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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Getting rid of the Explorer ribbon |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 3:10 am
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| Yeah Ctrl+F1 will collapse the Ribbon. But you won't get your good old menu bar back unless you disable it. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Getting rid of the Explorer ribbon |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 10, 2013 2:29 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 15632
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| Get the Ribbon Disabler from Winaero: http://winaero.com/download.php?view.18 but note that it patches a system file, so use it at your own risk. We don't officially endorse it. If something goes wrong on your system or Windows breaks, no one else including us or its developer can be held responsibl... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Copy Item |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 10:39 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 23487
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Yeah cool, didn't know that.  |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Two toolbars at the same time? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 5:28 am
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Replies: 11
Views: 30013
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| No it is not possible. However, you can use Classic Explorer toolbar in combination with another toolbar that allows custom buttons. Two such toolbars are StExBar and QTTabBar. I will recommend StExBar since it's native code and is also very stable. QTTabBar is managed code and also often crashes Ex... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: too quick search crash explorer |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 08, 2013 12:28 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 9848
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: [Suggestion] Space between text of the buttons |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:34 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 10268
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| One optimization you can enable from Toolbar Settings tab is uncheck "Same size buttons". Other than reducing icon size or using smaller labels, this is the only way. If the icons you use are easily identifiable, you could add tooltips and remove the labels. You can also create buttons wit... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: [Suggestion] Enablle/Disable Button |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:23 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 14756
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| o_0 you need to frequently enable/disable buttons? Such as? You could use the Save to XML File/Load from XML File features (Backup button). You can create as many XMLs with varying configurations as the buttons you need to toggle or one XML file with all the buttons you don't want removed. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Right-click on back arrow to see previous folders |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:08 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 11911
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| There is a tiny arrow between the 'Forward' Button and the Up button. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Control Panel not listed |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 11:07 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 36402
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There are 2 requirements for Control Panel to show:
1. On Special Items tab, "Don't display this item" must not be selected.
2. On Customize Start Menu tab, 'ControlPanelItem' must be present. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Use directional menu aiming for the start menu |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2013 5:28 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 13515
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| The first solution, delay is already present since the beginning of Classic Start Menu. Adjust "Menu Delay" in milliseconds on the Basic Settings tab, or if you are viewing All Settings, it's on the "General Behavior" tab. Directional menu aiming looks very interesting. Btw, what... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Windows 8 - No icon text in Classic Explorer |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 11:14 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 14895
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Also, Microsoft removed the ability to move the menu bar above in IE9. No longer possible.  |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Mar 06, 2013 2:29 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 741327
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| ^^ Of course. I assumed you would read the FAQ on the site. :) ERUNT has to be run as administrator to work. But they recommend disabling UAC, absolutely NO IMHO. If you want to correctly do it at startup (by default, startup apps can't run as admin), use an app like Startup Unblocker ( http://www.j... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 11:20 pm
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Replies: 92
Views: 741327
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| ^^ That's up to you, depending on what drive letters you can access. |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 9:10 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 741327
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| Emergency Recovery Utility for NT (ERUNT) http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ Compatibility: All NT-based versions of Microsoft Windows Price: Freeware Description: ERUNT is the famous registry-only alternative to System Restore, a one of a kind rare gem like Classic Shell. I... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Expandable control panel |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:08 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 51309
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| SFC /scannow will only restore missing/damaged system files. This looks like a registry issue. You might need to do a System Restore to restore the registry to the date when the Control Panel expanded correctly. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Problem: Show sort headers in all views broken |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:24 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 37623
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| From Classic Explorer settings, Title bar tab, you can add the title to Explorer windows by checking the first option. Then if the full path option is checked in Folder Options, the full path will show in the title bar as well. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Expandable control panel |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 10:40 am
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Replies: 24
Views: 51309
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| Something might be broken on your system. You could try this if it works. Open Start Menu settings -> All Settings. Go to Customize Start Menu tab. Double click ControlPanelItem. Erase the command control_panel and in the Link field, enter shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}. See if it sh... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Annoying feature changes between XP and W7. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2013 1:07 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 28387
