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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Run as a Service? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:56 am
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| Yup, you are on your own :) I can't even begin to think of what can go wrong in such scenario... Actually it is quite important thing to have a classic taskbar under Win10, and running Vista Explorer under Win10 is a solution, only if Classic Shell was working in this setup... That's literally why ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Run as a Service? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 12:08 pm
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Ivo wrote: Yup, you are on your own  I can't even begin to think of what can go wrong in such scenario...
Oh, that's comforting...
...good think I'm doing all of this in a VM  |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Run as a Service? |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:47 am
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| The Explorer that's important is the one that runs the desktop and the taskbar. That's the one I meant. I was using Vista's explorer for Desktop/Taskbar and 10's for individual windows. All I want is any kind of Start Menu on Vista's taskbar... (the built-in one doesn't work on 10 for [INSERT REASO... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Run as a Service? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:32 am
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| It is the process that injects the DLL into Explorer. It also watches for Explorer being restarted to do the injection again. And it does some other non-essential work. Question...does it assume that explorer is being run from a specific location? Because I noticed that, when I ran Windows Vista's ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2017 7:40 am
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Replies: 64
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| it's about window animation? I don't see any significant change of its speed when changing from Classic theme to Windows 7 Basic theme in my Win7 VMware virtual machine. I'd even say, with Classic theme it's faster. You should read about Desktop Window Manager (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desktop... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 4:46 pm
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Replies: 64
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| ...I linked to it above... Above in this topic? I don't see any link from you except to Aero RP. Please give that magic link again. I really want this classic window title style. a project which aims to resurrect the Classic theme. More on that here (though be warned, it's pretty broken right now..... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 9:02 am
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| The only reason nobody is using the Classic Theme is because Microsoft lied to us and said they removed it ._. The taskbar doesn't look classic to me? Even if I might be able to skin some part of it with Classic Shell, the active buttons don't look right on Windows 10. Yeah Windows 10's Taskbar is ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 6:48 am
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| Unfortunately it turns off the DWM making the experience jerky and far from smooth. Can you please give an example of this? I have a little Win7 experience 'cause I was on WinXP all the time, and I never noticed any troubles using the Classic theme on Win7. I think Guarav, like myself, just prefers... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2017 5:55 am
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| Thank you guys, I got it now. My mistake was to copy theme files to %LocalAppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Themes instead of %windir%\Resources\Themes. I couldn't imagine that it can make a difference. Well when a file specifies the path "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes", what reason would there be... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2017 2:48 pm
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| Windows 8.1 [Dark Active Button] theme doesn't actually show dark active button for me: http://i91.fastpic.ru/thumb/2017/0201/76/d9298402942a55a88f6c0d033cd35c76.jpeg Splitwirez , I tried your theme but unfortunately it doesn't do what I need, too. That screenshot indicates that the style was insta... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 6:09 pm
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| Applying a theme isn't easy if you are not experienced with applying them as not only do you have to install UxStyle but also there are bugs when applying the theme sometimes unless UxStyle's Unsigned themes service is restarted. It is mentioned in the linked article. ...the style I linked to doesn... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 3:34 pm
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| Gaurav , thanks for the link. Reading this helped me to find out why themes didn't work for me: as a staunch supporter of the classic shell, I had Themes service disabled home domain-wide. Now they work. But there's a big trouble with all classic themes: they change the look of the most of Internet... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change the look of the active task on the taskbar |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:54 am
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| @GCRaistlin if you found the Windows 7/Windows 8 Preview Taskbar buttons easier to use, the latter's files still work on Windows 8.1, albeit with some minor graphical oddities in the Jump Lists. If you want it, I'd be happy to upload the files somewhere :7 @Guarav This thread could actually be inter... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Disable progress bar on taskbar items |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2017 8:50 am
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Replies: 2
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| Not sure why you'd want that, but hey, you never know...could be a matter of "out of sight, out of mind"? |
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Global announcement Topic: Compare Start Menus:Classic Shell vs Windows 10 and others |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Jan 29, 2017 3:09 pm
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Replies: 21
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This was mistakenly (?) posted in the "Start Menu Skins" subforum:
mortn99 wrote: Knocks the original Win 10 Start Menu out of the park!
