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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Metallic skin with Trump Gold |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:11 pm
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That was not the kind of Trump I was expecting to find here...  |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 7:05 am
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Replies: 64
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| Just airbrush out the blemishes Not really interested at this point in time. Hey, did you do this one yet? -Whistler Menu Snip- Not yet, but I had planned to. Added to to-do list. And just to clarify, when I said "interested", I meant "interested in seeing it happen", not "... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 07, 2016 3:04 am
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Replies: 64
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Looking back at this thread, I see two things:
1. I really sucked at skinning back when I started this
2. I kinda feel like reviving it with better-quality skins and such...anyone interested? :3 |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Ignore WindowBlinds font skinning? |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 5:17 pm
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Replies: 2
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Ivo wrote: Adding Explorer to the exception list should be the way. If it doesn't work, then it must be a problem with WindowBlinds itself - it is disregarding its own settings 
...darn. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Ignore WindowBlinds font skinning? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:12 pm
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| Apparently WindowBlinds overrides all Start Menu skin font information. This often leads to white-text-on-white-background issues. Is there a way Classic Shell could be set to "ignore" WindowBlinds? Or could such a feature be added? (Yes, I've tried adding an exception for ClassicStartMenu... |
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Global announcement Topic: The official THANK YOU thread :-) and user reviews |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 9:53 am
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Replies: 184
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Jcee wrote: Its not always unread, it just very frequently has new post..
Well I mean the same post remained "unread" for a while after I'd read it. Anywaves, seems our posting on the thread has resolved the issue .__. |
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Global announcement Topic: The official THANK YOU thread :-) and user reviews |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat Jun 04, 2016 1:06 pm
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Replies: 184
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| Why is this thread permanently marked as unread? |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Win 10 build 14352 continously declares CS as blocked |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 10:43 am
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Replies: 14
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| I just remembered that I managed to install Classic Shell 3.6.8 (?) on Windows 10 without it being wiped after doing a bit of MANIFEST editing...could that be the key? .__. |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2016 6:37 am
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Replies: 105
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| And here's my recreation of one of the many Longhorn Aero Concept Taskbars :U |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Win 10 build 14352 continously declares CS as blocked |
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 2:20 pm
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AlJones wrote: That's exactly what I did in my previous post. I have no notice except from the "Compatibility Assistant"
...right. Guess I missed that |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Win 10 build 14352 continously declares CS as blocked |
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Posted: Wed Jun 01, 2016 9:40 am
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| I'd have as much luck taking a picture with a potato as with the camera I have. Need film, batteries and someplace withing 500 miles that'll develop it so I can upload an image. ...retype the error's contents in a post? Rebuild the entire message in ASCII form? _____________________________________... |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Win 10 build 14352 continously declares CS as blocked |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 7:04 pm
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Replies: 14
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| I live in remote country so I turn it off to save battery power overnight. The only time I see it is when I turn the machine on in the morning. I can't screen shot it since it's pops up as a notification as the machine is powering up so to try to say it happens immediately or 10 seconds later is di... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 1:37 pm
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Replies: 105
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| That's a nice Plex theme. Sharp and soft borders at the same time. Thanks ^-^ I think your taskbar works differently, because the tray area looks different. It's the theme that makes it look that way? Yes. Trying to figure out the menu. Looks like glow, so it's a Win7 type. Is it Classic Shell menu... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 31, 2016 3:29 am
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Replies: 105
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Gaurav wrote: Your beautiful Plex theme also matches it well, juniper7.  http://i.imgur.com/8TmUlMY.jpg
But...but...but what about my Plex theme?
EDIT: Taskbar background image is now attached to this post, set vertical borders to (3, 3) when in use |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: linux tux? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 11:29 am
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Replies: 3
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Tada! wrote: but i dont have windows 7, i have 8.1
You can still use the buttons. |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat May 28, 2016 3:41 am
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Replies: 105
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| Uh...Annixx? Isn't that what we already have? I was talking about Windows 10. Do you mean you know how to remove styling from Win10 taskbar? Yeah, just rename ClassicTheme.exe to ClassicThemeA.exe, run it, then restart explorer. Problem is, doing so doesn't do squat to resolve our issue (all it doe... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Fri May 27, 2016 3:35 am
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Replies: 105
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| Got it. Still, the way the taskbar skinning is done (the texture and text color, not the overall color) is by affecting the theme. No theme, no skinning. For the same reason it doesn't work on Windows 7 with Classic Theme. Is it possible to totally remove the skinning from the taskbar so it to appe... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:56 pm
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Replies: 105
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| Got it. Still, the way the taskbar skinning is done (the texture and text color, not the overall color) is by affecting the theme. No theme, no skinning. For the same reason it doesn't work on Windows 7 with Classic Theme. Well evidently the Visual Styles aren't completely disabled. Not to mention ... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 2:08 pm
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| Well, it doesn't seem to be a standard Windows feature. Non-standard features like that are not supported. You should not mix multiple skinning solutions, like a third party theme + Classic Shell. Only one system can be in charge of the taskbar look. *sigh* It is a standard Windows feature - this i... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 1:40 pm
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Replies: 105
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| Maybe it's the high contrast ones? No, that's Aerolite. When I say Classic Theme on Windows 10, I mean Classic Theme on Windows 10. http://i.imgur.com/KbSYZJfl.png Anywaves, moving on to the actual problem at hand... http://i.imgur.com/aL2i8re.png Anyone else see the issue here? ._. |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Wed May 25, 2016 3:30 am
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Replies: 105
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Hmm...I'll see if I can get the taskbar images from every other version of Windows.
