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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Skinning the quicksearch: background, color and frame |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 8:42 am
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Replies: 4
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| yea its possible, youll need to open the skin with reshacker (google and download if you dont have it) |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Icons blink when the cursor is on the top if corner disabled |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 26, 2013 7:49 am
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Replies: 18
Views: 51050
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| same bug here, except i think it happens more often when i just close a window (when the last active window is nolonger active) |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: When closing a Windows 8 App, navigate to classic Desktop. |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:34 pm
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Replies: 3
Views: 19126
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| i would love to be able to have this, especially since most new apps are geared towards the metro UI, it would be really awsome if metro apps could be run in windows (and im sure someone will likely figure this out eventually) the ability to doc a metro app to the 1/5 side of a screen shows real pro... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Add a link to the skin folder in the skin tab |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2013 2:22 pm
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Replies: 1
Views: 10822
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It would be helpful if there was a link on the skin tab , that opened the users skin folder (and maybe even the skins repository webpage on the forums).. that way users can more easily add/delete new skins..
also optional scroll over tool-tips for skin options would be nice |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Windows Aero skin with modded submenu to match Aero style |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2013 7:06 am
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Replies: 2
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i dont see how the posted skin differs from the one with classic shell, maybe highlight or circle what part your talking about?, unless someone else gets it 
EDIT Nvm he means the corners on Submenu_bitmap |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 3:38 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 218254
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| Updated the Main post to include the current beta skin which ill swap out with the stable one in a week or 2 if no bugs major have been found..., if anything looks off, let me know |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 11:12 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| never thought to check for animation under it :P, but still i would imagine i could live without that, and infact wouldnt even want animations under the menu thats distracting cant you get a cropped screenshot with windows snipping tool?, run it, pass it fake mouse movements, and use its outputted i... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 10:27 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| just googled it, and from the screenshots i don't think it looks that bad, the particular blur seems a tad strong (but they call it ultra blur..), but im sure you can tweak it; although he does mention quite alot of work was put into its creation.. gimps open source maybe you could use there Gaussia... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2013 5:02 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| Main_opacity=fullglass makes the background transparent and blured, although in windows 8 its about half as transparent or less, compared to windows 7.. (and it maxes out at like 40% transparent or something, aside from pure alpha) Main_opacity=fullalpha shows transparency as it really is (aka you c... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Metro Glass Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 2:11 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 335282
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| you changed the default, and made the invert colors option your old one, for compatibility you should do it the other way around (so someone who copys/replaces doesnt get a different colored taskbar automatically also the black has no transparency as far as i can tell, so maybe you forgot to save wi... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Metro Glass Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 12:39 pm
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Replies: 50
Views: 335282
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| My pic was from a windows 8 pc, although with some tweaks (to change the color of the title-bar text that you mentioned :P, and a few other things), that may have affected the taskbar color slightly; also the fact that i have a white window (which stops just above taskbar), and a black background (w... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Metro Glass Skin |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:21 am
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Replies: 50
Views: 335282
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| just an FYI, but with darker colors (particularly black), it seems to light to match.. maybe add a 'dark background color' option (opening your background bitmap, adjusting it to about 20%-40% darker, importing as a new resource, then adding an option that changes Main_bitmap=(number of your new res... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 9:14 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| glad i could help , but i think you give me to much credit; firstly my skin is based from a modified version of his smoked glass skin, and the use of the color was implemented before me , so you could have just as easily used his as example ) |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 7:06 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| hmm, i duno if you can apply a color mask over a color, but if you used a solid gray square image, it would probably take care of the border.., and it could be setup to mimic windows color |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change font and padding for top caption |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:58 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 33190
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| the tops what it looks like and the bottom screenshot is what u want it to look like?, ifso throw the skin here.. it should only take me 2-3 mins of work to fix |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: How to make a skin for the Start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2013 1:55 am
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Replies: 16
Views: 353515
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| id also like a color chooser, rather more options for skins than radio buttons and check boxes (text field), @the taskbar color can change; your skin can already change to some-what match the taskbar (although the coloring is different in windows 8; to solve this, i edited my skin making it about 30... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin size descrepancy+font glow? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:47 pm
