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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Support for AutoStart/StartUp-Folder |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 28, 2017 6:51 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1218
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| The actual mechanism for starting a program by placing its shortcut in the Startup folder is a feature of Windows. If you are using Classic Shell's Group Policy Settings to redirect the Start Menu folder, try using the Windows policy settings instead. Then shortcuts placed under the redirected Start... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu pinning issue in Windows 7 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 11:04 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 918
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| The folder might be hidden. Copy paste it or enable hidden and system files. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu pinning issue in Windows 7 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 10:49 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 918
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| Check the following folders in Explorer: - %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu (This is the per-user Start menu folder) - C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu (All users Start Menu folder) - %appdata%\ClassicShell\Pinned (Per-user Pinned folder) The shortcuts must be there in either of the... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Start Menu causes explorer lock up |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 27, 2017 7:07 am
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Replies: 68
Views: 22721
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| How to capture crash dumps or slowdown dumps: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=6 There are different ways so if one doesn't work, try the alternative method. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: About unattend install |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 12:40 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 1231
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| You are specifying a / before ADDLOCAL. I think it is not required. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option to run CS without resident ClassicStartMenu.exe |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:55 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1562
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| @Splitwirez, You can already have Classic Shell not autostart when Explorer starts by unchecking "Start automatically for this user" on General Behavior tab. Run it manually from C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe. Of course, once it starts, the ClassicStartMenu.exe proces... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Camera and other programs stopped working |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 7:16 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1158
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As I said earlier, Classic Shell did not break your Camera app  - something else did that happened at the same time as when you installed Classic Shell but you are not believing that. The only process that Classic Shell affects is Explorer.exe. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Camera and other programs stopped working |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 26, 2017 5:33 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1158
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| You can be 100% sure that Classic Shell didn't affect your Camera app even if it was a coincidence that it stopped working at the exact moment. Metro apps are isolated and run in a sandbox and Win32 apps can't even interact with them. The current version of Classic Shell is not hacked. You can verif... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add Download and Video Folder to start Menu |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 8:45 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 839
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| Go to Customize Start Menu tab and double click "Don't display this item". Change it to "Display as a list" or "Display as a menu" for Videos and Download. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Restore 32x32 taskbar icons in Windows 10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 25, 2017 6:11 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1304
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 10 Anniversary, Creators and Fall Creators Update |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2017 11:05 pm
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Replies: 169
Views: 104673
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| @DAOWAce, what version of Classic Shell did you have installed? Version 4.3.1 should be compatible with Creators Update. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Show full path and filename only in recent items hints? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 10:57 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 1080
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| The tooltip comes from Windows' Recent Items folder (C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Recent) or shell:Recent. I don't know if any app except Explorer can modify it. Also, on my PC at least, it shows the full target path of the file but the folder path/location doesn't sho... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 10 Anniversary, Creators and Fall Creators Update |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 1:50 pm
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Replies: 169
Views: 104673
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| Hello Girlz and Boyz, am a newbie here a devote user of Classic Shell (Version 4.3.1). My Windows10 ver is 1607. So far everyone is talking about problems and how to fix them. Personally, I would like to take a different approach, a preventive approach. Let me explain. I have managed to hold back t... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: What is the actual search logic behind Classic Start Menu? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 12:25 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 668
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| Read the Start Menu Search Guide for a detailed explanation: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1588 In summary, Classic Shell uses its own fast search for finding app/program shortcuts and Control Panel settings. The advantage of this is that this search continues to work eve... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Where is the multiuser menu of Win10? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2017 6:36 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 973
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| Microsoft did not provide any way for app developers to implement the multi-user switching functionality in their own menus. They kept this exclusive to the Windows 10 menu and I think, in newer releases of Windows 10, the multi-user menu doesn't work at all - it just takes you to the logon screen -... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: XP Media Plus! [7 style] |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:53 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 2189
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| Yeah any faint colored taskbar is harder on my eyes too. Plus they made all the stupid tray icons white and you can't easily change them. That's why XP embedded taskbar texture+your lovely Plex Replay7 skin is my winning combo. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: XP Media Plus! [7 style] |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 9:05 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 2189
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YAY to Juniper7 for still making skins.  We can just slice off a piece of the menu skin to make a matching taskbar texture. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Blank App Icons |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:27 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 732
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| That's weird that only some apps don't display their icons. From Run dialog (Win key+R), open: shell:AppsFolder Locate these two app shortcuts there. Do the icons show in Explorer? If not, it's a Windows issue. Also, make sure you are using Classic Shell 4.3.1. From its Settings dialog -> Backup but... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: User photo not loaded |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:25 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1196
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| Try using Classic Start Menu's own "User picture" setting? It's on the General Behavior tab and its reg value is: HKCU\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings. String value: UserPicturePath. A single high-res pic should work. If you change the Classic Start Menu Registry key, make sure ... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: [Animated Start Button] Star Trek |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:03 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 3316
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| Nicely done |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Transparent parts of start button hard to right click |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:11 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 1261
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| Agree to all suggestions however it's up to Ivo to make the final call. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Quickly access Bluetooth on/off in Windows 8.1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:44 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 715
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| You can just search for it and right click -> Pin to Start menu (Classic Shell). |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Start Menu shortcuts with ampersands (&) in filename |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:40 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 720
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Oh indeed. You mean when using keyboard accelerators. Thanks for the bug report. If the & is followed by a space, then space bar is selecting it at present.  |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Can't delet jump-list entries that refer to deleted items. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:01 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 990
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| Tried on Windows 8.1 just now: the context menu does appear even if the file is deleted. Not tested on Windows 10 yet. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Does it show all installed programs? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:54 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1226
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:24 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2438