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| @Landyman, here are some "recommended" tweaks: 1. Install Classic Explorer as part of Classic Shell. Open Classic Explorer settings from Start Menu. Enable All Settings at the bottom. Go to Navigation Pane tab. Change "Auto-navigate to the selected folder" option to "When us... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 2000 Style? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:22 pm
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Replies: 17
Views: 93536
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Expandable control panel |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:18 pm
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Replies: 24
Views: 51309
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Can it be that your Control Panel CLSID in the registry somehow got deleted? Does opening any of the following from Run dialog open Control Panel?:
shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
shell:::{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}
Both should open Control Panel. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Recent Items |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 11:00 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 28635
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| And also for localization purposes so that it is auto-translated. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Multiple Links per Folder/Location |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 7:22 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 17619
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Multiple Links per Folder/Location |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 6:11 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 17619
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| Yes for folders pinned to the Start menu via drag and drop (not Custom Items), they currently show as a single column. You meant those right? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search all hard drives? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 4:53 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 25723
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| Don't get me wrong. :) I enjoy replying to everyone. I am very excited that you are one of the few users taking interest in the little-used advanced features of Classic Shell. All I am saying is that the answers to many of your questions are in the help file and in the settings UI tooltips (you have... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search all hard drives? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 2:54 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 25723
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| You must create a sub-item for the search box as explained in this topic: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=313 . Given the number of questions you ask about features in Classic Shell, I recommend you read all of the help file in detail, follow the tooltip help in the settin... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search all hard drives? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:53 am
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Replies: 12
Views: 25723
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| @Tenzen, just use what you would use in the Windows Run dialog to add external commands. The labels beginning with $ are there for localization purposes. They will be auto-translated when the language is changed. The commands in the dropdown are internal (special) commands. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Problem: Show sort headers in all views broken |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 1:34 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 37623
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| @tenzen, Classic Shell's Explorer component has a feature to turn on sort headers for all views. The original poster is asking about that. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How come its "Network Connections" vs "My Network Places"? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:33 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 22805
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| That's right. Don't Expand should be checked because every time "Network" is accessed, Windows tries to refresh the computer list, hence the lag. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: start button does not work |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Mar 03, 2013 12:32 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 22544
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| So you are getting a Start button? Right click on it, then click Settings. Set 'Left click opens' to Classic Start Menu, set Shift+Click opens to Windows Start screen. Does that solve the problem? |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Problem: Show sort headers in all views broken |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 8:06 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 37623
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DanielT wrote: GauravK, the link you provided is to address the toolbar not being visible.
That is not just for the toolbar. The ExplorerBHO Class will need to be enabled for sort headers functionality to work and is most likely the reason for your issue. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Multi-column option for pinned folders |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:23 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 13681
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| Are you dragging a folder to the Start Menu folder to pin? At the moment, those can't be shown as multi-column. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search all hard drives? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:15 pm
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Replies: 12
Views: 25723
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| @Tenzen, you can add a link to Agent Ransack in the menu. There are hundreds of free tools to search. Can't possibly integrate with each one of them. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How come its "Network Connections" vs "My Network Places"? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 10:59 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 22805
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| Actually, that list was generated using that internal tool. But it shows many broken CLSIDs in the registry. The list is filtered to show only the ones that work or are relevant. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How come its "Network Connections" vs "My Network Places"? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 7:45 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 22805
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: File Conflict won't show at all. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 2:06 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 8532