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Replies: 4
Views: 16605
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| na no idea how it got bloated.. not that 1mb file is really all that bloated by todays standards XD, but still twice the size it should be is meh |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Change font and padding for top caption |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:57 am
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Replies: 10
Views: 33190
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| if you want it done, i can do it for ya?; you want smaller font, and less padding? and by caption you mean the text on the left side?, if so i should be able to post it by tomorrow (goin to sleep now, or id prolly have it in 5 mins) |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin size descrepancy+font glow? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 9:45 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 16605
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| ah, ok, so i guess ill just import the stuff over one of your skins every so often ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin size descrepancy+font glow? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 8:21 am
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Replies: 4
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| FONT GLOW? [highlight=#e6f2fa] Main_glow_size=10 [/highlight] [highlight=#e6f2fa] [/highlight] [highlight=#e6f2fa] - the size of the glow (0 - no glow). The glow is always white [/highlight] ive tried setting that to 0, 10, or 30 but i didnt see any visual change?, also why must it be white?... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Set number of previous items? |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:34 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 15228
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under the special items tab
itl say "MAX RECENT PROGRAMS"
if that doesnt work, it could be possible you havnt opened more programs through classic shell, so only 5 are showing |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Option for including computer name on caption |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2013 1:27 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 17918
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| you can specify a custom username text or menu caption in the "Menu Look" tab ofcourse you would have to set the name for every computer individually, and the text may be to long to fit right, i agree though an option to automatically add the computer name would be helpful (along with show... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Start button OVER fullscreen app |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 8:21 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 46675
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| PMed you a link to the program, because it may be inappropriate for the forums |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Start button OVER fullscreen app |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:31 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 46675
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| i was using a fullscreen game/program earlier, and the start button was visible over it (but not the taskbar) other fullscreen games ive tried havnt yielded this result This program changes the resolution also If the start menu is clicked while in the app, windows is opened, and the start menu opens... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Experienced a Classic Shell hang |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2013 1:26 am
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Replies: 3
Views: 16348
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| some programs allocate static amounts of memory for specific task (rather than dynamic, that can scale as required) for example, text fields often exhibit a 255 character limit (+1character for a terminator) because some variables in some programming languages are limited to 256 Bytes, exceeding thi... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: Account icons appear twice in the user selection screen |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sun Jan 13, 2013 5:58 am
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Replies: 4
Views: 25551
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| pretty sure its not a classic shell issue, but if you want to try disabling classic shell and restarting to see if the problem is solved (it probably wont be) this is what i came up with on a quick google search ("Duplicate user account being created in Windows 8"), and it looks like it ma... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: adding to start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:58 pm
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Replies: 13
Views: 43362
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| ah you cant change the design much :P, without the users having to re-set a bunch of things in the new version i figured most people use the customize start menu tab?, i mean its virtually everything to me.. (the only tab i would absolutely not use the program without) but i guess there are a lot of... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: adding to start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 2:28 pm
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Replies: 13
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| @ customize start menu has to accommodate custom commands to; why cant a custom command have a "HIDE" button, or given further thought an option in its right click context? as far as ease of use, this would allow people to disable custom items to, which are defiantly harder to re-add after... |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: adding to start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 10:40 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 43362
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| why not add a checkbox labeled "HIDE" to all the items, that way the user could toggle any item on the menu?, and default items arnt that hard to re-create, since there already placed in available commands |
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Forum: Bug Reports Topic: adding to start menu |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:34 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 43362
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| why is 'show log off' even an option? if they dont want it shown why dont they just remove it from the customize start menu tab, i noticed several things are like this, i asume there just remnents from before those options were added to the customize start menu tab? |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: deactivate the Charms Bar touch gesture |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 9:32 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 66617
