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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: I hate Windows 8! |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 09, 2013 12:02 pm
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| as for the search,share ect. click the all settings button at the bottom, then go to the windows 8 tab, and select dissable active corners - alll as for the mouse issue, its probably a trackpad issue as you stated :P, i havnt had that issue b4 with a mouse, but trackpads tend to do that :P especiall... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Copy Item |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 11:31 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 6468
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Copy Item |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:41 am
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Replies: 10
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suprised you didnt know that gauravk  , also you can hold shift to force move (if you want to move files to a flash drive instead of copy them) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Multi Pane view |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 8:52 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2879
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| Im fairly certain that cant be easily done (without basically coding a custom explorer...) |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Two toolbars at the same time? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 6:48 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 8617
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| QT private build 128 seems stable enough to me (only crashes 2-3 times a week ) 66 was pretty unstable |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: [Suggestion] Enablle/Disable Button |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 1:47 am
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Replies: 5
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| actually i've been in need of a disable/enable, for both the start menu buttons and the toolbar.. custom buttons often have more time put into there creation than regular buttons (because regular buttons have defaults) so the saving of these buttons is all the more important..., especially ones that... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Screen Apps on Desktop? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:44 pm
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Replies: 5
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| sadly no.., no solution that i know of yet for this, but ive been lookin to |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Start Button problem |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 9:42 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 3796
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| ive had this problem with corrupt skin files; although if pressing win key shows the menu fine its probably not that.. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: How to install buttons? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:46 pm
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Replies: 4
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| there used to be a tutorial for it here somewhere but i cant find it right now, im thinking maybe it should be linked to in a sticky in this folder for future reference :P anyways.. heres a quick step by step i'm amusing you have classic shell installed.. save the custom button (right click, save im... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Outlook Hyperlinks Disabled - Fixed |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 4:24 pm
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Replies: 1
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this would not be a classic shell bug but one with Torch
I asume you installed this, or it came pre-installed..?
http://www.torchbrowser.com/
classic shell doesnt install torch |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Rename selected file with "somethng" |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 10:31 am
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Replies: 13
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| yet it does.... maybe windows happens to use the same syntax to get current directory (it seemed kinda familiar to me before classic shell) but you can try it yourself (i can only confirm for w8pro but i would imagine w7 should work to) just make a new folder, throw 1-2 files in it (or right-click c... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Cycling Start Orbs |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:21 am
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Replies: 3
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| not on hand, i could probably make one fairly easily, although maybe that joejoe renamer youve got could come in handy (if theres a way to send it arguments) :P i did have a program a while back designed to change the desktop background more randomly (by overwriting a single file with a random file ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:18 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 62148
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| glad i could help, always looking to improve on my works |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 7:17 am
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Replies: 91
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| i actually found it a bit simpler :P, the fact that the other one bombards you with like 20 options right off the bat in a single little section.. is kinda unnerving :P so your saying you still needed that one because filemenu tools wasnt powerful enough? or because you didnt have filemenu tools ins... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Cycling Start Orbs |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:53 am
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Replies: 3
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| this feature seems a little to advanced in my opinion but you can already do this with a few lines of external code (make a program that periodically renames all the files in a folder with incremental names), set classic shell to one of those files, and make the program restart classic shell) Exampl... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Annoying feature changes between XP and W7. |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:44 am
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Replies: 12
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| view pane? you mean file pane? (the main area all your files are) |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:40 am
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Replies: 91
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| Sure there are more complicated ones, with the same or more features there are also simpler ones, with better integration and enough features :P also its integration isnt so great, (it works on whole folders sure, but you cant select a bunch of files, and right click, to get its context. (atleast no... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 8:11 pm
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Replies: 91
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| reviewing the 2: JoeJoe Windows shell does need a more advanced renamer; however this one seems way to advanced @.@ the one in filemenu tools (you linked to it above, seems like a decent blend of advanced features and basic design ill probably be adding filemenu tools soon actually.... cause ive bee... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Annoying feature changes between XP and W7. |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:19 pm
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Replies: 12
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| If you press tab key several times (it cycles through every bar, and whatnot in the active window), untill the first item in the navigation pane is selected, you can use it to move around the directories with arrow keys.. thats the 'change' hees refering to; because in XP, once you just click someth... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Rename selected file with "somethng" |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:13 pm
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Replies: 13
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| without cd cmd opens to C:\Windows for me.. and with this script this could potentially be very bad XD the /C part just tells the script to close after running so removal of that shows it opens to the windows dir.. so if you want to see whats happening just remove the /C part :P EDIT UPDATE: this wo... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:11 pm
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Replies: 91
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| @JoeJoeSoft I think i should probably focus more twards Integrated improvements on this list, a mass folder renamer is more of a specialist tool if you could find a decent file renamer with good shell integration though.. that might be worth adding... @T800; ill add that to the list, in a few minute... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Rename selected file with "somethng" |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 5:23 pm
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| Why does C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C cd "%1" && for %a in (*.*) do ren %a AddThis%a Not work while C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /C cd "C:\Users\Jesse\Desktop\aa" && for %a in (*.*) do ren %a AddThis%a Works In the first example its recognizing the first command,... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Rename selected file with "somethng" |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 3:33 pm
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Replies: 13
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cmd.exe /C ren "%2" "word.txt"
is what you should have put, he forgot the quotes
and as he said replace word.txt with whatever |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 2:43 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 62148
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| Actually yea, my personal version had that 'bug' fixed :P, its an issue with custom themes (the text glow requires something in a theme to be noticed) i was going to wait until i added something that would affect everyone before updating, but since you asked; I updated the First post with the fixed ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: start button does not work |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:30 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 8199
