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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Blank App Icons |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:27 am
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Views: 11949
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| That's weird that only some apps don't display their icons. From Run dialog (Win key+R), open: shell:AppsFolder Locate these two app shortcuts there. Do the icons show in Explorer? If not, it's a Windows issue. Also, make sure you are using Classic Shell 4.3.1. From its Settings dialog -> Backup but... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: User photo not loaded |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2017 4:25 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 27497
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| Try using Classic Start Menu's own "User picture" setting? It's on the General Behavior tab and its reg value is: HKCU\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings. String value: UserPicturePath. A single high-res pic should work. If you change the Classic Start Menu Registry key, make sure ... |
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Forum: Start Buttons Topic: [Animated Start Button] Star Trek |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 20, 2017 11:03 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 36305
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Nicely done  |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Transparent parts of start button hard to right click |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 11:11 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 17050
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| Agree to all suggestions however it's up to Ivo to make the final call. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Quickly access Bluetooth on/off in Windows 8.1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:44 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 9197
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| You can just search for it and right click -> Pin to Start menu (Classic Shell). |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Start Menu shortcuts with ampersands (&) in filename |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 19, 2017 10:40 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 11542
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Oh indeed. You mean when using keyboard accelerators. Thanks for the bug report. If the & is followed by a space, then space bar is selecting it at present.  |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Can't delet jump-list entries that refer to deleted items. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 7:01 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 14350
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| Tried on Windows 8.1 just now: the context menu does appear even if the file is deleted. Not tested on Windows 10 yet. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Does it show all installed programs? |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 18, 2017 6:54 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 11742
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 6:24 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 27621
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| There is another way to increase the height of the menu. Add a custom item to the right column in between any two items where you want the menu to grow taller. Keep all its fields blank and set the icon to: none. This will add true empty space, the item you added won't even be selectable with the ke... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows XP Luna Skin of Program |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:38 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 28512
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| Try this color picker skin made by juniper7. You will have to switch to Windows 7 style to use this skin though. Another option is to use the Metro skin. That skin follows the system color set on Windows 8 or Windows 10. This post has a variation of the Metro skin which uses lighter colors: http://w... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:35 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 27621
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| The height setting is only there in the Windows 7 style of the menu. Go the "Start Menu Style" tab and change first to the Windows 7 style. Then you will find the Menu height setting on the Main menu tab. If you are using Classic or Classic with two columns, the menu's height changes depen... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Full Glass Skin of Program |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 17, 2017 2:32 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 30699
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| Go to Start Menu Settings -> Menu Look tab. Set "Glass opacity" to 100. This should remove its transparency. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start menu problem: Pinned programs |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 11:20 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 12170
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| Windows 10 must have turned that off since it fools around with your settings on its own. For Windows 10 Creators Update, there is a new setting under the system Settings app (press Win+i to open it) -> Privacy: "Let Windows track app launches to improve start and search results". Turn it ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Menu's Height |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:32 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 27621
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| There's a Minimum menu height setting on the Main Menu tab in Start Menu Settings. You can also use the search box in the Settings window to find it. Type: height into the search box. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Not classic enough |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 16, 2017 6:31 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 27882
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| What usability benefits does it give over the Windows 95 design? None whatsoever. You can create Explorer folders with those names and shortcuts and access them from your Desktop. So it's already there in the OS. One of the big usability improvements with the introduction of the Start Menu in Window... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Instant WerFault.exe crash on ClassicShell 4_3_1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:55 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 12184
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| ucrtbase.dll is the C programming language runtime library DLL that is part of Windows. It might be missing, corrupted or replaced by some wrong version on your PC. From an elevated command prompt, run the 2 following commands in succession. Let them finish. It may take a while. Dism /Online /Cleanu... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Classic Explorer is not working at all |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 8:56 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 18466
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| Classic Shell does not calculate the reported value. It is all done by Explorer. Classic Shell merely shows it. For large files, Explorer takes time to calculate the size. If you check your 11.9 GB file again after a while, it should show the full size. You might be using a hard disk drive. On an SS... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Classic Explorer is not working at all |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 13, 2017 4:11 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 18466