...I can only assume it was intended for this one .-. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows 10 Concept Menu [Classic 2] |
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 2:32 pm
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| That's a good idea too, Splitwirez. Homogenize it, so the tiles don't stand out anymore. Adjust tile alpha transparency 128 to 200. Actually, I did it by making the background a translucent colour and making the tiles translucent white...works better with darker or duller colours. Hmm..2014. I've s... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows 10 Concept Menu [Classic 2] |
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Posted: Fri Jan 27, 2017 4:43 am
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| Thanx redblade8 Had to give up with using icon frames for second column. Only used on first column. I purposely made the selector one pixel bigger on edge to animate it a bit. The no tiles selector was all trickery. If its transparency was on full, the text would be obscured. Time for me to hand ov... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Single Monitor/Desktop Multiple Task/Start Bars |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat Jan 21, 2017 11:01 am
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Replies: 5
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| Taskbar on any other side of the screen except the bottom interferes with several UI elements which follow Fitts' law: the Close button of a maximized window in top right corner, scroll bars on the right edge, title bars/tabs in a browser like Chrome if at the top, and the window menu (Alt+Space) w... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Start Menu: Tenified |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 19, 2017 9:30 am
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Replies: 24
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sinkingsage wrote: Why, oh why did you stop supporting the opaque feature?
Because the text rendering looks much better with it enabled, without it, text looks blurry.
If I had to guess, I'd guess it's just a matter of having too many features to feasibly manage and maintain .___. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: IE icon partially hidden |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2017 1:05 pm
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Replies: 5
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| The IE icon should move to the correct position if you change the Start Button size, so just increase it by one, open and close the start menu, then reduce it to its previous value and you should be good to go. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Glass Brick Start Button |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:53 am
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Replies: 4
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| Alpha Premultiplication There has to be an Adobe plugin or some program that reverses it exactly back. I Googled ages ago, without success. Someone out there must know the trick. :( Windows Style Builder can sort of do something about it...but only if you already have the image in an MSSTYLEs... I ... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:15 am
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juniper7 wrote: I'm glad Splitwirez is helping you out with the Longhorn bars. He's definitely the go to guy for anything like that.
...um...thanks? I think? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:06 am
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| Man, are there a lot of Windows Longhorn builds! :shock: 21 leaked pre-reset builds, no idea how many post-reset. And there are more that were shown or seen somewhere but never leaked unto themselves, and presumably hundreds that will never see the light of day. As some know, I'm trying to make a L... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [Skin7] Windows Longhorn Hillel Demo Start Menu |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:02 am
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| oh god taht's a lot. ...sorry? :lol: I wasn't aware that Hillel was pre-reset. Um...the look is waaay closer to the late M7 builds than anything post-reset... Like, where did you find the start button for Hillel and Plex? I ripped the images straight from the leaked builds and reassembled them into... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Crystal Ball Start Button |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:48 am
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Replies: 7
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Gaurav wrote: Can't relocate it. Found it via Google. Lost the link now. Don't even remember the keywords.
D:
Search by image??
BROWSER HISTORY???
Uhh...
DDD: |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: ._. Start Buttons [TAKING REQUESTS] |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:38 am
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Replies: 12
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| ...um...I don't mean this as an insult, but I must ask...ARE YOU COMPLETELY BLIND TO HOW SHREDDED AND MUTILATED THOSE BACKGROUNDS ARE? |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Crystal Ball Start Button |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:34 am
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Gaurav wrote: I found the image at Deviantart but modified it to add shadow and glow.
WHERE |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [Skin7] Windows Longhorn Hillel Demo Start Menu |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:33 am
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [Skin7] Windows Longhorn Hillel Demo Start Menu |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:31 am
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| Moar attached (Moar coming after this) |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [Skin7] Windows Longhorn Hillel Demo Start Menu |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:27 am
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| Hi! I'm trying to compile a Longhorn pack of all of the builds, including skins, start menus, and taskbar textures, and I know you (Splitwirez) and Juniper7 have been working on some of those skins. Yeah, I made a bunch of really crappy ones a while ago (before I knew what I was doing), but I inten... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Glass Brick Start Button |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2017 5:18 am
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| So earlier today, I received a PM from SebastianOnofrei4454, saying this: http://i.imgur.com/IrazWK1.png That image could make a start button! And it occured to me that...he/she/it/they was/were right. So after fighting with the Alpha values of the image for about an hour to undo the Alpha Premultip... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Crystal Ball Start Button |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:23 pm
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Replies: 7
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Woah...that looks amazing. Are the source images yours? O.o
...and...any chance of one with a Windows flag of some sort on it? (I'm curious as to how you'll interpret that :3 ) |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: ._. Start Buttons [TAKING REQUESTS] |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Jan 01, 2017 12:21 pm
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| Alright, I'll see what I can do. I might have to hunt down the original MsStyles to get the raw images, though... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Making taskbar text stand out |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri Dec 30, 2016 5:37 pm
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scooterrodriguez wrote: That's great, Splitwirez, but how does one do that?
