Installation

Installation

Browser (Tampermonkey)

1. Install Tampermonkey — Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, Safari.
2. Click Install Wintage — Tampermonkey opens its install page automatically.
3. Done. Every site you visit is now running Windows 95, Dark Golden edition.

Updating

• Automatic: the script carries @updateURL/@downloadURL pointing at the repo, so Tampermonkey picks up new versions on its regular update checks.
• Manual refresh: Tampermonkey → Utilities → Check for userscript updates, or click the install link again — it replaces the old version in place.
• Missing theme rows means an old script: the menu is generated from the embedded theme registry. If the menu is shorter than the palette list, click Install Wintage again and confirm Update.

Choosing a palette

Pick one from the Tampermonkey menu on any page; the choice is stored per user, not per site, so it holds across every domain.

Desktop applications

Double-click Wintage Installer.vbs in the repo root — it opens the GUI without a console window. The legacy .cmd launcher forwards to the same hidden host; desktop\WintageInstaller.ps1 can still be run directly for diagnostics.

Command line:

.\desktop\install.ps1                                  # what is here, what is themed, with which palette
.\desktop\install.ps1 -Target freebuff -Palette klite  # one app, one palette
.\desktop\install.ps1 -Target all -Palette goldendefault # everything
.\desktop\install.ps1 -Target all -WhatIf              # say what would change, touch nothing
.\desktop\install.ps1 -Target freebuff -Revert         # undo one

See Desktop for what each target can and cannot reach.