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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Does Classic Shell modify the Windows shell... |
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 12:55 pm
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| Full question: Does the Classic Shell Start Menu modify any system files? I really want to start using it on my host OS again, but I'm no longer allowed to use anything that modifies the aforementioned... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Aero and theme conversion |
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Posted: Wed Aug 12, 2015 9:21 am
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| I think I'll just wait until BigMuscle finishes his tool. It seems like it'll be a lot more polished. I just thought there was a way to use native Windows 10 glass (like used on start menu and taskbar if enabled under Classic Shell) on windows titlebars. Wait, what? I thought you said anything that... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Aero and theme conversion |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 10:10 pm
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phly95 wrote: I tried it and it looked horrible. Firefox was all screwed up and file explorer had no effect. Thanks for the suggestion though, I appreciate it.
That's why it has an exception list. Add Firefox to it, and remove explorer from it. Also, x64 and x86, remember? |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Aero and theme conversion |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 9:20 pm
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| So what about Aero glass for titlebars? It seems you have a stable solution for the taskbar, is there anything preventing you from doing native glass with titlebars? TrueTransparency...? Have you tested it with Windows 10? I don't have a VM to use it on. This is my only computer so anything that co... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Aero and theme conversion |
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Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2015 7:28 pm
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phly95 wrote: So what about Aero glass for titlebars? It seems you have a stable solution for the taskbar, is there anything preventing you from doing native glass with titlebars?
TrueTransparency...? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Glass Luna - XP Luna with Glass Colour Support!! |
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Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2015 8:46 am
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ben158 wrote: Looks great. Using it right now (with a different start button).
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I might make a version 2, with better colour compliance, and perhaps a bit of glass colour on the right column. Does that appeal? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Glass Luna XP |
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:49 pm
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| Um...I made a modded Luna skin that takes the Glass colour over the regions which were blue in the original skin. It's not a match for the exact goal, but I would think it's kinda close...does such a thing have any appeal? EDIT: Here it is: http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Aero Flip 3D |
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:45 pm
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| I would recommend trying out task view though, it's a very useful feature and IMO it's pretty cool as well. I do like that there is the choice to use third party apps to restore old functionality though. It's a shame Microsoft started making such apps necessary, am I right? (*cough*RIP Win2k Start ... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Aero and theme conversion |
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Posted: Sun Aug 09, 2015 3:38 pm
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| I'd like to note that Vista Style Builder can convert XP, Vista, and 7 styles to and from one another. Windows 8/8.1 support is still in beta, and Windows 10 support is still tuned for the earlier builds. It's about as accurate as Google translate, but it's a start. Heck, I had a few converted XP th... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Feature Request: For the Website |
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Posted: Fri Aug 07, 2015 6:48 am
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| Post dates are recorded and displayed in the top-right corner of the post. Not as convenient, but it's there nonetheless :Y |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Start button creation related questions |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 1:24 pm
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| How much padding, in terms of pixels would you say the average icon should have on top, bottom, sides and in between the states? I don't want to keep working on this project only to find out it's totally fugly because of the padding, you know? That depends on the button. Also, note that there's a s... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Start button creation related questions |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:45 pm
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| The padding determines how much space there will be on the left and the right of the image when it is placed on the taskbar. The left/right padding matters for horizontal taskbars and top/bottom padding is for the vertical taskbars. Also since the image is centered on the taskbar, asymmetrical padd... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style) |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:43 pm
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| 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... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Slight UI improvements on Windows 10 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 12:05 pm
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| Ah yes window borders, they are different thank goodness! I just don't understand Microsoft. They add features like Snap to use windows side-by-side and then they make it hard for the user to figure out the active window? I mean c'mon this is getting rid of basic usability that even Windows 3.0 had... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Slight UI improvements on Windows 10 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 7:27 am
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| Um...doesn't Win10 Aerolite use the same colour for active and inactive Window borders? D: Yes the title bar color is the same but the red Close button is different and title bar text too: I said Window Border colour, not Title Bar/Caption colour... ...me, problem is solved, and that's good enough ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Slight UI improvements on Windows 10 |
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Posted: Thu Aug 06, 2015 3:57 am
