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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 10 current update kills classic shell |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 7:10 pm
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: The Classic Shell software got hacked [Aug 2 2016] |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 2:13 am
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Replies: 46
Views: 149781
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| Personally I would define a hacker as: Anyone who changes or modifies anything through un-conventional means, often to gain an un-anticipated result Webster however defines a hacker as : a person who secretly gets access to a computer system in order to get information, cause damage, etc. : a person... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: The Classic Shell software got hacked [Aug 2 2016] |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Aug 05, 2016 1:38 am
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Replies: 46
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| Wow, m*therf*ckers... Why on hell would some random guys do that? I installed CS about 2-3 days ago, but I downloaded it from here, the main page, and I didn't got this malware thing. By the way, you should edit the main message. Hackers are the GOOD guys, Cyber Criminals are the BAD guys. Hackers ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell Feature Requests |
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 2:02 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 2261
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| The name/link of the translator could be exclusive to the language tab... which could easily be a drop-down list on an 'about' tab instead that could hold a bunch of other things, like the help link, the classic shell link, a 'check for stable updates', a 'check for beta updates', and a 'check for l... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: The Classic Shell software got hacked [Aug 2 2016] |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 5:36 am
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Replies: 46
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| no it doesn't instantly BSOD when you delete/change the MBR; it waits till you restart your pc... as far as knowing if you were hit before restarting. you might be able to find out by running msconfig (just type msconfig into the start menu) and checking the boot tab. I would Imagine that your OS wo... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell Feature Requests |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Aug 04, 2016 12:36 am
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Replies: 9
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| > [highlight=#dce1e5] Still, if you can't fit your OK/Cancel buttons, then your DPI setting is set too high for your display size and resolution.[/highlight] I would actually argue that 1280x768@125% scaling is common enough that it should be the minimum supported size (The settings could ve... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: [How to] Repair Master Boot Record |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 6:09 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 49612
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| If it sits there for 5 minutes, then you should go ahead and restart and try a second time. If that fails, try re-burning the image, if possible (it may have been corrupted, or in the case of a cd scratched) |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: Fixmbr and fixboot RUN SUCCESSFULLY--startup repair fails... |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:56 pm
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Replies: 2
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| Don't know your specific problem for why the fix wont work. but if you can get to command prompt and you have another disk drive, you can easily transfer data to it (that you can later access on a clean copy of windows) Heres a list of necessary commands dir (list all the files and folders in a dire... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: [How to] Repair Master Boot Record |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 3:47 pm
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Replies: 44
Views: 49612
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| >is it safe to use classic shell now As long as you don't accidentally run the old installer likely still on your pc :P or download from fosshub Also as a final/ultimate precaution check the files digital signature before running it should be signed by 'Ivaylow Beltchev' (right click the file and se... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: W10 anniversary update, installed CS4.3 , had to repair OS |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2016 1:31 am
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Replies: 99
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| The installer isnt hosted on classic shell.net only fosshub and media fire. ninite.com WILL currently try to download the Infected fosshub version however, it wont install it; because its smart enough to check for a digital signature. This means that if it successfully installed, it was before they ... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: Cult of Peggle Virus |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 8:36 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 8953
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| Well luckily Ivo is fairly active, so he was able to catch this quickly; sadly because of the popularity and timing, its probably a few hundred or so that got infected :( but the link on the homepage should be valid now (the infected link was remove : here is a valid one for your convenience http://... |
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Forum: Hack hotline Topic: Cult of Peggle Virus |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 7:38 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 8953
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| Maybe this news should be placed on the homepage aswell as a link to the forum posted fix? not everyone even knows the forums exist, or how to find the right post. I know it looks bad to post a big 'site was hacked; right on the homepage, but for a week or so it should probably be posted |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Menu slide animation direction |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2016 3:22 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 886
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| Nope; just a choice between the 2 and the duration the animation takes |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:06 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 40005
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| Yes, emblems are layered; and I am resuming work, because Ivo has given me the verbs necessary (they just weren't documented in any example) They are right1 or left2. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 1:19 pm
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Replies: 50
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| Yup; this is the emblem I'm using; unless I can align it based on the stick dividing the 2 columns; itl never align properly. Though Ivo did mention center1 & center2 variables for emblems that align to the center of the stretchy parts (what i needed for the spiral) Im still prodding to see if t... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Jul 28, 2016 2:16 am
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Replies: 50
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Welp; Just hit a roadblock
Emblems can be aligned left/right and top/bottom
I would need to align Kerigan top-center for it to work properly.
Ive sent a PM to Ivo, and ill put this skin on hold for the time being.
