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PostPosted: Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:43 am 
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In windows 10 the classic taskbar is gone when using Ibmpad's classictheme mod and the context menu at taskbar contains no text Please add a tweak to enable the classic taskbar to windows 10 in classicshell my eyes can not take the ugly theming anymore .
here is the classictheme http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=113024 works fine in win8 but the taskbar is corrupt in windows 10 context menus miss text (but work) i would be happy if classic taskbar got added back as an option.


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 14, 2015 12:23 pm 
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Taskbar can't be skinned in Windows 10. Try killing Windows 10's explorer, and using XP's or Vista's from a DIFFERENT location. This will only affect the taskbar, since explorer windows are always opened from C:\WINDOWS. Note that both XP's and Vista's start menus don't work on Windows 8 or later, so for Vista's explorer, you may want a REALLY old version of Classic Shell, and for XP...you're not going to have a working "all programs" list, but the rest of the 2-column menu works fine with the Classic Theme .-.

EDIT: I'll upload both explorers to my Mediafire account later tonight and link them here ._.

EDIT: Here's XP's explorer: http://www.mediafire.com/download/nj1cb ... plorer.zip

Enjoy

(Also note that XP's taskbar turns blindingly white if not Classic'd in Windows 10 ._. )

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It wont work i have turned off the theming with classictheme while there were no problems with the taskbar in windows 8 the problems happen when i use ibmpads classictheme that completely disables theming .
Windows 10 does not turn off themes on taskbar and messes up context menus thus why we need it in classic shell . Not everybody likes the ugly msstyles theming


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PostPosted: Sat Oct 17, 2015 10:25 am 
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powerplayer wrote:
It wont work i have turned off the theming with classictheme while there were no problems with the taskbar in windows 8 the problems happen when i use ibmpads classictheme that completely disables theming .
Windows 10 does not turn off themes on taskbar and messes up context menus thus why we need it in classic shell . Not everybody likes the ugly msstyles theming



SORRY, WHAT??? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS VERY CLASSIC-LOOKING TASKBAR :lol:

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Splitwirez wrote:
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It wont work i have turned off the theming with classictheme while there were no problems with the taskbar in windows 8 the problems happen when i use ibmpads classictheme that completely disables theming .
Windows 10 does not turn off themes on taskbar and messes up context menus thus why we need it in classic shell . Not everybody likes the ugly msstyles theming


SORRY, WHAT??? I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THIS VERY CLASSIC-LOOKING TASKBAR :lol:


Nice looks like there is a method after all did you use the classictheme or not? can it be Automated so that it loads at each reboot ? i use 64 bit windows ....
Ok i will try again.


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Is this XP's explorer? I think it should not be much functional.


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Anixx wrote:
Is this XP's explorer? I think it should not be much functional.


Yes, it is XP's explorer. The explorer Windows are completely inaccessible, but since it's being launched from a location other than C:\WINDOWS , we still get the explorer windows from Windows 10, and XP's explorer only provides the (classic theme-compliant) Taskbar ^-^

...it's a bit screwy, but it does the job, and (ironically) the not-particularly-functional Start Menu problem could probably be fixed using ViStart. Since, you know, Classic Shell isn't available for Windows XP, but ViStart is. ( D: )

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PostPosted: Wed Dec 09, 2015 8:38 pm 
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I had tried XP explorer on Win7 or Win8 and as I recall, the tray does not work there.


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Anixx wrote:
I had tried XP explorer on Win7 or Win8 and as I recall, the tray does not work there.


Really? How did I not notice that? .-.

Hmm...I wonder if Vista's explorer would work better...

...I'll try it now. If I can find it on my Vista disk, that is.

EDIT: Vista explorer's tray works!!

...but that's pretty much the only adventage it has :/

XP's explorer is in every other way more functional...though that still isn't saying much...

...makes you wonder why they work at all, but not correctly...

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Do you have a screenshot of Vista's explorer under Win10 with Classic theme?

Have you tried Win8's Explorer?


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PostPosted: Mon Dec 14, 2015 5:02 pm 
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this xp mod is proof of concept that ivo could add classic taskbar to the menu i would love to get it back


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For me the XP explorer from your link does not work (error 142 at start)


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Anixx wrote:
For me the XP explorer from your link does not work (error 142 at start)


Are you running it in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode? If not, do so.

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Splitwirez wrote:
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For me the XP explorer from your link does not work (error 142 at start)


Are you running it in Windows XP SP3 compatibility mode? If not, do so.


Interestingly, it works even in Vista mode (this means one can run the 64-bit version as well this way).

Is running Vista Explorer under Win10 is just the same, starting it in Vista compat mode?

What about getting the desktop, the XP explorer does not produce one.


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Well, Vista's Explorer does not run in Vista mode under Win8.1. Maybe it is because it also needs the MUI file replaced!


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Anixx wrote:
Interestingly, it works even in Vista mode (this means one can run the 64-bit version as well this way).

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Is running Vista Explorer under Win10 is just the same, starting it in Vista compat mode?

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What about getting the desktop, the XP explorer does not produce one.


Nothing older than 8 does on anything 8 or newer.



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Well, Vista's Explorer does not run in Vista mode under Win8.1. Maybe it is because it also needs the MUI file replaced!

It's a pain to get that one to run, but it can be done. MUI file is optional, IIRC.

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Nothing older than 8 does on anything 8 or newer.


But you somehow got desktop working along with Vista explorer on Win10, yes?

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It's a pain to get that one to run, but it can be done. MUI file is optional, IIRC.


So what did you do?


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Anixx wrote:
Splitwirez wrote:
Nothing older than 8 does on anything 8 or newer.

But you somehow got desktop working along with Vista explorer on Win10, yes?

Yees



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Splitwirez wrote:
It's a pain to get that one to run, but it can be done. MUI file is optional, IIRC.

So what did you do?


I don't actually remember, otherwise I would've said something about it D:

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Maybe you added some more libraries from Vista?


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