Souper
Freshman Member
Posts: 63
OS: Manjaro | Windows 10 (2021)
Theme: Placeholder | Aero / Luna
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Post by Souper on Sept 26, 2021 17:50:12 GMT -8
You could try using 1809 LTSC, in my experience the only visually broken thing I've encountered is the tree view glyphs in explorer not appearing. Explorer itself worked perfectly fine, which is a good thing since it seemed to be broken when it originally released.
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Post by ihatemetro on Sept 26, 2021 17:52:13 GMT -8
You could try using 1809 LTSC, in my experience the only visually broken thing I've encountered is the tree view glyphs in explorer not appearing. Explorer itself worked perfectly fine, which is a good thing since it seemed to be broken when it originally released. Wait, it's actually fixed? Also, I think the tree view glyphs also disappear in 1903+, and can be fixed using (Open-Shell) Classic Explorer. But there's also the problem of context menus (the registry way of doing it doesn't work in 1809+), which can ONLY be fixed with ExplorerContextMenuTweaker: github.com/rikka0w0/ExplorerContextMenuTweaker/releasesEdit: And about ExplorerContextMenuTweaker, can someone fork it and improve it? Seems like the developer abandoned it in favour of a modified immersive menu that barely looks like the real thing and doesn't work with classic theme. |
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Souper
Freshman Member
Posts: 63
OS: Manjaro | Windows 10 (2021)
Theme: Placeholder | Aero / Luna
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Post by Souper on Sept 26, 2021 19:02:28 GMT -8
You could try using 1809 LTSC, in my experience the only visually broken thing I've encountered is the tree view glyphs in explorer not appearing. Explorer itself worked perfectly fine, which is a good thing since it seemed to be broken when it originally released. Wait, it's actually fixed? Also, I think the tree view glyphs also disappear in 1903+, and can be fixed using (Open-Shell) Classic Explorer. But there's also the problem of context menus (the registry way of doing it doesn't work in 1809+), which can ONLY be fixed with ExplorerContextMenuTweaker: github.com/rikka0w0/ExplorerContextMenuTweaker/releasesYeah, the context menu text doesn't appear otherwise, probably should've mentioned that. Usually it starts working once you right click a file/folder with that. But the main point is that they fixed the classic theme outright not working on Explorer, and whatever else they ended up breaking. |
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AnyKey
Sophomore Member
Posts: 248
OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: XP Classic Theme
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR4
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 Super
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Post by AnyKey on Sept 30, 2021 14:23:00 GMT -8
Too bad. It is hard to use classic theme with older versions of Windows 10 while keeping hardware & software compatibility. I'll try LTSC 2019 (also LTSB 2016 if possible) and see if I can do something with it (Including 1809 problems mentioned here or other places). I'll going to set up VM, and also actual computer if needed. Anyway, I probably need to do much research. If everything went wrong, I'll live with the latest version. My Mind: I wish they add back registry tweak of context menu. But that would be unlikely... Edit: And about ExplorerContextMenuTweaker, can someone fork it and improve it? Seems like the developer abandoned it in favour of a modified immersive menu that barely looks like the real thing and doesn't work with classic theme. Abandoned? I was expecting it to progress. |
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 1, 2021 19:09:23 GMT -8
Edit: And about ExplorerContextMenuTweaker, can someone fork it and improve it? Seems like the developer abandoned it in favour of a modified immersive menu that barely looks like the real thing and doesn't work with classic theme. Abandoned? I was expecting it to progress. It hasn't been updated since 2018, and I did see some posts relating to the modified immersive context menu after that, so it's abandoned. |
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AnyKey
Sophomore Member
Posts: 248
OS: Windows 10 Pro 22H2
Theme: XP Classic Theme
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X
RAM: 16 GB 1333 MHz DDR4
GPU: Nvidia Geforce RTX 2070 Super
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Post by AnyKey on Oct 2, 2021 1:48:10 GMT -8
Abandoned? I was expecting it to progress. It hasn't been updated since 2018, and I did see some posts relating to the modified immersive context menu after that, so it's abandoned. Oh. I hope someone makes it better. Maybe this is worth to mention as one topic. |
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 12, 2021 8:13:41 GMT -8
Windows 10 S is the lightest. But this version only supports Windows Store apps and mostly works like a tablet. Other versions of Windows 10 like Home or Pro is almost the same. No huge difference. Windows 10 Home might seem lighter but there is no huge difference. "Version", not "Edition". |
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Post by powerplayer on Oct 12, 2021 10:39:12 GMT -8
id say windows 11 still has the metrocrap from 10
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Post by The Jackal on Oct 12, 2021 11:50:56 GMT -8
Windows 10 S is the lightest. But this version only supports Windows Store apps and mostly works like a tablet. Other versions of Windows 10 like Home or Pro is almost the same. No huge difference. Windows 10 Home might seem lighter but there is no huge difference. "Version", not "Edition". That was a signature spammer (same deal as others spammers, they just place their links in their sigs). |
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 12, 2021 13:23:29 GMT -8
"Version", not "Edition". That was a signature spammer (same deal as others spammers, they just place their links in their sigs). The link in the signature was very suspicious. |
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Mirai
New Member
Posts: 17 
OS: Windows 10, version 22H2
Theme: SimpleClassicTheme (rip), RetroBar and some Windhawk tweaks
CPU: Intel Core i3-1005g1
RAM: 4.00 GB
GPU: Integrated graphics, which sucks :D
Computer Make/Model: DELL
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Post by Mirai on Oct 14, 2021 18:24:09 GMT -8
OK, Somebody knows if it is posible to restore the Copying, Save as,
etc. dialogs on modern Windows Versions?