Heres the WIP with a buncha stuff missing  (no sense doing the rest if I cant finish) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 10 taskbar large icons |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:49 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 2019
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| Consideration Sure; however classic shell doesn't actually replace the windows shell :P it just augments it. so having total control can be tricky at times. I dont actually know how difficult it would be, Im just stating that a solution is already available, in a piece of compatible freeware.. too m... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 10 taskbar large icons |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:22 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 2019
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| Its alot of work for a feature, already available on freeware; (popular freeware even, with a host of other cool features) Its best not to mess with things that can already be done for free (even if it takes a whole 10 seconds after startup for it to happen) If you really want that extra 10 seconds,... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 12:16 pm
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Replies: 50
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| Yup. though stretching on the second column isnt a big deal, if the spiral, and the zergling were converted to emblems :P Though I assume the first column couldnt use a custom image either (lest it stretch over the second column too) which means converting the hive, and spawning pool to emblems aswe... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
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Posted: Tue Jul 26, 2016 1:30 am
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Replies: 50
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| Yea I tried to do what I could to the main area in the left column, but the original file doesn't have enough undo points to go back and get it before I made it so dark (thus I cant really up its brightness much without major artifacting, or re-making that layer) I did up the color and contrast a bi... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Taskbar height |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 4:25 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 2022
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Right click the taskbar, and select properties, then 'use small icons' then apply
Thats the only thing I know of |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 11:48 pm
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Replies: 50
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| I've decided to update my Zerg skin; and am working on re-mastering the main bitmap (attached) However I have lost the program I was using to format the bitmaps properly for classic shell :P. Ill keep looking for that, and until then; heres the current design Notes: Increased space for usernames tha... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Start menu fade/slide out animation |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jul 24, 2016 5:53 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 1969
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| I'm not saying its a big one, but there would be a slight performance hit; at the exact same time your trying to open another program.. This could be part of the reason it wasn't added along with the fact that the new program should ideally be drawing your view away from the receding menu anyways, p... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Skins don't work |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jul 20, 2016 2:57 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1154
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| From the settings click 'show all settings' and go to the Controls tab. Ensure that its set to open classic start menu instead of 'windows start menu' |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Show your desktop and Classic Shell Start Menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2016 8:35 pm
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Replies: 135
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| > [highlight=#ececec]Apparently the Starcraft Zerg skin is designed for a much larger screen resolution than mine, so most of the icons and folders don't show up for me.[/highlight] Skins are for the most part should be resolution/dpi Independent.. (I have no Idea why the google chrome Icon over... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Icon's frame backlight |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 10:08 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1149
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| I seem to recall a program that does just that, however I have no idea what its called... or if it works on 10 (i believe i used it on windows 8.1) |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Metroid Prime Start Menu Button request |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2016 12:01 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 2586
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If you want something to fit your specific resolution you should probably mention that in your post:
Im assuming from your other post its: 1366x768 |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Porting to Windows 98/Millenium |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2016 10:36 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 2867
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| Well that would be up to Ivo.. But I suspect its simply not worth the effort.... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Porting to Windows 98/Millenium |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2016 8:47 pm
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Replies: 9
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| It would be steps towards working on those systems yes; however aside from xp none of the other mentioned Os's have a sizable market share.... and reactOS is quite unstable in its current form.. |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Shell, booting to a blank screen - I want it, how? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2016 5:43 pm
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Replies: 5
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| http://www.aviassin.com/taskbareliminator http://www.thewindowsclub.com/hide-taskbar-windows-7-hotkey I cant say if either of these work with your OS as you havnt listed which. and I duno if they will work with classic shell (you might need to create a script that runs *InstallDirectory*/classicsta... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Customization Improvements |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 12, 2016 12:30 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 1055
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| 1. Maybe in a scenario where some menu items have icons and others don't; except... the user can always opt for an invisible icon (item 50 in shell32.dll) 2. I assume this is a technical limitation; so ill leave it alone 3. yes there is a 'recent programs' item but when you throw it in the menu it r... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start menu settings doesn't response |
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 11:38 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1559
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| So the right click responds just fine, and has no delay? Lets try the default settings. Right click go to 'settings' Then at the bottom where it says 'backup' Now If you have done extensive changes you should create a backup ('save to XML') Otherwise just click 'reset all settings' and let us know i... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add custom shortcuts to Classic Shell Context Menu? (Win7) |
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Posted: Wed Jul 06, 2016 1:27 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 1529
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| Its far from redundant, and I use it frequently in conjunction with classic shells menu... That's like saying having a second column in classic shell is redundant because you could put everything in the first.. I'd rather not have system controls like device manager, un-install programs, and firewal... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add custom shortcuts to Classic Shell Context Menu? (Win7) |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 2:48 pm
