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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Freeze on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:54 pm
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Replies: 54
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| Hm, so is it a crash or a temporary freeze? To catch a crash you need to use the first command line "procdump -e explorer.exe" and leave it running until the start menu crashes. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Second, flickering cursor-arrow |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 2:46 pm
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Views: 13581
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| Are you saying that you see something shaped like the mouse cursor (the arrow) near the bottom of the screen? If so, it sounds like some program is trying to manipulate the mouse position, maybe to simulate a mouse click. Classic Shell doesn't do that. Classic Shell tries to simulate pressing Win+D ... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Freeze on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 1:09 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 204811
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Type "procdump -n 10 -s 1 explorer.exe", don't press Enter. Click the start button - if the menu doesn't open immediately, click in the command window and press Enter.
The goal is to capture as many dumps as possible while the menu is non-responsive. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Freeze on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:59 pm
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Replies: 54
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| You can do shift+right-click in Explorer and select "open command window here". |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Freeze on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:42 pm
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Replies: 54
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| The network connections is not going to be a problem. I was asking if you have links to files (like exes) that are on the network. In such case the start menu must access the network to get the icon. To get to the bottom of this, follow the instructions here: http://classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Question regarding Search |
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Posted: Sun Jan 27, 2013 12:32 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 16007
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| That's a good idea. I'll add it to the list. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Systemsteuerung anklicken |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:07 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 12349
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| This sounds like a poor automated translation. I don't understand - what is the same? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Some program icons is showed as white squares. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:44 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 64398
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Some program icons is showed as white squares. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:26 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 64398
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| Can you give me some examples of programs that have the correct icons and programs that have the wrong icons? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Some program icons is showed as white squares. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 2:16 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 64398
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| But do all programs have the white square icon? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Some program icons is showed as white squares. |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 1:58 pm
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Replies: 25
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Is it always the same programs?
If so, can you see something out of the ordinary about them? Like maybe they are on the network, or maybe they are 16-bit exes, or maybe you have customized their icons? |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: un install didn't bring back charm bar and original setting |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 11:40 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 30907
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| Classic Shell should uninstall without leaving any changes to your system. To be sure, see if there is a folder C:\Program Files\Classic Shell (if you installed in the default location), and if there is, delete that folder. If that doesn't help, it is likely you installed some other program that mes... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: How to change a custom toolbar button "Text" and "ICON". |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 7:42 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 11719
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Sorry, not possible. The icons are only loaded when the toolbar is created.
The only thing you can do is enable or disable custom commands. Look at the end of the Settings section in the help how to force a refresh. |
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Forum: Classic IE Topic: "Classic IE9BHO Class" not Shown as IE9 Add-on... HELP!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 4:16 pm
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Replies: 4
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ClassicIE9 will not be grayed out, just unchecked by default (a red X).
You can run the installer again, then select Change and should be able to add the missing component. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell Freeze on Windows 8 Pro 64 bit |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:48 pm
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Replies: 54
Views: 204811
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| Is it possible you added some link to the menu that points to a network location? Network access can be slow, particularly if the network is currently disconnected. |
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Forum: Classic IE Topic: "Classic IE9BHO Class" not Shown as IE9 Add-on... HELP!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 3:08 pm
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Replies: 4
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| Hm, it should show up. Are you sure you installed it? If you installed Classic Shell while IE8 is installed, the ClassicIE9 component will be unchecked in the installer. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: SOLVED :) lol |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 1:08 pm
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Replies: 8
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| When you say "the much hated startmenu", do you mean the Metro start screen or some other start menu? |
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Forum: Classic IE Topic: Progress bar not showing |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 10:39 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 31140
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| You need to enable the status bar - View -> Toolbars -> Status bar |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Resizing in Windows 8 |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:57 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 34884
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| The size of buttons often depends on the font size. You can try finding a way to increase the font size. One way is by changing the DPI setting. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How to fix the corners when the taskbar is on top? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 9:54 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 15770
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| Looks like the alpha channel is missing. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Does per-user configuration override HKLM configuration? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 1:02 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 19434
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| HKLM takes precedence obviously, otherwise it defeats the purpose of allowing an admin to lock certain settings. If you have a way to prevent users from accessing the HKCU (like with regedit), you can adjust their settings and then set EnableSettings to 0 to disable the settings UI. If you set Enabl... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Possible to change color of thin_frame? |
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Posted: Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:54 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 10881
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| No, this is the system window border. If you want to control the color you need to use a bitmap and change the opacity to "region". |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows key no longer switches to metro screen |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 4:45 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 8670
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| Assuming the Windows icon on the tablet corresponds to the Win key on the keyboard, look at the "Windows key opens" setting in the Controls tab. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Settings, etc. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 3:28 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 37146
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Nope, sorry. I am not the developer on that program.
Maybe you can run the installer of Classic Shell, then choose "Remove".