Example of what I mean:
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On programs like Resource Hacker the Open dialog shows as the XP one,
but in others like MSPaint (Extracted directly from Windows XP) It doesn't.
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Post by TechSalt on Oct 14, 2021 21:20:17 GMT -8
Most of the time, Windows redirects the legacy open/save dialogs to the modern ones. To disable this, go to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32 (create Comdlg32 if it isn't created)
Then make a DWORD named "NoPlacesBar" and set it to "1". This does get rid of the places bar in legacy open/save dialogs, but most open/save dialogs should now be the legacy ones.
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Post by aaaaaaaaaaa on Oct 22, 2021 12:56:52 GMT -8
Could you delete this account? Ty |
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Post by leet on Oct 22, 2021 13:12:56 GMT -8
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Post by The Jackal on Oct 22, 2021 13:58:50 GMT -8
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Post by s34642542 on Oct 25, 2021 4:10:51 GMT -8
I'm talking about a way (maybe via registry setting, AHK script, or something else) to offset the default start button's position by x pixels. I'm talking about the Windows 8.1 start button, specifically.
I've tried editing the image in CustomizerGod, but all this achieves is letting you move the flag image around within the button, and doesn't let you move the actual entire button.
I'm not talking about using a custom button (and achieving this kind of result that way) in Classic/Open Shell (or similar software). I want to know if it's possible to actually move the start button around without having to replace it at all.
Anyone know?
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Post by cetav13115 on Oct 28, 2021 3:49:45 GMT -8
I have a Visual Basic app that does stuff and I was wondering if there's a way to make SetWindowTheme effect other applications?
E.g. SetWindowTheme("notepad.exe", " ", " ")
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Post by leet on Oct 28, 2021 7:35:35 GMT -8
You need to firstly find the HWND (window handle) of the target window. You can use EnumThreadWindows to enumerate all window handles of the windows in all threads of a process. I don't know VB.NET but here's the C# equivalent:
delegate bool EnumThreadDelegate(IntPtr hWnd, IntPtr lParam);
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
static extern bool EnumThreadWindows(int dwThreadId, EnumThreadDelegate lpfn,
IntPtr lParam);
static IEnumerable<IntPtr> EnumerateProcessWindowHandles(int processId)
{
var handles = new List<IntPtr>();
foreach (ProcessThread thread in Process.GetProcessById(processId).Threads)
EnumThreadWindows(thread.Id,
(hWnd, lParam) => { handles.Add(hWnd); return true; }, IntPtr.Zero);
return handles;
}
[DllImport("UxTheme.dll", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
static extern IntPtr SetWindowTheme(IntPtr hWnd, string pszSubAppName, string pszSubIdList);
[STAThread]
static void Main(string[] args)
{
foreach (var handle in EnumerateProcessWindowHandles(
Process.GetProcessesByName("explorer").First().Id))
{
SetWindowTheme(handle, " ", " ");
}
}
EDIT: I should say this code is taken from StackOverflow and modified to OP's use case: |
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Post by cockkafjkan on Nov 18, 2021 8:29:23 GMT -8
so guys how can i do it i tried putting the .skin file in the skins open shell folder and i gave a look to the list of skins and the skin which i was searching for don't appeared
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Post by ihatemetro on Nov 18, 2021 10:53:34 GMT -8
Did you select Classic Menu (I think it's called one column menu or something in the options) in the settings?
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