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Replies: 6
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| You are correct, Filemenu Tools doesn't edit the win+x menu (which only exist on windows 8-10) and there is currently no real way to edit classic shells right click menu beyond deleting shortcuts or disabling it entirely. The feature has been requested, however its use-case is quite limited; since i... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 9:41 am
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Replies: 91
Views: 153099
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| X-mouse Button control Freeware https://www.highrez.co.uk/downloads/xmousebuttoncontrol.htm This handy program allows you to assign custom functions to your mouse based on what program is active, For example I have assigned win+scroll Up to increase the Volume. globally and have reconfigured the sid... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Start Menu: Tenified |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jul 05, 2016 3:51 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 18471
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Open the skin in reshacker and find this:
Main_no_icons2=1
Then change it to Main_no_icons2=0
and recompile |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add custom shortcuts to Classic Shell Context Menu? (Win7) |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:30 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Sorta not possible through classic shell; However Classic style with <No Skin> looks very similar, and you could assign it to open with shift+win (or shift+left click) or another custom hotkey (just not right click, without some autohotkey voodoo) http://www.lopesoft.com/index.php/en/ lets you custo... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell on windows 10 Pro |
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Posted: Mon Jul 04, 2016 1:26 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 926
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| There are 'issues' with the beta release of windows 10. You can try: using the latest beta version of classic shell AND renaming the installer. Some have reported that works |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: "Free Launch Bar" on Windows 10 |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jul 03, 2016 2:24 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 2011
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| a big... maybe? I can say that it shouldn't cause any problems with 'use default start button' but I cant guarantee that things will align right with a custom start button. The menu itself should work fine. Either way it wont damage your system to try it out |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Triple Monitor setup , Different start buttons ?? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 1:19 pm
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Replies: 1
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Not with classic shell alone atleast. but you can probably get it done with rainmeter. but it will be alot of advanced work if your unfamiliar with its coding. You can run:
"C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" -toggle
to launch the start menu through command-line |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Customization Improvements |
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2016 7:52 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 1055
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| If an icon for a custom menu item is left <blank> its label should be justified left rather than leaving an empty space for a missing icon There should be a Custom menu item for 'Pinned Items' that determines where this list of items populates (pinning to the right column for example) You should add... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: CTRL+F to focus Start Menu search box? |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 8:20 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1555
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| The closest your going to get is the on the 'show search box' setting set to 'access with tab' You could create an autohotkey script to convert ctrl+f to tab IF the conditions are right (the menu is in focus) however thats alot of work when you could just press tab in the first place |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: The place where metro apps shortcut that classic shell uses. |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2016 4:02 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 1249
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| You could maybe create your own 'apps' folder manually. This would require adding any new apps as you install them though |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: ASUS K20 Evolution (Win 7 style) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 3:52 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 13788
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| Yea I can tell it took alot effort. to get all of the textures just right :P Ill admit I haven't really touched any of the new features since the latest skin patch. (mostly for lack of time, but also for a lack of a sample skin for the classic style) I might jump in and try my hand on adding a few f... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Supressing the tip for a line |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 1:15 pm
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Replies: 0
Views: 952
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| I'm trying to remove the tip that is displayed when you hover over a custom menu item Ive tried several different characters in the 'tip' field (&, &&, <blank>, (spacebar)) none seem to get rid of that second row of text on the label. and leaving it empty just uses the file defaults (dat... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: ASUS K20 Evolution (Win 7 style) |
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2016 12:51 pm
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Replies: 25
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| Love it. I'm guessing you were initially trying to make something of the power button on the gray strip on the bottom? Shame that didn't work out :P Maybe separate text color, and hover text color into 2 user-inputs instead of forcing black or white text color? Also looking at the capabilities of th... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Show your desktop and Classic Shell Start Menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:06 pm
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Replies: 135
Views: 97736
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| Yea, looking at it a second time, it isnt quite as dark spore-ish as I thought I was just keeping with the neon blue idea, and figured if your going all out, you should have something on the desktop too |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Show your desktop and Classic Shell Start Menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2016 4:59 am
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Replies: 135
Views: 97736
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: My computer isn't working |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jun 25, 2016 9:11 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 5154
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| I'm assuming your using a cellphone/tablet to respond.. It might be possible to boot from an ISO you download straight to your cellphone(you will need to root your device; which can be dangerous if you don't follow the procedure carefully): https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/1865c5/drivedroid... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How To Link apps to custom commands |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jun 24, 2016 5:30 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 1429
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Yup that works  |
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