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| There is another option of using the Aero Lite theme: http://winaero.com/blog/different-active-and-inactive-windows-in-windows-10/ That makes title bars usable however it makes the taskbar text black which is hard to see on a dark taskbar. Um...doesn't Win10 Aerolite use the same colour for active ... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Slight UI improvements on Windows 10 |
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 6:05 pm
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| Right that's about as good as it gets. It's better than all white though. In comparison to Windows 8 where it was so easy to distinguish active windows from inactive ones. Or even on Windows 7 with the bright red close button. Hopefully someone will release an unofficial theme for Windows 10 in the... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style) |
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 12:26 pm
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| 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 pa... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Can't Locate "Claude Glass Skin" |
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Posted: Wed Aug 05, 2015 7:31 am
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| Hi Splitwirez. I'm kind of jumping the gun. I finished adding the splitbuttons to the skin, before you. And here it is. If you are in the process of completing yours, I will delete this one. Apparently some people want a menu to match the taskbar in Win 10. This one is close with default blur/auto ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style) |
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Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2015 6:48 pm
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| Looking on internet, looks like Splitwirez is into themeing. Can ask him for more info. Yeah...um, understatement of the year :lol: (Hint: If it can be skinned, I've probably atleast tried to skin it) And yes, I'd be happy to provide..."info" :mrgreen: EDIT: IF that weren't true, I'd have... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: New skins not being recognized |
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Posted: Mon Aug 03, 2015 5:08 am
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Replies: 7
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| OK, attach a few of them here and I can try them. I tried on three different browsers and cannot get the files to upload, collectively in a zip file or individually, some sort of error is preventing their uploading. Take my word for it Ivo, they work beautifully in some fifty or so other applicatio... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: How to set Start Menu Buttons |
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Posted: Thu Jul 30, 2015 1:08 pm
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| Apologies for the dumb question. I did find the start menu icons that are posted but once I download them, they are all stacked vertically in the picture, how do I set it up so I can use them in Windows 10? Thanks They're supposed to be stacked like that, otherwise you'd only see one third of the b... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: ._. Start Buttons [TAKING REQUESTS] |
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Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2015 7:43 pm
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| http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/f4c1/v688r6cvzu03ur8zg.jpg?size_id=1 http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/8f60/bt5nempi95a5vi7zg.jpg?size_id=2 http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/37ca/rq9q8n1b06lcoz0zg.jpg?size_id=2 http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/0043/hbana508ni785qmzg.jpg?size_id=2 http://www.mediafir... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Can't Locate "Claude Glass Skin" |
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 6:09 pm
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juniper7 wrote: Splitwirez wrote:
I completely forgot this even existed...
Me too.  Button bitmap would have to be copied to a location on your computer, to retain the alpha layer RGBA. Saving it, just turns it into 24 bit RGB, in Win8.1
*staring blankly at Windows 7 Virtual Machine*
Right....um...
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Can't Locate "Claude Glass Skin" |
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 3:23 pm
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| Hi Splitwirez. Here is a matching split button, if you want to use. Main_split_selection=??? Main_split_selection_slices_X=4,63,4,0,16,4 Main_split_selection_slices_Y=4,20,4 Main2_split_selection=??? Main2_split_selection_slices_X=4,63,4,0,16,4 Main2_split_selection_slices_Y=4,20,4 Submenu_split_se... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style) |
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Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2015 10:03 am
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| Hello GauravK. I deleted all the beta files some days ago. I believe the green arrow was original, or with minor tweak. Credit Splitwirez, for coming up with the shutdown icon idea. Yes, using a different shutdown image in button, or icon has good possibilities. Check out Metro mockup. :) Actually,... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Vista Beta (Win7 style) & Blue Max (Classic, Win7 style) |
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Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2015 2:34 am
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| Oh my... ...I can't wait to try this when I get home :mrgreen: Also, those Visual Styles you mentioned will still work without the other files, they just...won't quite be able to deliver the full experience. But they will still give you the desired taskbar look. Also, I think I have the perfect butt... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jul 14, 2015 3:51 am
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juniper7 wrote: Hello Splitwirez.
Is it ok, for me to release my version of the Longhorn/Vista 5112.
The one with the three coats of painted color?
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: An couple of ideas/requests |
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Posted: Sun Jul 05, 2015 4:35 pm
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| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8ilQbc6EU That's the "Windows 8.2" Concept I'd like to see made into a menu style. Also, it'd be nice if there was support for transition animations, such as fading in, or sliding in from an offscreen location. One other thing I'd like to see is an option... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Windows 8 logo for Classic button |
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:43 am
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Replies: 4
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Interesting, I might do something with those at some point.
