Tiny to Vast
Windows Simulators / Classic Desktops

Old desktops,
still clickable.

Recreate the machines people actually sat in front of. Windows XP is first. Later entries can follow the same folder without flattening every desktop into the main tool grid.

Open Windows XP

Available desktops

Start with Windows XP

Each simulator keeps its own window manager and apps. The folder is the index.

Interactive

Desktop window manager

Windows XP Simulator

Open a Luna-themed Windows XP desktop. Drag and resize windows, play Minesweeper, type in Notepad, and paint.

Open desktop

Folder contract

Built to add another OS

Shared registry. Subjects, topics, and simulations stay in one content file.

Own chrome. Each desktop uses the reference recreation's chrome assets and CSS.

Testable shell. Window state and Minesweeper rules live outside React.

Later desktops

Room for the shelf to grow

Next 01

Windows 98

Gray 3D chrome, a single-row Start menu, and a classic 9x desktop.

Next 02

Windows 7

Glass taskbar, Aero windows, and a later Start orb.

Next 03

Windows 95

The first Start button, overlapping windows, and a blank hill-free desktop.