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 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Forum cleanup? + a few other suggestions

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 8:25 pm 

Replies: 36
Views: 21850


@Jcee: gee.. i personally not only want to hear I did good job, but want everyone for Aeons down the road to also hear that someone thought I did a good job.. and if aliens someday find this thread after humans are extinct, I'd like them to know someone paid me a compliment.. who knows.. they may th...

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Forum cleanup? + a few other suggestions

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 7:28 am 

Replies: 36
Views: 21850


Mods tend to create Acolytes, and many are themselves cross-site Acolytes

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Forum cleanup? + a few other suggestions

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:49 am 

Replies: 36
Views: 21850


generally speaking, the less moderating that happens, the better a forum operates, today & in the future. alot of "useless" posts add personality, depth, vibrance, & coherence to the forum.. and it makes for a full picture when read several years down the road It also makes it a fu...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Start Button Orbs File Name Cache/Refresh

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:34 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 6064


i dont mean destroy anything... i dont think its any work on your part really I mean, browse to a new Orb, which happens to have the same name as the previous Orb, just over-written from a Graphics Program, completely updated image.. Otherwise you end up with 20 different useless images and one good...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Mortal Kombat - Sub Zero Orb

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:21 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 15936


Even though Classic Shell is widely appealing to the Windows 8 users, and most windows 8 systems are tablets and laptop devices, its still used widely for Desktops APNG has several advantages, not the least of all is its beauty. Just like when you watch tv, and suddenly a small preview shows up abou...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Mortal Kombat - Sub Zero Orb

Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2013 6:02 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 15936


apng compiles files for animation and reserves a first image as a default for applications with PNG support but without APNG support The PNG group officially abandoned the format in 2007, and in the last 6 years have apparently dropped off the face of the planet and have done exactly nothing to impl...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Mortal Kombat - Sub Zero Orb

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:34 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 15936


I wonder if you could add parameters to individual APNG images to begin on a click, or on a Windows event, or something

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Mortal Kombat - Sub Zero Orb

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 9:16 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 15936


Gif supports 256 colors only, with a transparency.. its not an 8-bit transparency.. gifs look bad.. Gifs should already be obsolete.. 256 colors is already too out-dated... everything is already 32-bit, even the Windows Icons.. Gif was for a bygone era when alot of things were 256, and that seemed n...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Start Button Orbs File Name Cache/Refresh

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 8:38 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 6064


I have no idea what you mean..

expensive? you mean time consuming to program a change?

there are some programs recently where they've fixed this behavior somehow to now reload the new image, even if its the same path

but anyway, just wondering if you knew about it

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Start Button Orbs File Name Cache/Refresh

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 7:16 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 6064


When you Select a New Orb with the same name as the previous Orb, it doesnt Upload the new Image, just keeps the old one.. its a common bug in alot of programs.. I'm sure there's got to be a way around it... maybe refreshing the cache or ditching the old image no matter if its the same one or not.. ...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Mortal Kombat - Sub Zero Orb

Posted: Sat Mar 30, 2013 6:57 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 15936


Sub.. Zero..

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Save Dialog Explorer Window

 Post subject: Save Dialog Explorer Window
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 3:06 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 3258


anyone know how to edit the Save Dialog box?

I'd like to customize columns, View, etc...

and Is there anyway to get QTtab & Classic Shel Buttons & Toolbars to show up during that Save dialog Explorer?

thanks

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: BUG| OpenFolderItem

 Post subject: Re: BUG| OpenFolderItem
Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:44 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 5092


cool lists... thanks

any idea where I can get such a comprehensive list of the commands to open certain dialogs to certain tabs?

such as %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL mmsys.cpl,,0

I dont even know what they are called...

thanks

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Windows Snap with Classic Shell in Windows 8

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:34 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 7673


that'd work

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Windows Snap with Classic Shell in Windows 8

Posted: Thu Mar 28, 2013 1:07 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 7673


"Automatically Arranged" is very vague, and lets Windows do all kinds of crazy stuff with your Windows during normal usage..

i think it should be re-worded and broken down into sub selections.. I like the Idea of tiling them, I hate the idea of docking them or going auto fullscreen

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:14 pm 

Replies: 91
Views: 153094


7+ Taskbar Tweaker
  • Lots of tweaks for controlling the Taskbar & Related Items
  • Needs to be running for any of the settings to work.. so needs to be a start up item
  • The Main page seems to be down, but there are several other sites hosting it.