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Classic Shell won't appear when using JRiver Media Center |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 12, 2017 10:03 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 11421
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| Which version of Windows? Which version of Classic Shell? Are you running it fullscreen? What do you mean exactly by "menu won't appear correctly"? Does it render improperly? Does the menu not show at all but the button shows? Does the Start button disappear? Please give more details. Try ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Screen just flashes |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 9:05 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 9514
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Windows 10 Anniversary, Creators and Fall Creators Update |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:20 am
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Replies: 169
Views: 1581517
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| Can anyone try the Windows Explorer setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" (File Explorer Options) reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v SeparateProcess /t reg_dword /d 0x1 to see if the freezing session/high... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: classicshell freezing explorer.exe in windows10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:18 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 27360
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| Can you try the Windows Explorer setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" (File Explorer Options) reg.exe add "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced" /v SeparateProcess /t reg_dword /d 0x1 to see if the freezing session/high th... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Setting "Launch folder windows in a separate process" |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 11:17 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 11560
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| Yes this is something they should try. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Dissable options |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:53 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 9241
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| This is how your Registry should be configured (merge this REG). Note that the Settings in HKLM are in HKLM\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu whereas the Settings in HKCU are in HKCU\SOFTWARE\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings subbranch. The same should work for any other Reg value including EnableSe... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Start Screen Icon on Desktop |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:49 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 9217
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| There is no Start screen icon added to the Desktop by Classic Shell so you are doing some unsupported trick. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Naming sub-items as buttons |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:47 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 23320
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Labels for buttons is a nice idea however the buttons will be need to be spaced farther apart then and maybe the Separator can be used to show the buttons on the next row. That gives us Windows 10's tiles.  |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: An option to put desktop folders as subitems of the desktop |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:26 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 12783
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| The presentation of the folder tree structure itself in Navigation pane cannot be modified by Classic Shell, only its behavior. However you can right click in an empty area of the navigation pane and uncheck "Show all folders" to make it a bit cleaner and less cluttered. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Modifying keyboard shortcuts |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 10:24 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 11810
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| There is no single keystroke shortcut for duplicating an item in Explorer. You must use Ctrl+C, then Ctrl+V. At the most you can remap Ctrl+D using an AutoHotkey script to disable it, or make Ctrl+D send Ctrl+C plus Ctrl+V at once. Check out AutoHotkey freeware. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Classic Shell Start Menu Folder Issue |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 11, 2017 6:20 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 9536
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Yes you can just create a folder anywhere on your computer and put shortcuts to those programs inside it.
Then add that folder to the Start Menu using these steps: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=1582 |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Search > See more results: one Explorer window only |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 8:58 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 12912
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| This looks like an Explorer limitation in Windows but I found a workaround. If you want to compare results, you can open another blank search window by typing the following command in the Run dialog (Win+R), or by creating a shortcut to the following command: Explorer search-ms: Then you can type in... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Add Download and Video folders |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 10, 2017 5:01 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 9259
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| Which style of the Start menu are you using and where do you see them grayed out? |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: "Copy path" Explorer Toolbar button |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sat Sep 09, 2017 1:14 pm
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Replies: 7
Views: 72598
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| It's not files and folders but more than one file selected at a time. You can do that by holding down the Ctrl key as you click to select or use Ctrl+space bar and arrow keys. |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Custom gradient in side inscription. |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 5:23 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 16066
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| juniper7 might be able to help you in this case. For Windows 7 style, he created an amazing skin that has a color picker. That's easier than editing the skin yourself to change the gradient colors. But as you know, for two column styles, the gradient is not on the side but at the top: http://www.cla... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: WinCreatos-Taskbar width changes after restart |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Fri Sep 08, 2017 3:00 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 13462
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| Yes this issue was reported by another user: viewtopic.php?f=7&t=7748 However I don't think it's even on the priority list of things to fix given how awful Windows 10 is and given how busy Ivo is with other tasks and less actively developing Classic Shell. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Question about ADMX-Setting "Common Programs Folder" |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 12:25 pm
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Replies: 6