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| oh sorry, figured it disabled it :P, dont have a touch monitor myeslf, but if that option doesnt do it, classic shell doesnt (yet atleast) sorry this may be what your looking for http://www.howtogeek.com/127645/how-to-disable-the-charms-bar-and-switcher-hot-corners-in-windows-8/, ifnot there were mo... |
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Forum: Classic Explorer Topic: common dialog!! |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:13 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 28903
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| ive been wondering about this (not the why as i read yours, but more of a how to get around without unleashing all hell) i know you cant add it to the save dialogs because they could be modified, but is there a way to check if they are modified and if not add it (since 90% of them arnt modified as f... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Truncated user name |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 8:10 am
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Replies: 6
Views: 66216
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| cant you add spaces to the name of one of your options in the left menu, to push the menu out wider? Just checked and any spaces at the end of a label get truncated off, even alt+255 (non-breaking space) but you can still put a bunch of spaces followed by a period (sadly still visible though) why ar... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:56 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 863436
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| i used it for about 3 months before i had windows 8, it wasnt all that slow for me... but it does have a few inconsistencies when compared to the windows taskbar, and i would recomend if using it on windows 8, just removing the taskbar portion of the program |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: deactivate the Charms Bar touch gesture |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:54 am
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Replies: 13
Views: 66617
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| go to the "Windows 8 Settings" tab in classic start menu 3.6.5 (update if you dont have this ver), find "Disable active corners" and click ALL |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin Question |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2013 7:51 am
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Replies: 8
Views: 36289
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| hmm, try maximizing a window on that taskbar, see if the bottom of the window overlaps the display fusion task-bar or not, ive had windows revert the screensize back to re-claim the space allocated for display fusion b4, especially if your playing a fullscreen game that changes the resolution.. if ... |
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Forum: Classic Start Menu Topic: Skin Question |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 8:04 pm
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Replies: 8
Views: 36289
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you have to copy the skin into C:\Program Files (x86)\DisplayFusion\ClassicStartMenu\Skins folder (or whereever u saved display fusion at) aswell as the one for classic shell
@ivo
something collaboration should take care of eventually |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 7:57 pm
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Replies: 92
Views: 863436
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| ah good enough, shame most of display fusions features are in windows 8 though, from what i read on the old forum i thought they did all the compatibility on there side though |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Website/Forum Discussion |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 6:54 am
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Replies: 0
Views: 20400
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| i figure, atleast for now you could probably use a general thread, with forum suggestions and stuff, heres a few.. XD you should add a sticky to the feature request board, detailing the most commonly turned down request and why, cutting down on redundancy of post requesting "MAKE IT MORE LIKE W... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:18 am
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Replies: 92
Views: 863436
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| This post is for all cosmetic mods/themes/programs. that don't necessarily add function to windows, but do help make it visually appealing or stylish. The format should generally be the same as above. Tiny Window Borders Compatibility: Win8 Price: Freeware Link: http://winaero.com/comment.php?commen... |
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Forum: Feature Requests Topic: Windows 8 home screen permanent choice |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:48 am
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Replies: 5
Views: 49966
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| probably not quite your department, but if only there was a way to run all metro apps in windows with the _[]X buttons and the drag bar XD, from what ive tried of metro apps (i havnt downloaded any new ones besides the ones windows starts with) i really dont like them, especially with the switching ... |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:41 am
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Replies: 25
Views: 218254
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| yea figured ive been admin on a few forums myself, they never seem to have enough options |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 9:40 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 218254
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| still buggin, and the new message being next to reply seems accident prone?, you prolly dont got reign over that though, ALSO can /should we link to files on the old forum or is it gonna be taken down? |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:39 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 218254
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| Some screenshots of the skin: |
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Forum: Start Menu Skins Topic: Skin: Aero Glass |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:39 pm
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Replies: 25
Views: 218254
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| Aero Glass, is a modified version of smoked glass featuring modified background texture and adjustments to the username and picture elements. https://sourceforge.net/p/classicshell/discussion/user_content/thread/a9a58f2d/164a/attachment/Screen1.jpg Along with matching the color of your Taskbar/Windo... |
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Forum: Chitchat Topic: Windows Mods/Alternatives |
| Jcee |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2013 2:31 pm
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Replies: 92
Views: 863436
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| Here is a list of additional programs/scripts/tweaks that help customize and improve upon windows. Ill do my best to aggregate all of the programs into the first post. Freeware is preferable, but in some cases shareware may be posted (IE if there is no decent freeware alternative). In order to make ... |
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