Also, there's a button for editing your existing posts, so I suspect the board owners would probably appreciate if you could use that, rather than double triple-posting. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2015 4:33 am
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| The newly-conceptualized Windows 8 RC skin is out! (Skin7 version coming soon) |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Crystal Haze (Classic style) |
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Posted: Sun Jun 28, 2015 7:21 pm
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| I liked this skin so much, I made a button to go with it. I'm going to do a little bit of a Visual Style, too. Nothing too big, just a few Hazy alterations to Win7's regular Aero VS :3 |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Thu Jun 18, 2015 5:46 am
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| Gosh. Now a second page. Hi Splitwirez. #@$%^UNIPER here. The information you gave, about VMware player helped a lot. Thank you. Works fine. I can see it all now. Odd, the power button is just a thin line. I'm sure I'm going to make a better one than that, maybe with two lines. :) Well, I'm going t... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Wed Jun 17, 2015 3:44 am
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| I figured that would light the fuse to head exploding. tl;dr. That's fine. I think, I wanted to just get the frustration out of my head. Whoa, too much time downloading already. Mega downloaded two times to 99%, then auto deleted due to encrytion error. Downloaded WinWorld smaller one. Says missing... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2015 3:12 pm
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| I just made a color mask for my one at home. Yes, about that. Um. :lol: The euphoria from one beer after a week of nothing, wore off. The glass color isn't that great after all. I would call it solid paint feature. If I ever finish skin, I'll upload. I'm still modifying that and other stuff, bit by... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 8:42 am
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| That XP in 7 Aero button is so nice. Can you make it for the larger 40 pixel taskbar? Sure, will do. Did I actually explain where that skin and button came from? ...for anyone who reads this and doesn't know, it's the result of attempting to run Windows XP's explorer.exe under Windows 7. However, i... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 7:59 am
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And the Diamond Start Button is up!  |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2015 3:12 am
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GauravK wrote: I haven't tried all of the skins but do the screenshots need to be updated as you are finishing new skins or are they already up-to-date? 
Um...a few of them are slightly outdated. I'll try to fix that as soon as possible. Mind you, all of the v1 skins are represented, but not the v2 ones :U |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 08, 2015 9:05 am
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And the XPin7 skin is up too!
I had this one finished a while ago, but it seems I forgot to upload it >.< |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:56 pm
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| Alright, the Whistler Hidden skin is up! |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:20 pm
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| Copy a pixel or two from area close by (with Adobe), and paste or brush the center area to blend it in. I exaggerated the bitmap picture. The pixels will stretch them horizontally. Most people won't even notice it. My eyes suck, sometimes I see things though. :shock: This skin has the potential to ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 11:17 am
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| The Diamond one is the most beautiful one of them all. Followed by Plex glass, and Slate. Diamond is at 97 % great.:) To bring it to 99% : Adjust Main_padding=10,69,7,4 This puts the search box lower. Clone out the two shadows on the white portion of main_bitmap=1, or take it further, and clone out... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 8:51 am
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| Looks like you got the same problem that I got on another Win7 style skin. Bug, or was never designed to have left column, as fullalpha/fullglass. That text will be transparent to what ever is behind menu. Can happen on the search menu as well. In this case, a white background, shows through. Would... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2015 2:55 am
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| I see the build 5112 is looking good. You must have found a secret way, of having the Shut Down icon on the right. Gather it's a big transparent button with the icon, replacing the arrow? :D Yeah, it certaintly isn't a perfect replica, but hey, nothing is perfect. The laws of physics prohibit it. E... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Vista Style Button |
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Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2015 7:59 am
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| Go to the "Start Menu Style" tab, click on "Advanced button options...", then look for "Button size". Change the number beside it to something other than 0, and click "OK". I suggest starting with 50 or 100, and changing the number a little bit repeatedly, unt... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2015 3:32 pm
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| Geez, I completely forgot to upload and post the screeny. I had it ready last friday, but I forgot to post it here. Sorry about that |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Thu May 28, 2015 4:58 am
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Miraculously, my VM still lets me use it! I can finish this
I'll try to have the Diamond Start Menu ready soon! |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Wed May 20, 2015 5:10 am
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Okay everyone, I have some bad news. My Windows 7 VM needs to be activated in 3 days, and the product key I was given is for the wrong version D:
Hopefully I'll be able to find another way to finish this skinpack... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
| Splitwirez |
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 6:11 am
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Jcee wrote: you can always zip the files up, or attach to another post (im not sure about the attachment limit myself though)
Okay then, once all the skins and buttons are done, I'll compress and attach them. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
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Posted: Sat May 16, 2015 3:32 am
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| Hi Splitwirez. Longhorn plexy glass V2 much better.:) Ah! Neat idea. The start button is a shrinky of its former self. Would be good to have alternate download from Classic Shell as well, to cut all the advertising garbage. Er...isn't there a limit of 3 attachments? Otherwise I'd absolutely use the... |
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