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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri May 15, 2015 9:06 am
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Okay everyone, I'm about 12 hours late, but Plex Glass v2 and all the buttons are up!! Check the OP for links |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Thu May 14, 2015 5:06 am
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Sorry for the long wait everyone, I'm hoping to get the Start Buttons and Plex Glass v2 out by the end of tomorrow! |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed May 06, 2015 3:51 am
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Oh Splitwirez, I think I know what you are talking about, with a dark line on edge. I do see it on the submenu only. Change "Submenu_opacity=solid" to "Submenu_opacity=region" Solid makes auto border. Bye. :) Hmm...I think we're talking about 2 separate problems, the borders I w... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon May 04, 2015 3:42 am
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Hi Splitwirez. I don't know about the edges. Tried alpha, fullalpha, the outside glass part looks ok on Win8. Tried on Win7, still ok. Alpha makes the smoothest transition, but there will be an odd looking shadow at bottom right corner, if shadow enabled. Just make that corner square like most menu... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 5:51 pm
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I want pizza. :lol: That makes a lot more sense. The accompanying text in the quote would have me at a complete loss of understanding, but the :lol: indicates some form of humor, which makes...slightly more sense. Also, changing the Main_opacity to alpha results in hideous black edges, due to the b... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 6:36 am
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Also, does anyone here know of a way to make the columns of a skin7 sized more like a regular skin relative to each other? Hi Splitwirez. I just looked around Win7 style CSM settings. There is a "Programs pane width setting" If I change from 40 to 31, and add spaces, after a name,( Name&a... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 7:05 am
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Okay everyone, downloads are up for the finished skins!
(Please check back for more updates, I added another skin to the to-do list)
EDIT: Woops, seems I screwed up a few of the links. Regardless, it's fixed now |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 6:57 am
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NoahNicholsFourm wrote: Where's the Plex theme for Windows 8.1 download link?
Just above the screenshot, it's the bit of blue text that says "V2 is up". |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 3:07 am
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Where are the download links for the ones your finished with? None yet, I wasn't going to post any links until they were all finished (because that way the excitement wouldn't be spread thin), however I suppose that if anyone would prefer them to be released individually, than I shall release accor... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 1:15 pm
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Where are the download links for the ones your finished with? None yet, I wasn't going to post any links until they were all finished (because that way the excitement wouldn't be spread thin), however I suppose that if anyone would prefer them to be released individually, than I shall release accor... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 3:49 am
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Hi Splitwirez. If anything, the last one is the one that appeals to me, as I'm somewhat biased to anything blue. And it doesn't have the original dirty top bar. Looks clean and fresh.:) Just need to push the padding a bit on the left and right edges. One word: :3 Also...push the padding? Could you ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 2:08 pm
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I've seen it, Personally i'm all about function and don't care if something looks exactly like it did on a different OS. But i know quite a few people who post on the forums do strive for 'exactly how it looked in X' to the extent of custom themes and such, who will likely love some of your skins. ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 6:33 am
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Er...has anyone actually seen this? Please let me know what you think, it doesn't have to be constructive, even just a simple "Looks good" or something, I just want to know if people are actually noticing this. I'm not begging for approval, so even if all you have to say is negative stuff,... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Glass Flag Start Button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:11 am
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Beautiful! Love the glossy transparent look, very elegant. I'd say setting the size in the 44-48 range is best, but still looks great a couple notches smaller or larger. I'm looking forward to the matching skin. :D I'm glad you like it :3 You can find skinpack progress in the Thread titled "[S... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKINPACK]Start Menu History, my greatest endeavor yet!!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri Apr 24, 2015 11:52 am