Then run the installer for the other program and see if it offers the uninstall option. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Cannot skip Metro screen |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 1:58 pm
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Replies: 22
Views: 75218
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| See if you can create a scheduler task that runs ClassicStartMenu.exe on login. Also disable the service so it doesn't try to start twice. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Settings, etc. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 23, 2013 10:10 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 37146
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| To be on the safe side I'd uninstall both, reboot, then install Classic Shell. It is unclear how close Win8 startbutton is to Classic Shell and how the two will conflict. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Screen won't reawaken |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:14 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 15482
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| There are 3 possibilities - the problem may not be related to Classic Shell, and it is just a coincidence. The problem may be related to the start menu. The problem may be related to the service. You can stop the start menu by right-clicking on the start button and selecting Exit. See if the problem... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Allow installer to take command line option for config xml |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:11 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 27572
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| Yes, this is stored in the ShowedStyle value. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 8 Active Corner Start screen Bug? |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:09 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 10330
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That's by design. Look at the tooltip for that setting. The idea is that if the bottom/left corner is mostly a problem if the start button is there.
If you want to disable every hot corner, you have a setting for that too. |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Option 'Skip Metro Screen' Ignored After Disabling Hibernate |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 3:19 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 18485
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| If you immediately click on the Desktop tile, do you see a start button or not? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Most recently used programs in Classic-Shell |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 2:57 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 12238
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| Open the settings and uncheck "Show recent programs" in the Special Items tab. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How do I Prevent Taskbar Icons from Overlapping ClassicShell |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:41 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 17741
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| Nothing should overlap Classic Shell. Can you provide a screenshot? |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Windows 8, Temp Profiles and Other Oddities. |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:19 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 14501
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| I think Windows will try to create a temp profile if the current profile is corrupted or inaccessible. Maybe your network connection is spotty and it fails to download your remote settings. Are you using a local or Microsoft account? Doesn't seem related to Classic Shell though. To be sure, switch t... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Cant find the settings for search > minimum caracter to show |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 9:53 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 13553
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| I guarantee you there has never been a setting in Classic Shell to limit the number of characters. You may have seen it in some other software. As for auto-complete, it waits until it detects you are typing a path. So you really have to type 3 characters - like "C:\". But that's the behavi... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Shutdown option imediatelly shutdowns computer |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:53 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 19656
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OK, save your settings to XML file and attach it here. I will look at it.
Also, what version of Classic Shell are you using? |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Problem replacing my start orb |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:49 am
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Replies: 2
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| There might be a problem with that PNG. Post it here and I'll look at it. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Shutdown option imediatelly shutdowns computer |
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Posted: Mon Jan 21, 2013 8:49 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 19656
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| Did you try it? Replacing the command will not remove the sub-menu. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Trouble with Logoff button, RDP and Windows 7 style |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 12:33 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 12448
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| In the Windows 7 style, logoff and disconnect are part of the shutdown menu. However it looks like a group policy is disabling the Shutdown menu. You can manually add the missing items to the main menu using the Customize Start Menu in the settings - simply drag them from the right column into the l... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:35 am
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Replies: 16
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| The problem is not how to blur the image. It is capturing the image behind the menu in the first place. It is actually impossible if there is animation going on. Also once you start opening sub-menus that overlap, it gets even trickier. Basically on Vista and 7 the OS takes care of compositing the w... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 9:12 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 327936
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| Windows 8 doesn't support blur. The only program I've seen that tries to emulate the blur is ViStart, and it doesn't look very good. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:37 am
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Replies: 16
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| The border is shown when the opacity is "solid". You need some other setting like "region" or "alpha" to get rid of the border. I'm not 100% sure, but I think you will need a bitmap for the menu if you want to use something other than "solid". |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change font and padding for top caption |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 7:32 pm
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Replies: 10
Views: 29192
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| The height of the top area comes from the main bitmap. You need to change the bitmap and its margins. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Pin to Startmenu |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:51 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 46139
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| Currently this is not possible because the "pinned" items you see are the contents of the main Start Menu folder. These items are put there by Windows and by some installers. This is the "classic way". If one day the Classic Shell menu starts supporting proper pinning, then it wi... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change font and padding for top caption |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:49 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 29192
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| Right. There are way too many settings you can tweak, and they need to work together. Providing individual settings for all of them will be pretty confusing for the average user. And the usability won't be much better than editing a skin file directly. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change font and padding for top caption |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:42 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 29192
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| You can adjust all of this by editing the skin file. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Pin to Startmenu |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:41 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 46139
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| Using the Windows 7 pinned location will never happen, for 3 reasons. First, this is a different menu with its own settings and can potentially fit different number if items. Second, the Windows 7 menu may not like it when some other software edits its pinned programs behind its back. That's exactly... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:09 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 327936
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| I'd rather not. If you can change the background color to any color, then the text color, the selection color, etc, will all have to be customizable. It will become quite messy for the average user. Also for many skins the base color is part of a single bitmap, so it is not possible to change it jus... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Classic Explorer Toolbar doesn't stay |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:55 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 12976
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin size descrepancy+font glow? |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:53 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 14844
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| Font glow: This is the same glow that the title bar uses. For the Aero theme it is white. Other themes may have a different color. The glow is only supported if you have enabled themes - Basic or Aero. In Classic it doesn't work. File size: I suspect this is an inefficiency in the APIs that replace ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Improving Search and Keyboard Shortcuts |
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Posted: Thu Jan 17, 2013 6:38 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 19230
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| Opening the menu on hover is a basic feature. All menus do that, even the standard Windows 7 menu. Try it - open the Win7 menu, and move the mouse over Recent Item. The Recent Items menu will open and the focus will be taken away from the search box. |
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