Classic Shell: Forum

1. disabling ribbon & showing back the win7 old exploring view
2. implementing what win7 & previous os's have: the icon box on the bar, that allows me to set the size of icons in explorer with a "slider" which is more precise than clicking on the ribbon's selections
3. In the Search menu, I have the classic search for files & folders (personal file search utility, & in the settings menu, I have control panel .. . What would be nice is to substitute the main search
icon of start menu without subfolder & allow me to click on it directly .. . & allowing me to replace the settings icon with "Ctrl Panel"..
4. allowing the suppression or creation of shortcuts, files etc without having the start menu closing itself during that edition .. .
5. allowing me to change desktop icons even through explorer with the classic win7 icon size slider .. . but in win8 .. .

1. To disable the Ribbon, use Winaero's Ribbon Disabler: http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.20 (note: it's only a recommendation for your convenience, we bear no responsibility for third party tools).

2. Disabling the Ribbon will return the icon slider.

3. You can do this already. Go to Customize Start Menu tab. Double click "SearchMenu" and check the target from "search" to "search_files". Also, check the box for "Split button item" so you can click on it to open it. Alternatively, if you don't want it to be a split button item, double click on it to open search directly.

You can do the same for Settings. Double click "SettingsMenu" on Customize Start Menu tab. Change the Command to "control_panel".

4. On Windows 8, there is a bug that causes any dialogs opened while the menu is open to go to behind the menu. That is why the menu closes. On Windows 7, it doesn't.

5. Not sure what you mean. You can show or hide desktop icons by typing: desktop icons into the Start Menu's search box and choosing "Show or hide common icons on the desktop". You can change their size by right clicking in an empty area of the desktop, and choosing View -> Small/Medium/Large icons. Once the slider returns by disabling the Ribbon, you can browse the Desktop folder and change their size from Explorer too.

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Links to some general topics:

● Compare Start Menus

● Read the Search box usage guide.

I am a Windows enthusiast and did Classic Shell's testing and usability/UX feedback.

i think he wants the icon slider to appear somewhere on the desktop, though i dont agree with this idea

Also if you hold ctrl, and scroll with your mousewheel you can change icon sizes (or zoom in/out in most browsers, and some other programs)