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Okay, I'm just announcing a Skinpack I've begun to develop, intending to port every known variant of the Start Menu to Classic Shell, bar the ones that are already available. Here, have some progress screenies: http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/635d/gc3lce1diw48w3zzg.jpg?size_id=5 http://www.mediafir... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2015 3:11 am
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) Logo |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 5:31 pm
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HawkofRock wrote: Thanks so much
No problem |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Counter Logic Gaming (CLG) Logo |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 4:51 pm
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Done. Let me know how it looks |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Experiment Plex Replay7 (Windows 7 style) |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:57 am
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Just wondering, why did you spend so much time repairing screenshots for this? Seems like ripping the visual style resources from within a Virtual Machine would be faster and easier...that's what I did for my skin... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Apr 22, 2015 2:52 am
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Hahaaaaa.. I completely understand how you would've thought that everything following that first sentence could've been complaints; my post sounded like this: "This is great!........... but, blah blah blah." Hahahaha that is hilarious. Maybe I set it up like that for you to feel a little ... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 6:25 pm
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Thanks for your attempt at this project! You seemed to have nailed it on your first try!! You Ace Plussed it all the way! Nicely done! A++ This is so awesome, it is exactly what I was looking for. It looks great for my Start Menu. I'm loving it so much! Muchly appreciated! *You should make a new th... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Glass Flag Start Button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:53 pm
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Well, seeing as that I haven't actually been able to use Classic Shell for over a week, there isn't much I can do for menu skins. Instead, I made a button, which is attached. I have no idea how this scales, so if someone could provide a number, that'd be great. I'll finally be able to get back at my... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:23 pm
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There it is. Let me know how it works! Remember, I can't test it ATM, so if anything goes wrong or looks bad, please provide a screeny or 2. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Experiment Plex Replay7 (Windows 7 style) |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:16 pm
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ZOMG THAT IS BEAUTIFUL
ONCE I FINISH PORTING THE PLEX VISUAL STYLE TO WIN7 AND 8.1, MAY I RECOMMEND THIS AS A WIN7-ISH ALTERNATIVE TO MY PLEX SKIN? |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 2:48 pm
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Given my current situation, that will DEFINITELY help. I'll be able to get started within the next 20 minutes. I can't test it ATM, so I'll need you to test every draft. Hopefully there won't be too many |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows Chicago/93 Start Menu(s) Style |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 9:18 am
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Well, this isn't exactly a request, but rather, a suggestion. I was just thinking that it could be interesting to have the Chicago Start Menus as a Classic Shell style. Not sure how useful they'd be, but definitely fun to play around with. If you need to see them, take a look at this video: https://... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Microsoft logo square Start Button White/Glow/Colored state |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Tue Apr 21, 2015 3:43 am
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Hmm...I'll take a crack at it later today. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Can't Locate "Claude Glass Skin" |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun Apr 19, 2015 1:04 pm
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Er...mind if I try to update it? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Polymer Start Menu |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 1:37 pm
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I've been working on Visual Style for Windows 8.1 recently, titled Polymer. I'm not currently able to work on it, but I thought I'd release the (unfinished) Start Menu and button in advance. It's currently only available as a SKIN7, but I will probably create a SKIN version as well at some point. He... |
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Global announcement Topic: The official THANK YOU thread :-) and user reviews |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sat Apr 04, 2015 12:59 pm
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Unfortunately, I don't have a long paragraph to post here, but I'd like to say thank you regardless. My parents bought me a computer around 2 years ago, and it had Windows 8 installed on it. Initially Metro was fun, but it quickly became a nuisance, as the Taskbar doesn't provide enough space for th... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Windows modded logo inside circle |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri Apr 03, 2015 9:32 am
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NickSteel wrote: Sorry, bu how do I download this?
