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 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 8:55 pm 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


About Metroid. I took easy way out. :) All of column 2 uses same text color, so black on blackish background, hard to read. With 7 style, shutdown button text can be whatever color one wants. The black box at bottom could be red/orange metal built into skin to stretch, then black text could work. W...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:33 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


You've said all the ones so far would be impossible to duplicate exactly, but you've done such a good job on them I can't really tell the small differences between them. :) I'm sure whatever you come up with will be fine. And I was serious about wanting to compensate you for all this. Also, I don't ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:49 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


You know, I was just about to ask you here if it was possible to make the other few skins with Classic Shell getting better support for more theming options that weren't possible before, and lo and behold, here one of them is! :lol: Only missing the Star Fox theme now. You're the best, juniper7! Do ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin

 Post subject: Re: Starcraft Zerg - Skin
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:22 pm 

Replies: 50
Views: 244656


Looking good. Can't wait to see the finished product!

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Classic Retro

 Post subject: Re: XP Classic Retro
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2016 8:08 pm 

Replies: 99
Views: 534119


This is a really nice skin, juniper7. I've always missed the good 'ol Windows XP classic theme menu, and this works very well. However, if you're like me you want a menu that follows your system colors. One that feels a bit more... native to Windows. Well using the XP Classic Retro skin as a base, ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: ASUS K20 Evolution (Win 7 style)

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 1:46 pm 

Replies: 25
Views: 102102


So, this is actually a lot more complicated to add custom pictures to than it appears. I'm not sure the way the tiling works, and I'm not sure how to get the picture centered or at least the whole thing show up. I'm trying to do what juniper7 did with the Yoshi picture with this one. How can I get t...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: ASUS K20 Evolution (Win 7 style)

Posted: Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:35 am 

Replies: 25
Views: 102102


Beautiful skin. Haven't checked the Classic Shell forums in awhile, and my, lots of great skins have come out. The new skinning features of the CS Beta are awesome too. And Jcee, this and Classic Shell's new "Metallic" skin work fine in the classic with two columns style--just change their...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2015 6:05 pm 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


Yay! :D You have just made me very happy! Can't thank you enough! :D

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Tue Aug 18, 2015 9:18 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


At the beginning, I converted too much at once, without checking the progress. Bad move, as all I got was the default no skin white menu, without any skin error notification. Probably cause I had so many. :lol: Has this ever happened to you? Yeah, whenever I do a big skinning project like modifying...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Mon Aug 17, 2015 7:42 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


Blue! Make everything blue! :lol:

And would it be hard to just expand the padding for 100% with regular icons? That's the only one I'd use anyway. You could say in the options that it would only work that way.

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 9:57 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


I guess it's just I can't figure out how to make transparency work in Paint.NET. I'll slide the transparency sliders all the way to most transparent, and then when I paint with the transparent color, it always comes out in things like Word as a solid color. I tried your skin, but it doesn't seem to ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 11:59 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


I was able to replace all the right things in the Windows 7 version of the skin, but I lost the taskbar transparency. Paint told me I'd lose it. Is that the only problem? Do I need to use an editor other than paint? What do you suggest (please not Paint.NET. That thing's awful at transparency in par...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style)

Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 8:02 am 

Replies: 30
Views: 77298


Love the blue one. Can't go wrong with blue. :lol: But only a skin7 version? How easy would it be to make a regular version? And can you give us a link to the visual style you used with it?

 Forum: Feature Requests   Topic: WindowsBlinds Support

 Post subject: WindowsBlinds Support
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 1:04 pm 

Replies: 2
Views: 7465


When StarDock's WindowsBlinds is used with Classic Shell, it causes some problems, like the Classic Explorer bar not being being skinned. It's funny, because that bar is integrated with the standard menu bar, which is skinned everywhere else. A dream feautre would be to have Classic Start Menu inter...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2015 6:23 pm 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


Hey, thanks! :D It looks fantastic! The second "impossible" project you've done for me! Thanks!