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Differences between Start8 & Classic Shell

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:56 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 8250


i guess it'd probably be geared towards (as the name suggests) windows 8 users.. so its more or less offering a standard Windows 7 menu shell over 8... so it would seem useless to anyone on windows 7 or anyone wanting to improve on the Windows 7 one

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: BUG| OpenFolderItem

 Post subject: Re: BUG| OpenFolderItem
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:52 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 5092


does that work with a drive letter as well?

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Windows Snap with Classic Shell in Windows 8

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 5:49 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 7673


whats so great about windows 8 updates?

and what is windows 7 snap? i have two programs open, windowed or full screen, and pressing the Win key + left or right doesnt do anything..

but i guess its probably because i disabled that annoying auto-dock feature

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 7:34 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


Dual screen support for Preview in QTTab would be cool.. just tick an option to show the preview in full screen on Monitor 2.. but if you were using explorer on monitor 2 that might be a bit awkward.. it's have to able to know which monitor it was on and send it to the opposite monitor.. It already ...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:57 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


how did that happen? can it be fixed? to tell u the truth, it froze on me one time when it was auto-playing a video i accidentally moused over too long.. If it happens again i'm disabling all of the Video Previews.. i only use it for Images anyway... although its the best media player i've ever seen...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 6:06 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


well, i discovered my only real problem with it was having to move it at all... I just turned it off.. i dont know why i didnt think of that earlier Ever since I set QTTabs preview to around 850 that "pane's" been a real "pain".. just one of those things you suffer without paying...

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Differences between Start8 & Classic Shell

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 3:24 am 

Replies: 4
Views: 8250


it seems there are 2 main programs which bring back Classic Windows settings to Win 7 & Win 8

I wonder if anyone can elaborate on the difference between these 2 programs, their features, options, effectiveness, customizeability, useability, interface, etc...

anyone tried them both out?

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Desktop icons selection color/squares

Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:55 am 

Replies: 7
Views: 9386


Nostalgic...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Wed Mar 27, 2013 2:54 am 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


the mouse really sucks at fast speed with enhanced precision off.. hard to do anything precise really, from my testing..

It seems there is tricks for everything in explorer, hiding things, reducing the width around the window, etc.. just thought there might be a little program that does this too

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Yoda Orb

 Post subject: Yoda Orb
Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 5:12 pm 

Replies: 1
Views: 8369


I dont think Yoda likes being moused over or clicked..

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Millennium Falcon & Tie Fighter Orb

Posted: Tue Mar 26, 2013 7:47 am 

Replies: 0
Views: 7765


Millennium Falcon vs Tie Fighter Orb

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Star Wars - Rebel Alliance X-Wing Fighter VS. Death Star Orb

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:16 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 14465


And a couple more

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Star Wars - Rebel Alliance X-Wing Fighter VS. Death Star Orb

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:14 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 14465


Here are some variations, with Wings Spread, Upp Wings Firing, Lower Wings Firing, and Aiming a bit Higher

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Star Wars - Rebel Alliance X-Wing Fighter VS. Death Star Orb

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 8:40 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 14465


Ok, Here's a Star Wars Death Star Orb...

Let me now if there's any adjustments that need to be made.. I'll maybe improve it a bit later if I have time

I use it at size 100 for a double level Taskbar..

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 6:20 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


any idea of a registry setting to increase the width? I'm a pretty Awesome FPS gamer, I can 180-spin to Headshot 5 pixels in the blink of an eye I'm using a Microsoft Bluetrack Mouse, i dont think they are rated in DPI...or the DPI is somehow different.. i dont think it even mentioned DPI on the box...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Re: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:46 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


and you can actually see for yourself by left clicking and holding the mouse still, you get the double-arrow, but if the tip of the mouse is actually slightly on the vertical scroll bar, then as soon as you click, the double-arrow disappears and you start scrolling, without even the slightest of mou...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Preview Pane Resize Bar

 Post subject: Preview Pane Resize Bar
Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:39 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 6993


Does anyone else have the hardest time resizing the Preview Pane? its like the double-sided arrow Icon shows when you put your mouse on it to resize it, then as soon as you click it, its suddenly not on the bar anymore and doesnt grab it for resizing I cant remember if it was this difficult before i...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Item selection in Windows Explorer

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:22 pm 

Replies: 4
Views: 4956


Sounds dangerous

Why are you tabbing around before deletes?

 Forum: Feature Requests   Topic: Inline left pane for search/programs like real vista/7

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 5:05 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 6712


its not yet Built in, but the Creator of Classic Shell, IVO, has given us this Manual method for adding "Pin to Classic Start Menu" Right-Click Menu Item: http://classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=61 Its very easy, here's the quick & dirty version: 1. Download PinToCSM.zip ...

