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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: start menu on triple monitors |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 2:49 pm
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Replies: 25
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| im guessing you have windows 7?, right click desktop, go to screen resolution.... and make your center monitor the primary display, that will move the taskbar and the start button to that display |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Win 8 menu [not start menu] |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 3:48 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 5011
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| screen resolution shouldn't have a drop-down menu by default?, if you mean click and opened an explorer window, and it closed? that would be explorer crashing @browser being minimized while sending bug report;were you sending a Microsoft crash report maybe? or were you on a website (this?) typing a ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2013 9:01 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 25828
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| personally, even if i find cascading style to be superior to inline, though it is still an option i would heavily conciser adding IF i were the developer (but im not) They both have advantages and disadvantages, and in the end it is a preference issue.. classic shell was designed to make windows 8/7... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: [Suggestion] Add "New" Dropdown Menu Icon |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 5:43 am
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Replies: 11
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| you mean like the right click context, except for the classic explorer toolbar, i believe there is a way, im just not sure offhand, but it probably involves creating a .bat file and passing it the directory from classic shell... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Transparency |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:27 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 7232
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| Gimp will work you just have to click export.... rather than overwrite XXXXXX.bmp then click compatiblity options, check "Do not write color space information" then click Advanced options and click the 32 bits radio box that says A8R8G8B8 then click export this has to be repeated every tim... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:18 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 25828
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| are you saying the linked skin is close enough, and the problem is it doesnt come pre-installed the installation process isnt all that complicated; just open INSTALLDIRECTORY\Skins and copy the file attached to the post The directory is likely: C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\Skins to save you some t... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:09 am
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Replies: 16
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and heres a more minimalistic screenshot of how i got it setup ( i use it personally and its fairly stable/customizable)
Note: some of the buttons i have on my command bar aswell as in classic shell, but thats because im in the process of modifying my command bar when i get the time  |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Unfinished Icons & Custom Icons |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2013 4:06 am
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Replies: 6
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asfar as actually adding them to classic shell, that may get tricky unless the actual artist is posting them, they cant be sure if there legal to use...
but as far as a repository here for those icons, sounds good, and if it gets big enough they might add a forum catagory for it |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: In full screen game, start button intercepts mouse click |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 7:44 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 10460
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| i dont remember where, but i read that this game has a few specific compatibility problems (that are only in 2-3 other games) so to anyone trying to confirm, you will likely need the actual game mentioned it is a classic shell issue however, so Ivo may decide to try and fix it, are you willing to wo... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: In full screen game, start button intercepts mouse click |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Feb 19, 2013 1:39 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 10460
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| attempted with 3 fullscreen games (older ones). unable to reproduce, what game did you use, and is it w8 pro x64? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: corporations and/or colleges usage of Classic Shell |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:43 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 3690
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| nothing really, just install it, its free for commercial use, i think if your not modifying the source code anythings game (i could be wrong about some other parts, like maybe you cant try to sell it but idk, and im sure an installation fee is different than selling, in your case) |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Deleted Start Button |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 3:40 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 4550
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| try reinstalling, it should keep your other settings |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: taskbar on multiple monitors? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 2:49 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 26881
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| display fusion works on windows 8 so you could have both if you wanted |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Start8 Skin V2.5 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 7:30 am
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Replies: 39
Views: 55886
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| even just adding a way to change manually change the color classic shell uses as the 'taskbar color' would work; im thinking maybe a whole tab is in order with: 3 radio buttons, match taskbar color, no coloring(default, and only option on skins that dont support color?), and custom with (Hue,Sat,Lum... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: upgrading to win 8 pro |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:45 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 5024
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| thats odd, i dont even think mine started slower, but i think that i may have updated classic shell right around the same time which probably erased the problem before i had a chance to see it (i gave metro screen a chance.. XD) |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Start8 Skin V2.5 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 13, 2013 1:37 am
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Replies: 39
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| i had problems with that in my skin, the best way i seemed to find was to have 3 variations with a dark gray, gray, and light gray coloring |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: upgrading to win 8 pro |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2013 7:44 am
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Replies: 7
