Windows ME Year of Luigi

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Windows ME Year of Luigi
Crusty Windows bootleg
The desktop of Windows ME Year of Luigi
The desktop of Windows ME Year of Luigi
Original OSWindows ME
Release dateMarch 10, 2014
AuthorWindowsi3DS
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language(s)English
Architecture(s)x86 (32-bit)
File size362.5 MiB (ISO)
362.4 MiB (GHO)
Download linkyearofluigi.iso
Date addedDecember 11, 2021

Windows ME Year of Luigi is a bootleg Windows ME edition, which was created by Windowsi3DS. It released on March 10, 2014, and was added to the archive on December 11, 2021.

Description

The bootleg is a modified Windows ME distribution, which is packaged in the Ghost 12 image format, which has to be restored through a separate Norton Ghost utility. The download link for this bootleg is an ISO image that contains the original .GHO file.

The OS itself was created for and named after the "Year of Luigi" event, which was created by Nintendo to celebrate Luigi's 30th anniversary. As a result, the OS has been changed around to be more "Luigi" themed as well as including additional software.

This bootleg was originally created in a Virtual PC 2007 VM, meaning if you install it on there you will need Virtual PC Additions. If you install it on VMware, you will need to install VMware Tools. For VirtualBox users you will need SciTech Display Doctor/SoftGPU.

Changes from Windows ME

Look and feel

  • New default theme, and background color. The background color has been changed from light blue to an eye-piercing lime green color. The titlebar color has been set to lime green
  • New icon set. The My Computer and My Documents icons have been changed into an icon of Luigi's hat. The Recycle Bin icon has been changed to a red, more "modern" looking icon. Bizarrely, the Network Neighborhood icon has been renamed to "Connect Pre-Server", and the icon has been changed to a database icon

Software

  • Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.20
  • Resource Hacker 3.6.0.92

Notes

Bootleg quirks

  • The Mozilla Firefox profile both has cache and history for WinWorldPC. (obviously)
  • The icons for the desktop icons are all stored in C:\Icon.
  • Internet Explorer's shell has been removed from the system.

Gallery

  • Empty desktop

    Empty desktop

  • Start menu

    Start menu

  • System Properties and About Windows

    System Properties and About Windows

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