 Forum: Tutorials   Topic: Add Useful Commands to your Start Menu, incl. "Run" Sub-Menu

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 10:20 am 

Replies: 14
Views: 31233


Add a Button to Empty Recycle Bin on All Drives to Start Menu: **Permanently Deletes all Items in Recycle Bin without Warning Prompt Requires placing nircmd in your System Folder ⋅ Command: ⋅ nircmd.exe emptybin ⋅ Label: ⋅ Empty Recycle Bin ⋅ Icon: ...

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Is there anyway to export settings?

Posted: Mon Mar 25, 2013 2:30 am 

Replies: 14
Views: 14686


possibly maybe a message could pop up telling me what items do not exist in the new location while unpacking.. stating "this software doesnt exist in this location, would you like to browse for this software, or Skip this Item?" Ideally it would also export a list of dependent software &am...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Boba Fett Start button variations

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:29 pm 

Replies: 1
Views: 7891


Hehe

thanks Matt

I've been meaning to make some StarWars Orbs myself as well

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Is there anyway to export settings?

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:27 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 14686


maybe a find & replace through the XML file?

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: Is there anyway to export settings?

Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:25 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 14686


I'd like to have the ability to "pack" the entire installation & and all customizations required for it to run on a different computer.. including pinned items, bat files, vbscripts, links to all icons actually, I'd like a report, on what all is accessed by Classic Shell, that would ne...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: empty DVD ejecting

 Post subject: Re: empty DVD ejecting Topic is solved
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 7:03 pm 

Replies: 12
Views: 29525


cool, I just use the Nircmd version since its already on my system for other reasons, and its a pretty useful tool.. actually i think i used it for volume control & mute functions when I was using a keyboard without built-in volume buttons . and i just love nirsoft stuff... but nircmd is pretty ...

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Start Button Bigpack

 Post subject: Re: Start Button Bigpack
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 2:24 am 

Replies: 28
Views: 94956


Mario is awesome

 Forum: Feature Requests   Topic: Inline left pane for search/programs like real vista/7

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:28 am 

Replies: 8
Views: 6712


Pin to CSM works for pinning .exe executable program files & also works with pinning shortcuts as well, unless the shortcut is already in a pinned directory

is that what u mean?

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Drive Pin to CSM doesnt Expand

Posted: Sat Mar 23, 2013 1:22 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 4244


right you are.. that works nicely.. thanks

just right-click start menu > open, then drag from my computer to the open Start Menu Folder

 Forum: Tutorials   Topic: Add Useful Commands to your Start Menu, incl. "Run" Sub-Menu

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:49 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 31233


To Create Buttons for System Restore Points: - ⋅  Creating Instant Restore Points: ⋅ Download this VBscript for Creating Instant Background Restore Points ⋅ Save the VBS file to a permanent place on your Computer where you save all of your VBsripts ⋅ Classic ...

 Forum: Tutorials   Topic: Add Useful Commands to your Start Menu, incl. "Run" Sub-Menu

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:19 pm 

Replies: 14
Views: 31233


Add a Button to the Windows Backup And Restore Control Panel , so after you click this button, all you need to do is click "Back-up" ⋅ Command: ⋅ %windir%\explorer.exe shell:::{B98A2BEA-7D42-4558-8BD1-832F41BAC6FD} ⋅ Label: ⋅ Back-Up ⋅ Ico...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Win 7 64bit Replace File Conflict Dialog - appears twice

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:58 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 7037


thats cool..

interesting occurrence..

the Process I see in my taskmanager is called "ClassicStartMenu.exe"

 Forum: Chitchat   Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 5:51 pm 

Replies: 91
Views: 153094


Audioswitch on Google https://code.google.com/p/audioswitch/ - A Program to Directly Switch Audio Devices with 1-Click - useful if you create devcon commands to enable / disable devices Its a very small file, capable of switching your default Audio Playback Device with one-click of a mouse button G...

 Forum: Bug Reports   Topic: Drive Pin to CSM doesnt Expand

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:45 am 

Replies: 3
Views: 4244


hey, Folders I have pinned to CSM can expand with the normal fly-out, but when I pin a Drive to the CSM, it doesnt fliy-out.. was that intentional?

anyway, its awesome we can pin drives to CSM by default.. requires a registry hack to do that with default Win7 Start menu

 Forum: Tutorials   Topic: Disable/ Enable System Devices - Camera, Mic, Network, etc..

Posted: Fri Mar 22, 2013 9:31 am 

Replies: 2
Views: 36638


This same method is also very useful for Disabling & Enabling the Network Adapter for entering Instant & Secure Offline Computing Mode Just replace the Device ID with the first string in your Network Adapter Hardware ID then follow all the steps, changing the names to "Connect" &am...
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