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| mine seemed to work, atleast i got the windows 8 tab; and on this computer that i installed classic shell directly to w8 i dont really notice anything different compared to the one i upgraded |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Attachemt formats |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:55 pm
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Replies: 3
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| just offhand i think .bmps arnt allowed, and not sure off hand but .rtf should be added to if its not (both of these are default files that you can create via rightclick>new on almost any windows system, and should thus be supported, others that i havnt seen (so i cant say for sure), that you might ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: upgrading to win 8 pro |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Feb 11, 2013 5:52 pm
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Replies: 7
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i did a full upgrade from w7 ult to w8 pro; keeping classic shell installed and it worked fine for me
it makes me sad that they just ditched most of the 'ultimate' features, since they decided not to make an ultimate version, they should have just included them in pro |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell always skips Metro. Even if it's not checked |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2013 10:11 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 31259
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| by factory you mean?, what brand/model; most company's add bloatware in addition to drivers specific to their product, i wouldn't doubt if there bundling something with a setting that defaults to skip metro if you installed the operating system from a disk; then you likely have a clean image directl... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell always skips Metro. Even if it's not checked |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:06 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 31259
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| if uninstalling classic shell doesnt do the trick, then its some other software; what other programs do you have installed that might do this? |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Icons blink when the cursor is on the top if corner disabled |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 10:05 pm
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Replies: 18
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Now ive got an i5 quad with 3.4ghz with 16gb ddr3 ram and an ssd, i still see the blink
my old system was a 8-core 1.7ghz server with 8gb ram, a graphics card, hacked into its pcie-x4 slot
and i still see it |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero blur on windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 9:35 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 9805
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| im not a developer, but i am a coder, and it could be as simple as 5-10 lines of code(or it could be considerably more, depending, on how its implemented); a likely route (if any route is taken) will be full support (classic shell would automatically install aero blur/transparency, so that everyone ... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Icons blink when the cursor is on the top if corner disabled |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:16 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 16012
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| mine happens when i first start up w8 mostly, and without anything besides classic shell that would affect it (i had just classic shell, and google chrome, and fully updated w8 with nothing bundled; when i first noticed the bug on this machine), the one when i close the last window seems to be gone,... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Cant move files |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:22 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 8332
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| im asuming you installed an upgrade? Ifso, all your old files were likely stored at: C:\Windows.old |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: widen start menu column |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:19 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 5293
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| the width can be hardcoded into the skin, but it can also be tricked, by taking something from the column you want to widen, adding a bunch of spaces after the displayed name, and then finishing it with & |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Feb 08, 2013 9:23 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 62148
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| updated: beta is now stable ver, added "black user border" option, and adjusted contrast for "dark right column" option |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Tool bar does not stay on top |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:42 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 27758
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windows 8 has a taskbar; windows 8 has no START BUTTON
asfor the taskbar not unhiding, thats a windows bug , it should occur with or without classic shell installed |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Copy UI - Windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 8:39 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 11114
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| checksum calculation isnt all that time consuming on modern systems, asuming your not dealing with thousands of files... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Copy UI - Windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2013 7:07 am
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Replies: 9
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| personally i kinda like it, although it could have been designed better.., windows really lacks when it comes to detecting similar files.. (not just files with the same name) the first fix would be adding a keep both button and a checkbox "Include perfect Matches" - which defaults checked;... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Tool bar does not stay on top |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 3:56 pm
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Replies: 13
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| if its auto-hiding you should be able to get it to pop up by moving your mouse to the very bottom of the screen for a second to remove autohide: right click the taskbar, select properties, and uncheck "auto-hide" if its checked if this doesnt work, then its likely another program interferi... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero blur on windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 6:59 am
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Replies: 10
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| it is about implementing something, or at the very least, changing a few things around to use the new dll classic shell detects windows 8 (and has some windows 8 only settings, which means it could be as simple as it skipping the .dll (since its not supposed to be there in windows 8) and if done it ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero blur on windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 2:02 am
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Replies: 10
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minimizing itself is still not silent, it should at the very least minimize to the system tray.. if not completely invisible (without the program being clicked, to change settings)
but its rather close  |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero blur on windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:39 am
