Windows XP Shutdown and Logoff Menus for modern Windows

Hi, I'm Aaron Bewza and I rebuilt the Windows XP Luna shutdown and logoff dialog menus, because XP is 20 years old this year plus I've had a bit of interest in this while I was building it so I'd like to share it with you. I coded it completely ground-up in AHK (Autohotkey) and it's quite close to the original.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista or XP (32-bit or 64-bit)

DOWNLOAD PAGE:
Windows XP Shutdown and Logoff Menu for Modern Windows

Here is a Youtube of it in action:


Here are a few screenshots:

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Looks great! Thanks for sharing.

hsehestedt said:

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Looks great! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks very much :) glad to be here. I hope this helps the cause, XP is 20 years old this year and people should have something for their newer Windows. It's perfect alongside WindowBlinds and Open-shell to complete the XP Luna look.

Aaron Bewza said:

Thanks very much :) glad to be here. I hope this helps the cause, XP is 20 years old this year and people should have something for their newer Windows. It's perfect alongside WindowBlinds and Open-shell to complete the XP Luna look.

Well done, a remarkably accurate re-creation. I particularly like seeing the colours fade again, don't know why MS dropped that.

On minor comment for your 'to-do' list regarding the underlined keyboard shortcut characters. When you press Shift to get the Hibernate button there's no underlined character for Hibernate, and no keyboard key will start hibernation. When you release the Shift key Stand By no longer has its 'S' underlined, though the key still works.

thanks, Bree! I had not noticed that underline issue before, but in AHK if an ampersand (&) is used it is supposed to underline the next letter and it doesn't always work. There is also a setting in Windows 10 to do with automatically underlining letters, the following is the instructions how to enable that (works fine afterward):

On the Ease of Access page, choose the “Keyboard” tab on the left. On the right, scroll down a bit and turn on the “Underline Access Keys When Available” toggle under the “Change How Keyboard Shortcuts Work” section. Once enabled, you'll start seeing underlined letters in various menus, dialog boxes, and windows.

Also, check if hibernation is enabled, as the menu relies on a hibernation DLL-call. Otherwise it won't work.

Open Control Panel and navigate to Hardware and Sound > Power Options.
Click Choose what the power buttons do.
Next click the Change Settings that are currently unavailable link. ...
Check the Hibernate (Show in Power menu).
Click on Save changes and that's it.

(re-tested and confirmed on this end)
Thanks for your comment, that should solve anyone elses' issues in that area :)

Good to know, thanks :) the shift key seems to jam the other keyboard shortcuts as AHK is single threaded (language limitation) but the hibernate button works if pressed while SHIFT is held down.
I just now updated the Hibernate command... it looks like the DLL-call works for if hibernation is not enabled (like on my system) but won't work for you. So I added "shutdown /h" as well, which should work for systems with hibernation enabled... if you open "XP_Settings" and click the "Check for Updates" button, you will be able to update the menu with the changes.
yah sorry I can't do anything about SHIFT jamming the other key commands. "H" does work on its own without SHIFT being held down.

EDIT:
I thought about using SHIFT as a "toggle switch" for the Hibernate button but that's farther away from authentic XP for something I presume most people would click on instead of use a keyboard shortcut. That's the logic anyway lol

Aaron Bewza said:

... "H" does work on its own without SHIFT being held down.

Yes, I just found that out for myself, and that was before downloading your updated version.

I still can't get any shortcut key to work while I hold down either of the Shift keys. There's another keyboard function that's not present, using the tab key to switch from one button to the next then using Space or Enter to press it.

It's probably not worth pursuing keyboard functionality too much further. There are probably very few hardcore keyboard-by-preference users out there , or even many that know that you can use Windows perfectly well without a mouse.

One odd effect that your updated version introduced is that now if I hibernate, on waking up I resume to a Lock-screen despite having that turned off in Settings. The original version didn't do that, I'd recommend reverting to that.

thanks very much for your help, bree, much appreciated. I'll switch it back and leave the same version number since no success that way was had. The TAB thing is on the list of things to do, I have to figure that out. Yah AHK is limited to one thread (operation) at a time, so if something is held down (in this case SHIFT) all other threads are disabled. Which sucks because it also pauses the bubble images if they are in the middle of fading in.
Weird about the sign-in screen. "shutdown /h" is the official command to send Windows 10 into hibernation, not sure what's up with that but hey still fun lol

Glad to have helped, it's been fun (and nostalgic).