Views: 20711
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| As a workaround, you could use Group Policy Preferences to create shortcuts on the user's desktop. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Question about ADMX-Setting "Common Programs Folder" |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:56 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 20711
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I see. I misunderstood because you wrote "however everything is working fine" so I concluded that you used the Classic Shell policies against your recommendation and yet everything is fine except for this issue.  |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Windows 10 build 1703 get unresponsive with CS 4.3.1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 10:54 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 90814
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| @JPVJ, the thread count issue can be different one from the one you are facing. Don't assume anything and perform your tests first. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Problems to remove Items in Win7 Style Startmenu in Win10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:34 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 21872
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| There's only a global Windows policy setting: User Configuration\Administrative Templates\Control Panel: "Prohibit access to Control Panel and PC settings". Even Win+I directly and easily opens Settings so unless Settings app is prohibited at system level, suppressing it only via Explorer ... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Windows 10 build 1703 get unresponsive with CS 4.3.1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:31 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 90814
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| Please if anyone finds a way to exactly reproduce this, please give us the steps. Like: is there any specific trigger that causes Explorer threads to skyrocket like this when the Classic Start Menu is running. |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Question about ADMX-Setting "Common Programs Folder" |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 9:24 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 20711
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| @Wotan, note that this is a Windows Group Policy setting for "Start Menu and Taskbar". Also, what if you redirect both the common programs folder as well as the common Start Menu folder using the 2 Classic Shell Policy settings for both? The common programs folder is part of the Common Sta... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: Can't see contents of single folders |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Wed Sep 06, 2017 12:15 pm
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Replies: 2
Views: 18986
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| Right click in an empty area of the navigation pane in Explorer itself and uncheck "Expand to current folder". You can also check/uncheck "Show all folders" and see what suits you. Both these are Windows settings and not related to Classic Shell. |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: [REQUEST] Windows XP Start Menu Skin with fat bottom border |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:07 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 49884
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You can fix the text of the Shutdown button. Open C:\Program Files\Classic Shell\StartMenuL10N.ini as administrator.
Find the line under en-US (English) that says:
Menu.Shutdown = &Shut Downaaaliiiiiigi
and change it to:
Menu.Shutdown = Sh&ut Down |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Keeps reverting to Win 7 view |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 12:09 pm
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Replies: 9
Views: 40920
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Problems to remove Items in Win7 Style Startmenu in Win10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 9:14 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 21872
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| 1. Yes customize on local machine 2. Open Regedit and go the earlier mentioned Reg key (HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings) 3. Double click the MenuItems7 reg value in the Registry and copy its value data to the appropriate (corresponding) policy setting called "Menu I... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Problems to remove Items in Win7 Style Startmenu in Win10 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 8:28 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 21872
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| You must use the Customize Start Menu tab of the Start Menu Settings GUI to remove them first. Then export the registry values from HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IvoSoft\ClassicStartMenu\Settings: MenuItems7 reg value. Copy them to the policy setting called 'Menu Items for The Windows 7 Style'. After t... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Group Policy - Menu Items For The Windows 7 Style |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 7:52 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 17702
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| For Customize Start Menu tab, you must right click in an empty (white) area and choose "Reset Start Menu". Then the policy setting should show the customized items but users will be able to override it. To deploy the policy setting though, you will first have to use the Customize Start Men... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Windows 10 build 1703 get unresponsive with CS 4.3.1 |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Tue Sep 05, 2017 5:54 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 90814
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| Try running control.exe to open Control Panel and see if Explorer hangs or freezes. Realtek's driver, like IDT's driver is known to ship with a driver file that causes Explorer crashes when Control Panel is opened on Windows 10's newer releases. Also, try renaming the extension of the file, RltkAPO6... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: latest windows 10 pro update and CSM |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 10:27 am
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Replies: 1
Views: 8558
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| Maybe Tablet Mode got turned on in your Windows 10. Press Win+A keys together to show the Action Center. Turn off "Tablet Mode" from there. Also, to make sure only Classic Shell's menu is set to open, right click the Start button -> Settings. Check "Show all settings" at the top.... |
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Forum: Translations Topic: ClassicShellReadme.rtf - Italian translation |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2017 7:30 am
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Replies: 2
Views: 27850
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| You are welcome to post the corrected ReadMe here. |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: "Copy path" Explorer Toolbar button |
| Gaurav |
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Posted: Sun Sep 03, 2017 11:25 am
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Replies: 7
Views: 72598
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It's the button around which there is a red box in the picture above. Unfortunately, it only works if a single item is selected. It doesn't work for multiple files.
But if you use StExBar, it has a button that works for multiple files and adds double quotes too for long paths. |
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