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Replies: 10
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| hmm the newer version does seem more stable, with 6-7 windows open its only taking 5% cpu on my i5, however thats still a little much..., i noticed that you can play videos behind the transparency, and it works fine.. which is probably the majority of the problem (the fact that its refreshing every ... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Toolbar Placed to Left Side |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:22 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 6318
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| or install another customizable toolbar, give it no buttons... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: List of keyboard shortcuts for Classic Shell under Windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2013 1:20 am
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Replies: 3
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| the new topic button is on every post yes, its anoying and accidentally gets clicked when u try to reply :P, but its not something that can be easily taken care of as for a list of shortcuts, i didnt know classic explorer even had shortcuts? if you mean ctrl+x,ctrl+v, those are windows shortcuts how... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero blur on windows 8 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2013 7:28 am
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Replies: 10
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| i think atleast a few of us have been keeping an eye on that thread , it looks like a new version has come out since i last checked so ill look again, but Ivo is possibly waiting for them to release an official/stable/silent/automatically started version, before proceeding.. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Some program icons is showed as white squares. |
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Posted: Sun Feb 03, 2013 4:26 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 19086
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| if thats the case, shouldnt there be a compatibility mode or flag that can force the start menu to load the lower resolution icons, for those having the problem? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Separator in Program menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 29, 2013 7:42 pm
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Replies: 9
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| asfar as moving/creating I would imagine holding a key to move them around/rename them in the start menu, asfar as physical elements in the folder they would just end up being usless files (not that many people use the folder) or as I said you could move the file order in the folder to determine the... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Separator in Program menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 11:29 am
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Replies: 9
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| well you could detect a specific file extension file?, and if the name is blank, or space or something, you could convert it?, if it has text you could convert it and use the text? |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Alternative Metro Button |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jan 28, 2013 9:17 am
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Replies: 8
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| it would be nice if you could click the ... at the end of button image without ticking 'custom button' first XD (and it would automatically asume you want a custom button... if your importing one) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Skinning the quicksearch: background, color and frame |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 12:43 pm
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Replies: 4
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| hmm looking around, and i guess its not currently possible (sorry), but yea it would be nice if you could customize the search box better, although if he allowed bitmaps, it would probably need sliced (since the width changes) so the most likely solution will be adding a Search_BackgroundColor, and ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: SOLVED :) lol |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:43 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 4782
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| sounds like you have another start menu program installed, that is opening there |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Skinning the quicksearch: background, color and frame |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:42 am
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Replies: 4
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| yea its possible, youll need to open the skin with reshacker (google and download if you dont have it) |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Icons blink when the cursor is on the top if corner disabled |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:49 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 16012
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| same bug here, except i think it happens more often when i just close a window (when the last active window is nolonger active) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: When closing a Windows 8 App, navigate to classic Desktop. |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:34 pm
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Replies: 3
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| i would love to be able to have this, especially since most new apps are geared towards the metro UI, it would be really awsome if metro apps could be run in windows (and im sure someone will likely figure this out eventually) the ability to doc a metro app to the 1/5 side of a screen shows real pro... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Add a link to the skin folder in the skin tab |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:22 pm
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Replies: 1
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It would be helpful if there was a link on the skin tab , that opened the users skin folder (and maybe even the skins repository webpage on the forums).. that way users can more easily add/delete new skins..
also optional scroll over tool-tips for skin options would be nice |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Aero skin with modded submenu to match Aero style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:06 am
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Replies: 2
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i dont see how the posted skin differs from the one with classic shell, maybe highlight or circle what part your talking about?, unless someone else gets it
EDIT Nvm he means the corners on Submenu_bitmap |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:38 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 62148
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| Updated the Main post to include the current beta skin which ill swap out with the stable one in a week or 2 if no bugs major have been found..., if anything looks off, let me know |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:12 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 60023
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| never thought to check for animation under it :P, but still i would imagine i could live without that, and infact wouldnt even want animations under the menu thats distracting cant you get a cropped screenshot with windows snipping tool?, run it, pass it fake mouse movements, and use its outputted i... |
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