Right-click on it Click Save as... Choose a location where it won't get deleted Click save Open Classic Shell settings Go to Start Menu Style Click Pick Image... Select the image you saved ??? Profit!! |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Glass Luna - XP Luna with Glass Colour Support!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 4:12 pm
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http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/eed1/o90awmm380lo2gmzg.jpg?size_id=6 Yes, that's right. It's Luna, with Glass Colour support. It even comes with 3 different translucent Start buttons that pick up the taskbar colour!! Here it is: Download Please feel free to reply with whatever thoughts you have on... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Experiment Time BlackenLite 1 of 3 |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:28 pm
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Ah! Well that's good to know that,Splitwirez. Then I want to make a plex menu skin for flyout, and contained Win7 type. I promise I won't copy yours. I don't have a lot of time these days. You might beat me to it, as you are fast on the mark.:) Well, if you want to look at mine for reference regard... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Experiment Time BlackenLite 1 of 3 |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:11 pm
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Does the left side always have to be white? Sorry to butt in, but... http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/b0d6/5bvxhx2nyzllaljzg.jpg?size_id=5 No, it doesn't have to be white. (That's my new Windows Lunaero skin7 , hastily edited to feature...black in the left column, for the sole purpose of demonstrat... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [SKIN7] Windows Lunaero, halfway between XP and 7!! |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:31 am
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Some Hybrid Buttons |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun Mar 29, 2015 4:07 am
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GauravK wrote: XP-shaped Aero button is nice. Can you please make a bigger one for the larger sized taskbar so it doesn't have to be scaled up?
Hmm...yeah, alright. I'll see what I can do about that. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Some Hybrid Buttons |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2015 1:20 pm
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I thought that maybe someone here might like a start button that didn't feel distinctly like any single Windows OS, so I made a few. Enjoy, and please let me know what you think of them and how I can improve on them in the future |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2015 2:18 pm
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Wow, gotta love blue menu. Did not realize there are so many versions, or milestones of Longhorn, before it became Vista. Later, a lot later, I want to make a blue menu too, but not exact copy. I want to find all the original screenshots. See what can be made by combining parts. Splitswirez, do you... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2015 6:13 am
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Hi Splitwirez. I think somebody said a long time ago about a possible export plugin for Paint.NET? Dunno myself. I use Pixelformer, or very old Adobe Photoshop elements, sometimes copying back and forth a merged copy to different programs with the Windows clipboard. I put your arrow in zip file, al... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:53 am
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carp wrote: could you also add some buttons with windows 8 logos on them?
Hmm...I guess so. I'll get on that soon
EDIT:
There it is. Not amazing quality, but hopefully it's good enough :3 |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Windows 8 Button with Microsoft logo colors |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Wed Mar 11, 2015 7:21 am
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erich21 wrote: hi i got it but its to big for my taskbar ! can you make a smaller one
There's a option to scale the Start Button, called "Button Size". |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Can anyone create me a custom start button? |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri Mar 06, 2015 2:19 pm
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larykoek wrote: Thx man it looks amazing
(i took the one with variaton)
Heh, glad you like it :3
Yeah, I thought that version would go over well. Just glad I could help. |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: Can anyone create me a custom start button? |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Thu Mar 05, 2015 6:50 pm
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Done. Set the size to 50, otherwise it's a bit large... ...well, that might vary based on screen size, I don't know for sure. I made 2 versions, one with hot and active variations, one without. You said the variations weren't necessary, but I figured it might be a nice touch... ...unless the colour ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: i cannot find the classicstartmenu.exe anywhere |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Fri Feb 27, 2015 9:51 am
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There's an option to not replace the Start button at all. That would give you the standard orb back without having to close classic shell. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2015 4:42 am
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Jcee wrote: Updated to attach the files directly, and added a screenshot (otherwise good work )
Alright, I'll keep that in mind. And thanks |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Longhorn "Plex" Start Menu and Start button |
Splitwirez |
Posted: Sun Feb 22, 2015 3:30 pm
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Well, I just found out that there's a forum for this. I figured I might as well post my first Start Menu skin, which was meant to be a recreation of the Start Menu from Windows Longhorn's Plex theme, made to go with my (very unfinished and rough-around-the-edges) Windows 8.1 Plex theme. Am I allowed... |
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