I guess this means I have a lot of ßetas to locate
EDIT: BTW this feature is completely nonfunctional with the Classic Theme on Windows 7, and completely messed up with the Classic Theme on Windows 10 D: |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:55 pm
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Replies: 105
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| Yea, that shine in w7 that moves around with the button is def not worth adding :P I always liked the Shine, but meeh, as long as it isn't disabled in Windows 7 and 8.1 without option... :lol: and yea I would agree that it should have 9 slices like the menu buttons. Yeah. Or however many are in RTM... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 4:15 pm
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| Ah, I actually thought that's what you meant for a second when I first posted :P Yea, that would be a nice piece to add IMO if themes can no-longer touch it at-least... Something I would like to see that might get missed in implementation: 'Overlay on bottom' checkbox that draws the Icon above the ... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 3:40 pm
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| I think it might just be me whose lost, but which application buttons? Like google chromes icon on the taskbar? because thats what the linked method does :P Close. I don't mean the icon itself, I mean the button which surrounds it while hovered over, when opened, etc. Does that make more sense? .-.... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 2:44 pm
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Replies: 105
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| http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Icon-for-an-Exe-File Its manual, and tedious but it gets the job done.. (specifically method 3) I think I may have failed to establish my point. I meant the application buttons. Also those buttons aren't images, they're...vector-based or something. Like the backgro... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 9:25 am
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Replies: 105
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| The problem with the button skinning is that buttons need a large number of custom images. The button can be with or without text, grouped or not. Buttons have many states - normal, hover, pressed, active, progress, error, etc. And on top of that the buttons look different on each of the 4 taskbar ... |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:43 am
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Replies: 105
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Let me guess...we aren't going to be seeing Taskbar button skinning anytime soon (if ever)?
(I'm 90% joking btw, this is already awesome ._. )
...wait, would that kinda mandate a special skin format for the Taskbar or something? .-. |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 5:02 am
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Replies: 105
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That's a good idea O:
Also AAAAAH SO MANY POTENTIAL VISUAL STYLES >.<
Oh and that Snekbar needs a matching menu...perhaps depicting a half-swallowed Win7 menu? |
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Forum: Taskbar Skins Topic: New taskbar options |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 3:42 am
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Replies: 105
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| Stop taunting me with your shiny blue taskbar image...you're making me want to turn it into a Visual Style |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Is Text Glow broken? (4.2.6 beta)(The answer is no) |
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 3:29 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Drawing text with glow is not a simple task. Particularly with the amount of text you have in the start menu. Windows 7 does it using specifically optimized code, which will be hard to replicate. It is possible that the AeroGlass mode has enabled that feature, but in a way that is incompatible with... |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Is Text Glow broken? (4.2.6 beta)(The answer is no) |
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 11:14 am
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Ivo wrote: Glow only works on Windows 7. No other versions of Windows support glow.
Well that's odd - either I was hallucinating, or it worked fine on Windows 8.1 update 1 for me when I was using 4.2.5 .
Anywaves, if that's so, then...would it be possible to replicate that feature on Windows 8 and newer...? |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Is Text Glow broken? (4.2.6 beta)(The answer is no) |
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 8:50 am
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Gaurav wrote: Which Windows version are you using this skin on?
Yeah, I realized I forgot to mention that just now. I've now added it to the OP ^-^
...how did I forget that? I deal with the Spore equivalent so often, it's...idk >.< |
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Forum: Classic Shell 4.0 beta Topic: Is Text Glow broken? (4.2.6 beta)(The answer is no) |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sun May 22, 2016 7:36 am
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I think Text Glow is broken in the 4.2.6 beta...I had a skin with it working properly in 4.2.5, but that exact skin no longer shows text glow in 4.2.6 D:
EDIT: Forgot to mention that I am using Windows 8.1 update 1, and...I do have Aeroglass 8.1+ installed. Also it's a Windows 7 style skin. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option to disable Metro completely |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri May 20, 2016 10:25 am
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Replies: 7
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Anixx wrote: It at least works well for me.