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| There is another way to increase the height of the menu. Add a custom item to the right column in between any two items where you want the menu to grow taller. Keep all its fields blank and set the icon to: none. This will add true empty space, the item you added won't even be selectable with the ke... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows XP Luna Skin of Program |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:38 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2803
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| Try this color picker skin made by juniper7. You will have to switch to Windows 7 style to use this skin though. Another option is to use the Metro skin. That skin follows the system color set on Windows 8 or Windows 10. This post has a variation of the Metro skin which uses lighter colors: http://w... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:35 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2438
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| The height setting is only there in the Windows 7 style of the menu. Go the "Start Menu Style" tab and change first to the Windows 7 style. Then you will find the Menu height setting on the Main menu tab. If you are using Classic or Classic with two columns, the menu's height changes depen... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Full Glass Skin of Program |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:32 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 3019
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| Go to Start Menu Settings -> Menu Look tab. Set "Glass opacity" to 100. This should remove its transparency. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start menu problem: Pinned programs |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:20 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1020
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| Windows 10 must have turned that off since it fools around with your settings on its own. For Windows 10 Creators Update, there is a new setting under the system Settings app (press Win+i to open it) -> Privacy: "Let Windows track app launches to improve start and search results". Turn it ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:32 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 2438
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| There's a Minimum menu height setting on the Main Menu tab in Start Menu Settings. You can also use the search box in the Settings window to find it. Type: height into the search box. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Not classic enough |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:31 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 2221
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| What usability benefits does it give over the Windows 95 design? None whatsoever. You can create Explorer folders with those names and shortcuts and access them from your Desktop. So it's already there in the OS. One of the big usability improvements with the introduction of the Start Menu in Window... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Instant WerFault.exe crash on ClassicShell 4_3_1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:55 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 895
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| ucrtbase.dll is the C programming language runtime library DLL that is part of Windows. It might be missing, corrupted or replaced by some wrong version on your PC. From an elevated command prompt, run the 2 following commands in succession. Let them finish. It may take a while. Dism /Online /Cleanu... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Classic Explorer is not working at all |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:56 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1922
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| Classic Shell does not calculate the reported value. It is all done by Explorer. Classic Shell merely shows it. For large files, Explorer takes time to calculate the size. If you check your 11.9 GB file again after a while, it should show the full size. You might be using a hard disk drive. On an SS... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Classic Explorer is not working at all |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:11 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 1922
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell won't appear when using JRiver Media Center |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:03 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 805
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| Which version of Windows? Which version of Classic Shell? Are you running it fullscreen? What do you mean exactly by "menu won't appear correctly"? Does it render improperly? Does the menu not show at all but the button shows? Does the Start button disappear? Please give more details. Try ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Screen just flashes |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:05 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 1040
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 10 Anniversary, Creators and Fall Creators Update |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:20 am
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Replies: 169
Views: 104673
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| Can anyone try the Windows Explorer setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" (File Explorer Options) reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v SeparateProcess /t reg_dword /d 0x1 to see if the freezing session/high... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:18 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 2991
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| Can you try the Windows Explorer setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" (File Explorer Options) reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v SeparateProcess /t reg_dword /d 0x1 to see if the freezing session/high th... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:17 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1275
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| Yes this is something they should try. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Dissable options |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:53 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1148
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| This is how your Registry should be configured (merge this REG). Note that the Settings in HKLM are in HKLM\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu whereas the Settings in HKCU are in HKCU\SOFTWARE\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings subbranch. The same should work for any other Reg value including EnableSe... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Screen Icon on Desktop |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:49 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1206
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| There is no Start screen icon added to the Desktop by Classic Shell so you are doing some unsupported trick. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Naming sub-items as buttons |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:47 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2004
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Labels for buttons is a nice idea however the buttons will be need to be spaced farther apart then and maybe the Separator can be used to show the buttons on the next row. That gives us Windows 10's tiles.  |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: An option to put desktop folders as subitems of the desktop |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:26 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1426
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| The presentation of the folder tree structure itself in Navigation pane cannot be modified by Classic Shell, only its behavior. However you can right click in an empty area of the navigation pane and uncheck "Show all folders" to make it a bit cleaner and less cluttered. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Modifying keyboard shortcuts |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:24 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1295
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| There is no single keystroke shortcut for duplicating an item in Explorer. You must use Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V. At the most you can remap Ctrl+D using an AutoHotkey script to disable it, or make Ctrl+D send Ctrl+C plus Ctrl+V at once. Check out AutoHotkey freeware. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell Start Menu Folder Issue |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:20 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 1008
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Yes you can just create a folder anywhere on your computer and put shortcuts to those programs inside it.
Then add that folder to the Start Menu using these steps: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1582 |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search > See more results: one Explorer window only |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:58 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1563
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| This looks like an Explorer limitation in Windows but I found a workaround. If you want to compare results, you can open another blank search window by typing the following command in the Run dialog (Win+R), or by creating a shortcut to the following command: Explorer search-ms: Then you can type in... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add Download and Video folders |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 5:01 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 891
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| Which style of the Start menu are you using and where do you see them grayed out? |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: "Copy path" Explorer Toolbar button |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:14 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 5342
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| It's not files and folders but more than one file selected at a time. You can do that by holding down the Ctrl key as you click to select or use Ctrl+space bar and arrow keys. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Custom gradient in side inscription. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:23 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1044
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| juniper7 might be able to help you in this case. For Windows 7 style, he created an amazing skin that has a color picker. That's easier than editing the skin yourself to change the gradient colors. But as you know, for two column styles, the gradient is not on the side but at the top: http://www.cla... |
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