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Post by The Jackal on Jun 29, 2018 11:10:57 GMT -8
SCRAPPED. This thread is pretty pointless now.
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Baloo
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Post by Baloo on Jul 1, 2018 9:55:09 GMT -8
Interesting...how did you do it? I would like to have Display Properties and God mode in the context menu over the desktop.
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 1, 2018 12:24:12 GMT -8
Interesting...how did you do it? I would like to have Display Properties and God mode in the context menu over the desktop. You can either do it by going into the registry and adding it yourself...or by using this program, which is what I did. It's paidware tho. |
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 2, 2018 9:01:08 GMT -8
OUT OF DATE INFO.
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Post by anixx on Jul 2, 2018 21:21:26 GMT -8
On Win 8.1 I have it like this, there is no problem:  Attachments:
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 3, 2018 1:27:48 GMT -8
On Win 8.1 I have it like this, there is no problem: Sadly, it doesn't apply all the time on W10. I had a bunch of stuff added to the desktop context menu by programs, and I got it to look similar to yours (it took on the colour theme). As soon as I started messing around, adding and removing my own items to the context menu it defaulted to the bland white W10 one. I could never get it back. Until now of course. I've removed W8 from the thread title, seems this is a W10 only issue. |
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Post by wizkid on Jul 12, 2018 13:26:04 GMT -8
Link please???
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 12, 2018 15:49:39 GMT -8
Read the thread again - everything is there. |
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 13, 2018 14:32:53 GMT -8
IGNORE
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NovaDelta
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i am me
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OS: Windows 10 22H2
Theme: Unfortunately, 10 theme
CPU: i7-6700HQ
RAM: 16GB of sticks of RAM
GPU: Nvidia Quadro M1000M
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Post by NovaDelta on Jul 14, 2018 9:26:43 GMT -8
I made a few adjustments:  I know this has probably been answered already but how did you get those widgets? |
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Post by The Jackal on Jul 14, 2018 11:53:25 GMT -8
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Post by The Jackal on May 22, 2019 7:34:10 GMT -8
2019 Update: OK, I've been sitting on this for a while, but I now have a 100% way to get the classic desktop context menu back. It comes with a catch though.  Let me address this first up: this ONLY changes the style of menu from white/dark to the classic theme colour, and it only works on Windows 10 up to build 1803 (reason being MS removed the ability to select the old context menu style from the registry starting in build 1809) . Adding or removing items to the context menu have to be done yourself via the registry. Anyway, how to do this: 1. Open a text file in Notepad. 2. Enter the following into it: taskkill /im explorer.exe /f start explorer.exe exit 3. Save the file whatever you want but give it the extension of .bat . 4. Run the bat file you've just created. 5. Explorer will be closed, then restarted instantly and you'll have the same as above. Now the catch: it'll screw up the taskbar - taskbar buttons become small (really small!), the systray (notification area) disappears as does the clock, and previews come out wonky.  One workaround is to use the Reactos taskbar, but that is *not* a perfect replacement. If want 3D borders on the context menu, then follow Anixx's guide here: www.winclassic.net/thread/120/classic-theme-variations-adjusting-upmcalc Before - After |
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Post by anixx on May 23, 2019 3:13:54 GMT -8
2019 Update: OK, I've been sitting on this for a while, but I now have a 100% way to get the classic desktop context menu back. It comes with a catch though. Now you need this www.winclassic.net/thread/120/classic-theme-variations-adjusting-upmcalc so to add the 3D border to the menus. This is very interesting! It seems you managed the Win10 taskbar to appear in Clessic theme with the 3D buttons etc! So, this code was not deleted. |
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Post by The Jackal on May 23, 2019 8:21:07 GMT -8
2019 Update: OK, I've been sitting on this for a while, but I now have a 100% way to get the classic desktop context menu back. It comes with a catch though. Now you need this www.winclassic.net/thread/120/classic-theme-variations-adjusting-upmcalc so to add the 3D border to the menus. This is very interesting! It seems you managed the Win10 taskbar to appear in Clessic theme with the 3D buttons etc! So, this code was not deleted. Thanks for that tip regarding the menus, I'd do that asap, thank you. As for the taskbar, sadly, it's Spitfire W7 Startisback skin, I should have took the screenshot with it disabled. Sorry for the confusion. EDIT: Replaced the screenshot with one with SiB disabled. Again, I apologize for it appearing misleading - that was not my intent. |
