 built-in and one as a C# DLL), a couple of Plugins and many Widgets, one of which is written in Ruby.
- Publisher: Alien282
- Date: 18-05-2012
- Size: 82 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Babya System
- License: Freeware

Babya System is a free shell replacement that is Windows XP compatible and easy to use. It has many useful features-like Babya Discoverer, which has automatic popup ad blocking, and easy access to Windows Control Panel applets..
- Publisher: bsys93.sourceforge.net
- Date: 25-05-2012
- Size: 661 KB
- Platform: Linux, Mac OS X, WinOther
- eggShell
- License: Freeware

Based on our Cloud:9ine shell replacement project which circulated from 1999 to around 2002, eggShell is a modern, script-based toolbar UI for Windows 2000, XP, Vista, 7 and 8..
- Publisher: eggshell.fullphat.net
- Date: 09-06-2012
- Size: 2238 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Geoshell
- License: Freeware

GeoShell is a Windows Shell Replacement. It replaces the standard 'Start Menu', 'Desktop', 'Task Bar' and 'system tray' of windows with a smaller, faster, and more configureable program, with an extensible bar-oriented minimal interface..
- Publisher: geoshell.org
- Date: 13-06-2012
- Size: 1934 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- MicroHof DOS
- License: Freeware

MicroHof DOS is a skinnable, command line based shell replacement for Microsoft Windows 95 or newer. MHDOS borrows concepts from DOS, Linux, and Windows in order to present the easiest-to-use command line interface ever made..
- Publisher: mhdos.sourceforge.net
- Date: 04-07-2012
- Size: 191 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Network Club Manager . NET
- License: Freeware

NCM.NET Server/Client software for network clubs and internet cafes. Provides a customizable shell replacement. Keep track of computers' usage time, user's actions, installed software, etc... Development restarted ....
- Publisher: ncm-dot-net.sourceforge.net
- Date: 05-11-2012
- Size: 60 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Sinhala Desktop
- License: Freeware

Sinhala Desktop is a Sinhala Version of Windows Shell Replacement. This project contains all the major Windows System components with Sinhala User Interface. (Sinhala is a national language of Sri Lanka.) Developed Using Delphi 6 and C++Builder 6..
- Publisher: sindesk.sourceforge.net
- Date: 15-11-2012
- Size: 3706 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- ThinXP
- License: Freeware

ThinXP runs a Windows XP Workstation like a Citrix WinCE Thin Client. It uses the Citrix ICA Client as shell replacement. On startup it shows the Citrix Desktop instead of the WindowsXP Desktop (Kiosk mode). It has also the ability to force a auto logon..
- Publisher: thinxp.sourceforge.net
- Date: 18-08-2012
- Size: 549 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- SharpEnviro
- License: Shareware

SharpEnviro is a GPL (Copyleft) Windows Shell Replacement created in Delphi.
Features:
Complete Shell/Desktop Replacement
Easy Configurable
Highly Customisable
Advanced Skinning and Effects
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- Publisher: brum74, homersp, martink84, pixol, sharpe_mc
- Date:
- Size: 33003 KB
- Platform: Windows 7, WinOther, WinVista
- Emerge Desktop
- License: Freeware

Emerge Desktop is a replacement windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the lower right corner in Explorer), called emergeTray. It will also provide access to the users programs (normally accessed with the windows "start" button) via a right-click on the desktop, via emergeCore.
Emerge Desktop is implemented with MinGW (MinGW-w64 for the 64-bit version), an OpenSource implementation of the GNU C compiler and utilities.
- Publisher: Emerge
- Date:
- Size: 2969 KB
- Platform: Win2000, Windows 7, Windows Server, WinOther, WinVista
- Emerge Desktop 64bit
- License: Freeware

Emerge Desktop is a replacement windows "shell" (the desktop environment normally provided by Windows Explorer) for Windows 2000 and above. In order to replace Windows Explorer as a shell, it provides a system tray (the area that collects the icons collected at the lower right corner in Explorer), called emergeTray. It will also provide access to the users programs (normally accessed with the windows "start" button) via a right-click on the desktop, via emergeCore.
Emerge Desktop is implemented with MinGW (MinGW-w64 for the 64-bit version), an OpenSource implementation of the GNU C compiler and utilities.
- Publisher: Emerge
- Date:
- Size: 3072 KB
- Platform: Win7 x64, Windows 7, WinVista, WinVista x64
- bug.n
- License: Freeware

bug.n is a simple tool that was designed in order to provide you with an easy to use tiling window manager. The benefit of tiling window management is, that managed windows are not overlapping and the screen space is used to the maximum. bug.n is completely controlled by keyboard; therefor you do not have to move and resize windows manually by mouse, but by hotkeys, which is done more easily and precisely. FEATURES: The advantages of tiling window management over the standard stacking window management of Microsoft Windows are as follows: ยท You do not have to move and resize windows manually by mouse.
- Publisher: joten
- Date: 03-11-2012
- Size: 276 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- Xtream UI
- License: Freeware

Xtream UI is a lightweight application designed to help you give a fresh new look to your desktop. Once installed, it replaces the standard appearance of Windows, allowing you to manage up to three desktops.
The application is easy to configure and provides easy access to all the installed programs and the Windows configuration files from the right-click menu. You can return to the standard desktop anytime you want.
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- Publisher: Ulric
- Date:
- Platform: Win7 x64, Windows 7, WinVista, WinVista x64
- Description explorer
- License: Freeware

Description explorer is a collection of tools for metadata and file management for Windows operating systems.
Features, benefits and uses
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New Version 0.5.2 released, this version contains major bugfixes that makes the overall software much more stable.
* Easily classify and search multimedia files (pictures, audio files, etc.).
* Create reports (in html, sfv) of resources (files and directories). This option is quite useful for archiving data on read-only media.
* Fast realtime search engine for searching metadata as well as filenames
* The metadata is fully compatible with the dublincore metadata standard.
- Publisher: Optima SC Inc.
- Date:
- Size: 11018 KB
- Platform: WinOther
- AB Commander LITE
- License: Freeware

FREE - no ads, no nags! A simple in use file manager and Explorer replacement with dual-panel user interface, toolbar, command prompt, folder navigation tools, and more. Closely integrated with the Windows user interface, fully supports shell extensions. Highly customizable and user friendly. http://www.winability.com/free/.
- Publisher: WinAbility Software Corporation
- Date: 01-07-2003
- Size: 576 KB
- Platform: Win2000, WinOther
- distributed shell (yadsh)
- License: Freeware

dsh is a parallel distributed shell. dsh is a full replacement for the IBM PSSP 3.5 dsh with the exception of the SP2 specific node constructs being replaced with NIS support. dsh supports rsh, kerberized rsh, ssh or any other command..
- Publisher: yadsh.sourceforge.net
- Date: 05-09-2012
- Size: 94 KB
- Platform: Linux, Unix
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