BTW, any chance you could mirror it somewhere where one doesn't need to register to download it? .___. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: xbox logo? |
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Posted: Wed May 18, 2016 4:19 pm
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Replies: 12
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Tada! wrote: i dont know how.
Guarav JUST explained how. Try reading the post before you reply to it. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option to disable Metro completely |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Mon May 16, 2016 11:56 am
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| Maybe this post will help: http://www.eightforums.com/customization/10630-there-way-disable-metro-interface-2.html#post539994 Disclaimer: Classic Shell is not responsible for third party software or shady VBS scripts. If I'm reading correctly, then you literally just redirected Anixx to a VBS scrip... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: xbox logo? |
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Posted: Sun May 15, 2016 10:53 am
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Tada! wrote: but its too big
Then use the button size option. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [Skin7] Windows Longhorn Hillel Demo Start Menu |
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Posted: Thu May 12, 2016 8:10 am
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Replies: 27
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Just updated the skin again.
-Added the "Ruby Orb" and "Amber Orb" options for the shutdown arrow (see credits for source) (Yes, the arrow is still available)
-Fixed a bug where the All Programs list would take the glass colour even if "Reduce Glass Color" was checked |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: XP Classic Retro |
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Posted: Thu Apr 28, 2016 4:31 pm
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Replies: 99
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| Great, now I need to make a Dragonball skin with 9,001 bitmaps >.< WHO'D BE YOUR GOD THEN? :lol: But in all seriousness, wow. 200 bitmaps. I actually do feel slightly compelled to try to top that...heh... (probably not via Dragonball, though - I don't even watch that show. It was just necessary for ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for Start Menu to overlap taskbar? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:44 am
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| Does what mean "this is going into the next version of Classic Shell"? And what is "this"? Let me rephrase: I was wondering if a decision had been made as to whether or not the feature I had requested in the OP was to be added into the next version of Classic Shell. I don't mean... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for Start Menu to overlap taskbar? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Mon Apr 25, 2016 8:22 am
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| So...wait, does that mean this is going into the next version of Classic Shell? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: how to change black font to white? |
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Posted: Sun Apr 24, 2016 1:49 pm
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| Good luck. Don't waste too much time on it. Might not be possible anymore. Windows Ten is a bit like a house with ever shrinking windows to look out of. Another update, another brick on the window. :( Soon there will none. Just 4 walls, floor and a ceiling to look at. Well atleast you still have wa... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: how to change black font to white? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 6:05 pm
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| This would be the opposite of request from blueduck, and nothing to do with the start menu. I used to have an ultra simple Windows 10 .theme that was downloaded from somewhere. All it did was make the text black on the taskbar. No other changes. If you can do that along with black icons, would be s... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Tab Bar in Classic Explorer? |
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Posted: Sat Apr 23, 2016 10:42 am
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Replies: 2
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DISCLAIMER: Classic Shell and its developers are not responsible for the behaviour of any software they did not make which may be recommended to you.
...sorry, just seemed like that should've been said |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for Start Menu to overlap taskbar? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Fri Apr 22, 2016 7:49 pm
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| Windows default behavior when the start menu is on the side is to make it overlap the taskbar; hence the option to push it to the side Windows default behavior when the start menu is on the top/bottom is not to overlap the taskbar; it would make sense that unchecking the same setting would cause it... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Black and white line on taskbar |
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 2:10 pm
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dyllanc7903 wrote: Well, then show me to a program that does allow that so I can stop bugging you guys about this kind of stuff.
IIRC Startisback+ does it :3 |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for Start Menu to overlap taskbar? |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 5:13 am
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| Do you mean the multicolumn submenus should not overlap the taskbar when expanded? For the main menu and vertical taskbar, there is already an option "Show next to taskbar (when the taskbar is vertical)" on the General Behavior tab in Start Menu Settings. No, I mean I want an option for t... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for Start Menu to overlap taskbar? |
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 4:42 am
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| Title says it all. If not, I can provide a concept image to explain what I mean. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: how to change black font to white? |
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Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2016 3:00 am
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| Did somebody say they needed a custom visual style built for them? [size=0.125]I can do that :3[/size] |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Transparent 8.1 button with text |
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Posted: Sun Apr 10, 2016 1:29 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 21478
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Made a similar button with the XP - 7 flag style:
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