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sdschramm
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 7:33 am 
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Hello. I am running Windows 8 with the latest classic shell installed. (4.0.4) and I have the "Skip metro start screen" option checked but at every login the the screen still appears and does not take me directly to the desktop. How can I troubleshoot this?

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Scott
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Ivo
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 9:23 am 
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Download the Classic Shell Utility from here: http://www.classicshell.net/downloads/
Run it and send me the log file.
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 2:59 pm 
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I couldn't find a way to attach the logs to a PM so I uploaded them with the Media Fire thing and called it Classic Shell Metro Screen
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Ivo
PostPosted: Fri Mar 07, 2014 11:45 pm 
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Hm, I don't see anything suspicious. Let's try this:
Open Regedit and go to HKCU\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings
Create a new DWORD named LogStartup
Restart and log in
Go to the folder %APPDATA%\ClassicShell and look for a file named StartupLog.txt
Attach it here
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Mon Mar 10, 2014 3:37 pm 
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Didn't work the first time, then realized I a had to give the LogStartup a value of 1 ;)

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Ivo
PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 8:26 am 
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Looks like it is failing to go to the desktop. Something must be blocking it.

Try this:
Create a new DWORD value in HKCU\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings named "SkipMetroCount"
Set it to a hex value FFFFFFF0
See if that changes things
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 3:08 pm 
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I tried that but still the metro screen is coming up at login.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 10:11 pm 
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I don't know then. Something is preventing the desktop from showing up. Have you disabled UAC?
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:38 am 
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Yes, I have UAC disabled.
On my previous system I had UAC disabled as well and didn't have this problem.
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Ivo
PostPosted: Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:32 am 
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Like, really disabled through a registry hack, or just set to the minimum setting?
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Fri Mar 14, 2014 12:52 pm 
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The slider is set to the minimum setting.
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sdschramm
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:06 pm 
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Any updates on this?
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Ivo
PostPosted: Tue Mar 25, 2014 11:26 pm 
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I don't know what might be causing your problem. The menu is literally simulating pressing Win+D. If that doesn't work then something must be blocking the desktop.
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