[Bikkuri]

I used Winaero Tweaker to tame down WinBlows 10. I was able to get rid of all of the adds/bloatware.. and to stop the constant (unknown and normal) updates.

I believe I started using it either with XP or Win7, and it is a small but powerful tweaking program.
You should check it out (even for win7).

[minnesota_bound]

I would use Winaero to help if I get Win10 on my desktop pc.
I use XYplorer as my default windows folder. I can adjust the font, change background color and adjust the spacing of the file names plus adjust the thumbnail size of images.
https://www.xyplorer.com

Powertoys from Microsoft does a few things.
https://winaero.com/powertoys-stable-version-0-29-0-is-now-available/