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin

 Post subject: Re: Starcraft Zerg - Skin
Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:00 pm 

Replies: 50
Views: 244656


Well I'm afraid I can't do that. I don't have the imagination/skills required to do that. But I do have another project here that contains most of the files you would need. Does it look too daunting?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Starcraft Zerg - Skin

 Post subject: Re: Starcraft Zerg - Skin
Posted: Tue Dec 16, 2014 8:44 am 

Replies: 50
Views: 244656


Nice! Have you made the changes yet? You also need to be churning out new themes! You're one of the few people here that knows how to make these, and you make them well! I'd like a Star Trek Voyager or TNG skin in this vein if you'd like to make it.

 Forum: Classic Start Menu   Topic: A way to set My Computer Icon to change with Windows?

Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2014 4:00 pm 

Replies: 1
Views: 7494


I want the My Computer/User data/etc. icons in Classic Shell to change with the Windows icons. I know there's a way to access the current wallpaper in %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Microsoft, so I was wondering if there was a similar place where Windows stores the current "themeable" icons. ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Classic Retro

 Post subject: Re: XP Classic Retro
Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2014 12:53 pm 

Replies: 99
Views: 534119


Any update on these? I've seen you posting screenshots with changes, but I haven't seen the next file. Each version gets better and better. Keep up the good work! :D

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Classic Retro

 Post subject: Re: XP Classic Retro
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2014 8:43 am 

Replies: 99
Views: 534119


Since you're still making changes, one thing I would suggest is to put the variations in alphabetical order. There's so many variations, it's hard to find the right one. Or if you're really feeling ambitious, you could make the menu color and font color selectable as well in one variation. (I use mo...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Classic Retro

 Post subject: Re: XP Classic Retro
Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2014 1:16 pm 

Replies: 99
Views: 534119


:shock: Wow, these look great! Still brings a smile to face each time I open the start menu! Thanks Juniper! :D Even the "System Glass Color" works better than expected, and it works with most themes. I found a way to use it without an Aero theme: Change the "over-ride glass color&quo...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:24 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


Know any hobbyist programmers who love to manipulate Windows 7/8 to put two colors back in? Yeah, you and and the rest of the guys on this forum. :P You might try the people at virtualcustoms , but in my experience, they don't pay attention to any requests. There's also sevenforums , and they're ac...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:11 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


Strike 2. Searched my room, and found old dusty version Windowblinds ver5. Installed on XP. Tried your files. There is some corruption, maybe are for v6 or above. The corruption is actually because of service pack 2. They're actually compatible with Windows 98! Strike 3. Saw your posts over there. ...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 11:45 am 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


I'm a newbee at skinning :shock: But but, you're the only person that posts skins here! (Besides GauravK, but he's only posted one skin) GauravK, does this look like a fun challenge? Can't you just use an updated version of Windowblinds, and try their skin studio, to fix the bugs/os changes? I did....

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP LUNA Variations (Classic 1 and 2)

Posted: Mon Aug 04, 2014 9:16 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 422671


Almost perfect! You're amazing!

Does this sound like an interesting project for next weekend?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Request: Nintendo themed skins

Posted: Fri Aug 01, 2014 7:51 pm 

Replies: 22
Views: 114665


I found some old Nintendo Theme suites. One of the things they have in them is a start menu skin. I would like them to made into Classic Shell skins. It has all the bitmaps to do it, but I don't know how to put them together. Can someone make a skin with these as sub-skins?

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Links Toolbar custom button

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:57 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 55147


I don't know how to make the .bat file with those arguments. I'll need the exact code. I'm afraid I don't understand MakeLink's "help" section. Or do you not know how and I should ask on whatever forums MakeLink has?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP LUNA Variations (Classic 1 and 2)

Posted: Mon Jul 28, 2014 10:54 am 

Replies: 56
Views: 422671


How can I change the shortcut key? When I make it say Turn off Computer instead of Shut Down, I lose the ability to press U to open the shutdown menu.

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP LUNA Variations (Classic 1 and 2)

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 8:38 pm 

Replies: 56
Views: 422671


That's funny. I thought I was helping you, and find out you did it already:) Nono, you totally helped me. :) This is just my configuration of your skin, that I posted for reference for everyone else. These are not on uploaded menu. It had to be as simple as possible for others to use. Well, I would...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP LUNA Variations (Classic 1 and 2)

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 6:34 pm 

Replies: 56
Views: 422671


Here's mine. To get it like this, I had to extend the left and right borders, and add log off directly after programs. XP's All programs doesn't have an icon, so I typed "none" (without the quotes) to get it blank. And to get the buttons on the left to have the blank space on the bottom in...

