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Windows 98 Desktop Experience
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Miscellaneous: Audio responsive, Customizable
Type: Web
Age Rating: Everyone
Genre: Retro
Resolution: Dynamic resolution
Category: Wallpaper
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200.531 MB
Nov 6, 2020 @ 6:47am
Nov 21, 2024 @ 2:51pm
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Windows 98 Desktop Experience

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ModernActiveDesktop & Official Presets
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Description
Wallpaper for imitating the Windows 98 desktop experience

This wallpaper includes Windows 98's Channel Bar, the startup sound, a music visualizer, a lyrics viewer, a web browser, and various apps like paint, solitaire, clock, and calculator.

Some web pages won't behave correctly because of the iframe security restrictions.

Right click this wallpaper and click 'Open in Explorer' to view the source code and the license (MIT.)

Visit WinClassic to learn how to get the classic theme on modern Windows.

Source code: https://github.com/Ingan121/ModernActiveDesktop
45 Comments
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Alex Feb 19 @ 6:13am 
This is so peak that i lowkey lost my ♥♥♥♥ at just the visualizer
branch? Feb 11 @ 6:04pm 
anyway to get a taskbar?
DaCheesybig Feb 2 @ 9:15am 
Hey, for the life of my I cant seem to make my windows transparent. Not sure what I should do as the option in "Effects" is always greyed out, anyone got any advice? Very sick project btw
Jambo Jan 10 @ 7:28pm 
Scratch that figured it out, press open new window in the wallpaper UI properties menu :)
(putting this here incase anybody is as dumb as I was)
Jambo Jan 10 @ 7:24pm 
Love this so much, not sure how to bring up the windows after I close them though.
KnockoffAirpods Dec 25, 2025 @ 8:58pm 
nevermind im a genuine moron i figured it out
KnockoffAirpods Dec 25, 2025 @ 8:47pm 
whats the song on the startup menu :0
Batzcat Sep 11, 2025 @ 12:14pm 
Oh you can change the HTML code, my apologies great work.
Batzcat Sep 11, 2025 @ 12:09pm 
If you could add a way to edit the channel bar to have custom links it would be amazing! Easily my favorite wallpaper though, very nice 10/10
Ingan121  [author] Aug 12, 2025 @ 1:02am 
@XtalFMJ If you installed the system plugin, follow the system plugin installation guide, but enter 4 instead of 1 in the final step. You can uninstall the wallpaper by unsubscribing from it in the Wallpaper Engine UI or on the Steam Workshop page.