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| Hard to troubleshoot. Can't think of anything else or what might be causing it since you have tried everything. Can you export your Classic Explorer settings and upload them here? |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: How come its "Network Connections" vs "My Network Places"? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2013 12:18 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 22805
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| Btw here's the CLSID for "My Network Places" (Network Explorer): shell:::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C}. You can add a Custom Command as Ivo linked to above by going to Customize Start Menu tab, specify shell:::{F02C1A0D-BE21-4350-88B0-7367FC96EF3C} in the Link field. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Problem: Show sort headers in all views broken |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:16 pm
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Replies: 18
Views: 37623
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Classic XP style text? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:14 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 35432
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| Well, Classic Shell is about original functionality coded from scratch. It won't include registry tweaks which you can do yourself and whose behavior Microsoft can change in any version. That guy's tweak also involves patching system files, so no. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Starting apps from Classic Desktop |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 10:41 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 15121
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Multiple Links per Folder/Location |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 9:57 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 17619
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| Libraries already allow you to combine multiple folders. Just add the folders you want combined to one Library in Explorer, and add the Library to the Start Menu as a link. To add any library, add the following as a Link: %appdata%\Microsoft\Windows\Libraries\<name of Library file>.library-ms In cas... |
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Forum: Tutorials Topic: How to add Pin To functionality for CS 3.x & extra features |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 11:12 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 115048
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| shellexecute and other executables just need to be in your system path. Are you linking to the batch file? You don't need the batch file at all. Just use the above command as the Start Menu command, just like you would use it from the Run dialog. |
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Forum: Tutorials Topic: How to add Pin To functionality for CS 3.x & extra features |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2013 7:03 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 115048
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shellexecute /F:shutdown.exe /P:-s -t 300 /R:hidden works perfectly. It can't be that you are not noticing the /P switch even after mentioning it 3 times?  |
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Forum: Tutorials Topic: How to add Pin To functionality for CS 3.x & extra features |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:19 pm
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Replies: 20
Views: 115048
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| If you enter just shellexecute it will show you the syntax. /F: <file to run> /P:<parameters to pass> /R:<window state>. So for your shutdown.exe, it should be: shellexecute /F:shutdown.exe /P:-s -t 300 /R:hidden. I haven't tested it. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Suggestion: Add multi-tabs as option to explorer |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:18 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 40664
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| AFAIK unfortunately, neither the command bar nor the Ribbon can have any custom command, that is why the Classic Explorer Toolbar exists. |
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Forum: Tutorials Topic: How to add Pin To functionality for CS 3.x & extra features |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 10:15 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 115048
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| Because your path is a long path with spaces, use like this (3 double quotes): Also inside the bat file, use quotes and full path if needed. Dim WSHShell Set WSHShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run """L:\Tenzen'sBat Files\5 Minute Shutdown.bat""... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 9:23 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 741327
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| FileMenu Tools is good but beware of the adware/crapware it bundles. With every version/update, it bundles new ways of installing crapware, some without option. I think crapware-bundling programs really suck. |
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Forum: Tutorials Topic: How to add Pin To functionality for CS 3.x & extra features |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:41 am
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Replies: 20
Views: 115048
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| That ShellExecute wrapper has a switch: /R:Hidden and /P switch for parameters to pass to the program you call. You could also use a VBScript to run anything hidden: Dim WSHShell Set WSHShell=WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell") WSHShell.Run "C:\Windows\Notepad.exe", 0 Paste it ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Multiple columns for pinned programs |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 4:30 am
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Replies: 9
Views: 19649
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| Classic Shell's Start Menu does not have the concept of true pinning. It just shows the contents of the two Start Menu folders at %AppData%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu and C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu, just like the Windows single-column classic menu did. These are called "Fast ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Chinese Translate |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 3:34 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 11423
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| The main Classic Shell package includes translations in 35 languages for things like the toolbar labels, the Explorer UI and the start menu items. But to translate settings UI, help files etc, these DLLs have to downloaded and put in the Classic Shell folder: http://www.classicshell.net/translations... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Windows Explorer opens 2nd window when a folder is selected. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2013 1:25 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 16753
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| An unfortunate bug in Explorer.exe since Vista. With certain switches used, a second Explorer.exe process does start as expected but doesn't exit at all. We have to terminate it using Task Manager or taskkill. |
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