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Author:  dianedebuda [ Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:12 pm ]
Post subject:  Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Little confused on settings.

Win 8.1/Skip Metro Screen: Purpose? Same as native Taskbar/Navigation/Go to desktop instead of Start when I sign in?

Win 8.1/Disable active corners: what should be the setting for: charms only for Metro (Start) Screen and not for desktop?

Win 8.1/Open start screen with mouse: do not understand


Using Win7 menu style; See Start Screen icon in left panel and intuitively that means to me "click to switch to Metro", but it just blinks the (Classic) menu and doesn't do anything. Another purpose or do I have a setting error someplace?
Author:  Ivo [ Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Skip Metro Screen: Yes

Active corners: Set to All to disable all corners on the desktop

Open start screen: the start screen will open on the same monitor that has the mouse pointer. hover over the setting and you will see a tooltip that describes what it does.

Start Screen icon: Yes, that's what it is supposed to do. Another person also reported that it didn't work for him. See here: viewtopic.php?f=12&t=1362
He did not answer my questions in the other post though. Please do that. Without that information I can't fix it.
Author:  dianedebuda [ Wed Oct 09, 2013 3:59 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Quote:
Active corners: Set to All to disable all corners on the desktop
Suggestion: Relabel "Disable active corners" to "Disable active corners on the Desktop". I know that Classic is for desktop control, but even after looking at the tooltips (which I didn't know existed), I found the label confusing.

Quote:
Open start screen
Suggestion: Add "for multi-montors" to label.

For the inactive Start Screen icon:

Quote:
Press Shift+Win
Shows Metro

Quote:
Run the Start Screen shortcut from the C:\Program Files\Classic Shell folder
Shows Classic menu

Quote:
Open a command prompt and run "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" -togglenew
Shows Classic menu



Hope that helps.
Author:  Ivo [ Wed Oct 09, 2013 6:11 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Are you sure you are using version 4.0.0? This reminds me of an issue that existed in one of the betas, maybe 3.9.5.
Are you using 32-bit or 64-bit Windows?
Author:  dianedebuda [ Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:11 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Installed 4.0.0 over 3.9.5. Just to be sure, uninstalled Classic, rebooted & reinstalled to different folder (_Program Files). When I clicked Start Screen, got message that shortcut was to unavailable location & chose option to delete shortcut. Clicked Start Screen icon again & still get "blink" (close/reopen) on Classic menu. Tried shortcut directly in _Program Files & still opens Classic menu as I reported before.

I'm using 64 bit version of Win8.1 Preview with current Win updates.
Author:  Gaurav [ Thu Oct 10, 2013 3:38 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Really strange. Works for me fine on Windows 8.1 RTM. The Start screen icon in the Start Menu as well the one in C:\Program Files\Classic Shell open Metro. "C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\ClassicStartMenu.exe" -togglenew also opens Metro.
Author:  Ivo [ Thu Oct 10, 2013 8:26 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen  Topic is solved
OK, let's try this:
1) Download the attached zip file
2) Right-click on the start button and select Exit
3) Go to the Classic Shell folder
4) Delete the file ClassicStartMenuDLL.dll
5) Replace it with the file from the zip
6) Run ClassicStartMenu.exe
7) Open the start menu and try the shortcut again
8) If the shortcut is not there, make sure the setting "Show Start screen shortcut" in Main Menu is checked

(Note that this DLL fix is only for 4.0.0 and 64-bit only. Later versions include the fix)

Attachments:
ClassicStartMenuDLL.zip [884.55 KiB]
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Author:  dianedebuda [ Fri Oct 11, 2013 3:35 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
That works. Thank you.
Author:  nooner [ Sat Oct 19, 2013 5:07 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
I had the exact same problem with windows 8.1 running on 64 bit system and the dll that was provided fixed my issues. Thanks
Author:  Ivo [ Sun Oct 20, 2013 3:26 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
The new version 4.0.1 was just released. It has that fix.
Author:  khaninbiz [ Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:16 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Im having this error after replacing the dll file.



Plezzz help
Author:  Gaurav [ Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:08 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Win8.1 Preview + Classic4.0: Start Screen
Which version of Classic Shell and Windows are you using?
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