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Links Toolbar custom button

Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2014 1:37 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 55147


Is there a way to add an "if" argument so I don't need two buttons?

And is there a way to add a button to toggle the status bar?
What about a shortcut to control panel folder options?

I love Classic Shell, and especially you guys' help on it. Don't know what I'd do without it!

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Links Toolbar custom button

Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2014 12:42 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 55147


I've attached it now. Copy makelink to some directory in your system path e.g. C:\Windows. To create a shortcut to the selected item and place it in a folder use this command: makelink.exe "%2" -CSIDL:40 -SUBDIR:Links\Links %2 means selected item. CSIDL value of 40 is the %userprofile% di...

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Windows xp skin - how to extend the blue bottom border?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:29 pm 

Replies: 9
Views: 33003


Can someone else do this? I'm afraid I have no experience with things like this.

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:23 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


Thanks for the feedback.

Knowing all this, can someone make a series of skins (preferably sub-skins of a style called "XP Classic" or something) in all the classic colors--desert, eggplant, marine, etc.?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Windows XP Royale Skin

 Post subject: Re: Windows XP Royale Skin
Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2014 2:17 pm 

Replies: 16
Views: 127486


Were you able to find the matching visual styles again? Or did you download them before they were taken down, and if so, can you post them here? I've been looking for some time myself, and can't find them.

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 5:53 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


Will this be added in the next version? And when's the next version coming?

 Forum: Start Buttons   Topic: Request: Windows XP Button with Star Trek Logo

Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 6:03 pm 

Replies: 7
Views: 43556


I'm a big fan of Star Trek and Windows XP. I have a good Star Trek theme going with XP Zune as the skin. Can someone edit the Zune start button and replace the logo with the Star Trek one? Maybe have the logo stick out a bit from the button?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 4:33 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


I noticed something odd about Classic Start Menu: Pressing the first letter of something on the start menu only selects things on the right or pinned items; it doesn't select frequent programs. Is that purposeful?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 3:20 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


I don't want to modify the single-column classic skin, I want to modify the two-column one. Is it possible to add a theme-aware "title bar" to the menu?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2014 12:46 pm 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


But it has support for every other part of the classic theme: 3D object color, selection color, font type and size, etc. It seems like this is the same thing. What say, Ivo? Can this be done?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: Windows xp skin - how to extend the blue bottom border?

Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:04 am 

Replies: 9
Views: 33003


Have you done it yet?

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 9:19 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


Here is is. It's hard to tell from the picture, but the top of it is the same colors as the active title bar settings.

 Forum: Start Menu Skins   Topic: XP Style Classic Skin

 Post subject: XP Style Classic Skin
Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2014 8:50 am 

Replies: 17
Views: 60783


On Windows XP, when the XP style start menu was selected with the classic style taskbar, the start menu looked like Classic Shell's, but with a theme-aware caption on top of it with the user name. Can someone make a skin like it for Classic Shell?

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2014 8:13 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


So do you have or know of an XP style up button with multiple states for the title bar?

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: Custom button: show hidden files/folders

Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2014 3:58 pm 

Replies: 8
Views: 35246


I like being able to do this, but this toggles the "show protected system files" property as well. Is there a way to do this without toggling that?

Also, is there a way to toggle the "Always show icons, never thumbnails"?

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 2:21 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


Sorry, I meant title bar.

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 12:22 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


I know how to add it to the toolbar, but when I do it looks off, like all of the icons aren't perfectly lined up with each other. I was hoping someone could make them look right together.

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 11:34 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


Yeah, I know. But what I showed you doesn't transition well between states; things look off. Can you edit it to make it more presentable?

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: Re: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Mon Jul 07, 2014 9:52 am 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


Yeah, but more like this, with the "3D" border:

 Forum: Classic Explorer   Topic: XP Style Up Button?

 Post subject: XP Style Up Button?
Posted: Sun Jul 06, 2014 3:57 pm 

Replies: 10
Views: 19776


Can someone make me an up button that looks like Windows XP's? I've tried to do it myself, but I can't get all of it's states to blend together cleanly. Thanks in advance.
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