⚠️ IMPORTANT NOTICE !! After a physical computer damage accident in May 2023 worsening all the way to November 2023, the power button quit working, and as a result, Charms Bar Port development had to be halted indefinitely and it still is in the state of a possibility it will never be picked up again. Since PC repairs are taking over a year, to the point that I cannot do anything about it, I would like to have you NOT ask when this will be released as I have better things to do.
For now, I am stuck with a Mac and in the meantime, please check out Australis Theme Port for Mozilla Firefox instead of this project. Australis Theme Port is a holdover until I receive my PC back. Please stay up to date on my Facebook or Instagram for the latest updates on when Charms Bar Port will resume.
Please hope that the computer repair fees wouldn't be too large, otherwise I may have to sue Jack Dorsey for discrimination.
Thank you for your patience. May Windows 8.1 live in your hearts and memory.
Charms Bar Port will help you bring back the Windows 8.x Charms Bar to Windows 10 and Windows 11, using real files from Windows 8.x to enhance your Windows environment and relive the Windows 8.x days. As the name suggests, it's a 1/1 conversion of the infamous Charms Bar with new features and hotfixes from the original.
Forked and completely edited from CharmsBarRevived, Charms Bar Port will assist on helping any Charms Bar fan make the jump from Windows 8.1 to Windows 10 or Windows 11, without having to stay on the obsolete operating system forever...
As you may already know, Microsoft made the annoucement to completely kill off the Charms Bar in Windows 10 in December 17, 2014. There used to be vague ways to restore it in the old days using ValiiNet Charms, PopCharms, RocketDock, etc.
ValiNet Charms as of 2023 is no longer available to download, PopCharms was only meant to be used between Windows 10 build 9780 and Windows 10 build 9913, and RocketDock is very outdated, so I created this project primarily to bring my needs of a Charms Bar back.
On touch screens, swipe from the right edge towards to bring up the Charms Bar. If you're a mouse user, swipe to the top right corner and drag your cursor down to open the Charms Bar. You can also use the keyboard shortcut Windows key + C, just like it was on Windows 8.x. Included in the Charms Bar are: Search: Opens the search bar from the taskbar on Win32 programs (easily remappable to function as EverythingToolbar, perhaps maybe even more programs that support hotkeys), or on supported Metro apps, brings their Search charm. Share: Opens the share charm. Start: Opens the start menu/screen. If you are using Open-Shell, you can remap this button to open up their start menu instead or to completely disable its functionality. Devices: Opens the Connect charm. On supported Metro apps, they will open the print dialog. Settings: Opens the Settings Metro app on Win32 programs or the Settings charm on supported Metro apps.
Downloads are coming soon in the near future
Q: Are forked repositories the complete edition of Charms Bar Port? A: No. They are DEVELOPER builds, as the developer builds are not meant to be used as final products. Charms Bar Port's official release may take some time when I fix every problem associated with it. Q: How can I disable the Charms Bar hot corners without closing the program? A: This requires fiddling with the registry. I am not responsible if you mess up your system.
I'm not officially affiliated with Microsoft; I moved to Mac OS X in March 3rd of 2017 for better stability and UI, and have temporarily returned to Windows 10 for better performance using web development with the announcement of macOS Sonoma. I will still be using Mac OS X as a daily driver, so there may not be enough focus given to Charms Bar Port.
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Code contributions are welcome. If you are able to port Windows 8.1 features better than I can, or if you want to improve some features (especially multi-monitor support), please email me.
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