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C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicExplorerSettings.exe
Try running that file, then if it opens try clicking backup at the bottom of the window
edit: my bad, Start Menu Settings.exe needs ran to as Ivo points out |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Add left/right scroll to cascading start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 5:14 pm
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Replies: 3
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| well there are a few other options; - shortening the names of the shortcuts that have the longest names in each row (as the width of the row is determined by this) - adjusting the screen resolution (if it isnt already maxed out), although this affects alot of other things.. - And if still needed, re... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 2000 Style? |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 3:49 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Duno if this helps, but i just noticed that Display fusion has an option to adjust the window border padding for windows 8, Its not free but a 30 day trial is, and im pretty sure the feature only works on windows 8, because its in a tab labeled "windows 8", but the developers may make it w... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:29 am
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Replies: 29
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| well yes it is mostly designed for tablets with small screens.. its not about maximizing the ammount of stuff on screen, but rather making the buttons big and easy to press without missing with your fingers XD, they went all out for the lowest common denominator (old people with shaky hands) the fun... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:11 am
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Replies: 29
Views: 25828
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| most of wins 8 faults can be fixed, easier than adding everything good from windows 8 properly to w7... (there are a few ugly metroish dialogs (like the open with menu) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Classic XP style text? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:02 am
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Replies: 9
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| yea, sadly it doesnt fix everything, but its better to do a few things right than do everything poorly |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:51 am
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Replies: 91
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| im saying that there are ways around purchasing most software, even if it has a version you can purchase |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:47 am
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Replies: 29
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| there are quite a few benefits with w8, primarily faster bootups, and better optimization for newer components, so downgrading just for the start menu is hardly worth it.. if start8 isnt to your liking, maybe you want windows 7 start menu exactly as it is, if so maybe you should try: http://startisb... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Classic XP style text? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 1:39 am
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Replies: 9
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| it would be nice for a global solution sure, but whats wrong with a local one, at least your start menu would look pretty... (which is why i was asking for the specific skin you use), but if you would prefer holding out for a total solution, i wish you the best of luck in finding it |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:43 pm
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Replies: 91
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| most shareware/trial ware doesnt require a credit card innitially, not to mention other non-legitimate means of obtaining software |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 3:29 pm
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Replies: 29
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| i have a feeling hees only looking at the basic settings |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:49 am
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Replies: 16
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go to C: directory, and select a folder, that should add the button
im pretty sure it was on by default |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:47 am
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Replies: 91
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| it ask you to click a number?, hmm thats his way of offering the full featured version for free, and still giving the users a reason to buy it..., personally thats one of my preferred methods for shareware (aslong as the 'anoynances' are not to annoying :P i really hate trialware, and will uninstall... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Classic XP style text? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 1:30 am
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| as stated before, the font used is determined by the skin not the program if you would like I could change the font in the skin for you. First i need to know what skin that is though :P (if its included in the software just give me the name, if its somewhere online give me a link), and what font you... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:20 pm
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| didnt seem like to many problems with me (as i described) quite a few programs try to install 1-2 bloat/crapwares you just have to pay attention during the install :P, something you really should be doing anyways.. so in a way they help correct a bad behavior XD.. but yea ill still look for that alt... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:38 pm
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| the version he linked to i dont seem to see any added crapware that i didnt select during install, you just have to click advanced and uncheck the crapware install, and then dont click next, click skip for the next menu (which they placed in the back position) and the rest should be just hitting nex... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:28 pm
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surely with the right registry tweak?
also
QTTabsbar (build 113 or whatever the latest from Quizzio is) has a button it adds to the command bar "open in tab" when a folder is selected (its a little buggy/ and doesnt work in all folder types but its there... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 8:36 am
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| hey guaravK any chance you know a way(program or tutorial) to add custom buttons (like to a user defined folder, or .exe) to the command bar?, that seems to be the only thing the program you linked lacks.. ive been tinkering around with the registry, and i might figure it out sooner or later, but a ... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:51 am
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| was actually looking for something like that (i think ive seen it b4 but lost the link to it) thanks |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 8:04 pm
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 2000 Style? |
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Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2013 2:15 am
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| asfar as the whole of windows gui, no as far as the start menu, it can replicate everything i see there, except maybe the text "search> being next to the searchbar instead of inside it also you would need a custom button if you wanted the same look classic shell wont modify your theme, which is... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows 7 Theme for Explorer |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2013 2:03 am
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yea i wasnt quite sure which to put it in, just figured since the skin is explorer related it might fit a little better...
i mean it brings back functionality (better button visibility, and such) to the explorer.. although not directly classic shell , its somewhat aligned with its goals |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows 7 Theme for Explorer |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 7:28 pm
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| personally ive hated windows 8's theme with flat icons and pastel colors.. so one of the first things i fixed after installing classic shell was a new theme... This theme seems to be the closest and best theme i can find, resembling windows 7. (the only major inconsistency or visual problem, i can n... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: start menu on triple monitors |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 6:31 am
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Replies: 25
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| the difference is simply how its coded, with eyefinity if you open a fullscreen app it will stretch across all the screens, or if you maximize a window it will stretch across all screens the taskbar should stretch across all, unless amd does something specific to prevent this from happening.. basica... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 7 style |
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Posted: Mon Feb 25, 2013 2:08 am
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| well the one linked may be moving the user pic to the top according to the chitchat.. ive read the name of the skin and its "windows Aero" not windows 7..., the reason the userpic isnt overlaying is a few compatiblility issues that would need to be taken care of (IE asume the image is squa... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: start menu on triple monitors |
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Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2013 7:56 pm
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what happens if you right click taskbar and select properties and check show taskbar on all displays
does this atleast give you 3 start buttons that open on the same screen as the button?
its not a true fix, but it might help as a temporary fix (or if you end up liking taskbars on all displays) |
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