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Baloo
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Post by Baloo on Oct 19, 2019 13:43:37 GMT -8
2019 Update: OK, I've been sitting on this for a while, but I now have a 100% way to get the classic desktop context menu back. It comes with a catch though. Now you need this www.winclassic.net/thread/120/classic-theme-variations-adjusting-upmcalc so to add the 3D border to the menus. This is very interesting! It seems you managed the Win10 taskbar to appear in Clessic theme with the 3D buttons etc! So, this code was not deleted. When I do this explorer relaunches, but my desktop completely disappears including the wallpaper, leaving only the desktop color (in my case that is set to purple) as well as the ability to right-click and open the start menu. Only the taskbar remains, and I have to sign out and sign back in. Any thoughts on that? Whenever I change icons through CustomizerGod the same thing happens to me. Is there anything that could be preventing explorer from relaunching again? |
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Post by powerplayer on Oct 19, 2019 20:56:28 GMT -8
Is there anything that could be preventing explorer from relaunching again? Yes there is and it is called resource hacker www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ , with customizer god you change icons but it restarts explorer everytime you make changes in reshacker you could just save the changed icons to a .res file , upload it to your google drive or onedrive and load the .res file + tick the replace resource thingy , way easier and more painless then going through this thing again be sure to use the Add-Take-Ownership-Option.zip (1.7 KB) and move the dll to desktop now when you rightclick on files you get to choose take ownership then you can rename the old file to .bak and replace it with the one you edited. After you done log out and log in again then your changes would be applied. |
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Post by The Jackal on Oct 20, 2019 1:36:01 GMT -8
It sounds like your doing this with the ReactOS taskbar active - that's what causing the blank desktop. You need to do this without it active.
The Reactos taskbar acts like a layer ontop of explorer - if you close explorer, then it becomes the top most layer. Even if you close explorer again, ROS explorer will still act as the top layer - that is what is causing the blank desktop. You need to close BOTH explorer.exe AND explorer_old.exe. Then from the task manager, New task>explorer. That will give you your desktop back without having to login/out.
Video:
If this happens, from the Task Manager:
1. Kill explorer_old.exe (reactos)
2. Kill explorer.exe
3. New Task>explorer.
And that goes for using CustomizerGod as well.
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Baloo
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Post by Baloo on Oct 20, 2019 6:09:09 GMT -8
It sounds like your doing this with the ReactOS taskbar active - that's what causing the blank desktop. You need to do this without it active. The Reactos taskbar acts like a layer ontop of explorer - if you close explorer, then it becomes the top most layer. Even if you close explorer again, ROS explorer will still act as the top layer - that is what is causing the blank desktop. You need to close BOTH explorer.exe AND explorer_old.exe. Then from the task manager, New task>explorer. That will give you your desktop back without having to login/out. Video: If this happens, from the Task Manager: 1. Kill explorer_old.exe (reactos) 2. Kill explorer.exe 3. New Task>explorer. And that goes for using CustomizerGod as well. Yep...this was it! Though when I kill explorer and explorer old in the Task Manager and try to relaunch explorer the Desktop doesn't appear. So basically I have to run the script right before the ReactOS Taskbar AHK runs on login. However I now have classic context menus! Thanks Jackal! |
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Post by The Jackal on Oct 20, 2019 15:24:35 GMT -8
Pretty much, yes.
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Post by leet on Oct 21, 2019 12:26:54 GMT -8
it only works on Windows 10 up to build 1803 Uhmm, No. It works on 1903. For every version up to 1803 you can just change the registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\FlightedFeatures\ImmesiveContextMenu
from 1 to 0. This way you won't screw up your taskbar. For 1809+ you can use the fix The Jackal described |
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