...by modifying an MsStyles file and using a UxTheme patch to apply it? Like I said above...? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Request: someone to do the "hard work"... |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:37 am
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Replies: 18
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See attached.
Alternatively, you could use emblems... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Making taskbar text stand out |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:46 am
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scooterrodriguez wrote: I want to believe.
Then believe you shall. All it takes is a few small changes to an MsStyles and a UxTheme patch or alternative.
See? Text glow  |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: My first taskbar skin |
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Posted: Thu Dec 29, 2016 7:31 am
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juniper7 wrote: Splitwirez, the 1/3 bliss sky, is the taskbar.
I think it looks ok as top large taskbar.
wait what
...but...it's the Sky...from the Bliss Wallpaper...not the Taskbar...WAT?? ._:-. |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: My first taskbar skin |
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:48 pm
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JonahHex wrote: Another with Windows XP look.
a) That's about a 3rd of a screenshot, and not the 3rd that has the Taskbar in it
b) We already have a ton of XP/Luna Taskbars |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: custom start button dimensions? |
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Posted: Wed Dec 28, 2016 7:45 pm
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| Uhh...you folks are aware there's a button size setting, correct? |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows Chicago/93 Start Menu(s) Style |
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Posted: Mon Dec 26, 2016 1:21 pm
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| Simply use <no skin> to make the start menu look like Chicago's. You will need to apply the classic skin with 1 column first. ...no...that doesn't make it look like Chicago's at all...for starters (pun not intended), and beyond that, since posting this, I've realized how impractical it would be... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Microsoft Windows 10 (B1607) Anniversary Update Clock? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 10:57 am
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Replies: 11
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powerplayer wrote: The 7 wifi bar is also there in the dlls
WAT
HOW
HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: AHK on top of Classic Shell...anyone know this class name? |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 10:12 am
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Ivo wrote: The class name for the user image is "ClassicShell.CUserWindow".
Thanks.
And now, I just have to figure out why AutoHotKey refuses to even touch the User Image now that I have the Class name |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: AHK on top of Classic Shell...anyone know this class name? |
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Posted: Tue Dec 20, 2016 7:16 am
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Question...if the class name for the Classic Shell Start Menu is "ClassicShell.CMenuContainer", then...does anyone know what it is for the User Image? 'cause that seems to be separate...
(Yeah, I tried the AHK Window Spy, it didn't get anything .-. ) |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Windows XP Start Button |
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Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2016 1:11 pm
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Replies: 25
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SebastianOnofrei4454 wrote: I was using a third party VS in the screenshot and that third party VS changes the taskbar tray arrow to be an XP one.
Huh, I was right. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: [Animated] 'Mysterious' Windows Icon Start orb........ |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2016 12:01 pm
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| WOAH NICE ORB |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Show your desktop and Classic Shell Start Menu |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat Dec 17, 2016 3:54 am
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Replies: 135
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juniper7 wrote: Is this reality, or is the probe still in our brain?
It's reality. The only person with something in their brain is me, and it's just AutoHotKey |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Show your desktop and Classic Shell Start Menu |
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Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 2:58 pm
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Replies: 135
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Windows XP Start Button |
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2016 7:15 pm
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| SebastianOnofrei4454 How did you get that arrow in taskbar? Does it function? http://www.classicshell.net/forum/download/file.php?id=4242 That arrow is one of the only parts of the Windows 10 Taskbar which still uses an image from the Visual Style, and the screenshot clearly shows a Luna Visual Sty... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows RT 8.1 Update 3 Start Menu Style...? |
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:21 pm
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| It is not possible to display the start screen inside another window. It is using a completely different and incompatible technology. Start8 simply finds the main window of the menu and resizes it. It doesn't mix two menus in a single UI. Besides, that trick only worked for Windows 8. ...it's reall... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows RT 8.1 Update 3 Start Menu Style...? |
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2016 4:12 pm
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| Sorry, currently there are no plans to implement tiles in the foreseeable future. ...figures .__. Live tiles are impossible (without reverse engineering and rewriting a large portion of the OS). As with that other thread, I didn't think you'd try to make them Live... Even dead tiles are a lot of wo... |
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