Wallpaper Engine

Wallpaper Engine

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Windows 98 Desktop Experience
   
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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

In 1 collection by Ingan121
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
32 Comments
Ручник May 21 @ 2:34pm 
Dude, I'm in love. A lot of work has been done on this project!
Ingan121  [author] Feb 12 @ 6:32am 
@kanae do you mean you set a URL wallpaper in the background properties? Open Wallpaper Engine UI and click 'Show more options' to open that properties window again and reset the background option.
shinkai Feb 10 @ 8:38am 
if you have a URL wallpaper u can no longer exit out of it cuz it doesnt show the bar, im stuck with it now T_T resetting and presets dont work
RayHonKai Jan 17 @ 2:31am 
@Ingan121 Thank you very much, it worked! :steamthumbsup:
Ingan121  [author] Jan 16 @ 10:03pm 
@RayHonKai place the cursor at the top of the screen (or below the top margin area if you have one set), and the menu bar will show up
RayHonKai Jan 16 @ 2:57pm 
How do I take the visualizer out of full screen mode? I've tried resetting the wallpaper but it doesn't go back to default.:dealeruwu:
Ingan121  [author] Aug 12, 2024 @ 12:36pm 
@jesserocker Yeah, the keyboard input has been broken since the last Wallpaper Engine update (2.5). I'm working on a fix that utilizes the system plugin for receiving keyboard events, or an on-screen keyboard if unavailable. The implementation is now almost complete (see the GitHub repo for the progress) and will be released with the 3.3 update which will be released in about a month. For now, you can follow this official document [help.wallpaperengine.io] to downgrade Wallpaper Engine to 2.4 to modify those values.
jesserocker Aug 11, 2024 @ 8:00pm 
Been looking for a solid Wallpaper Engine desktop Wallpaper some time, and this one definitely takes the cake. The attention to detail is amazing!

Just one thing, when I go to edit values the program freezes and I can't use those text boxes that pop up to edit the values. [...] (1/2)
jesserocker Aug 11, 2024 @ 8:00pm 
[...] (2/2) For example, if I go to the Visualizer, then Options, then Configure Visualizer, under Visualization I'll try messing with the Primary Scale, Decrement Speed and Difference Scale values, and as soon as I click the text box, I get a pop up box prompting me to change the values, but everything, including the background freezes. Clicking, double clicking, hitting delete, hitting different numbers, nothing works to change those values and the program stays frozen until I go into Wallpaper Engine and manually deselect, and re-select your wallpaper.

The Visualizer and the entire wallpaper, is so cool especially in combination with my old school version of WinAmp, however the bars don't take up nearly as much of the screen as they should. I would oh so love to see a fix for this eventually! Otherwise, killer Wallpaper... seriously!
°∀° Jul 16, 2024 @ 12:01pm 
@GKEN there should be an X button if you hover your cursor slightly above the channel bar