Windows Classic theme has not been removed in Windows 8
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[QUOTE=prease;46162453]How did you achieve this?[/QUOTE]
Apparently it is Windows 10 with the taskbar from ReactOS.
[QUOTE=Anixx;46189399]Apparently it is Windows 10 with the taskbar from ReactOS.[/QUOTE]
My small PR action
[editline]9th October 2014[/editline]
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/YAP7AaY.png[/IMG]
sadly but microsoft love huge trashcans and gay stuff
[QUOTE=kungfulon;45814399]It's nearly perfect, just some window border being transparent (maybe they're self-drawn?) like IE, FF, Chrome..., taskbar jump-lists are white-background, taskbar window title is transparent.
I used StartIsBack for taskbar coloring, don't know if there's any software out there can change it like SIB (set taskbar color to black, it will get rid of the white background in taskbar). In HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM, edit:
Another method is to disable DWM (you'll get perfect classic theme), but it will leave IE broken, UAC can't dim the screen, search pane being black-colored and always on top of the screen, some metro pop-up will just stay on screen (i.e updates are available pop-up), welcome screen & Metro UI will be all black. Some of these problem can be solved by killing some thread of explorer.exe with ProcessExplorer (to disable Metro UI and get rid of search pane) and use auto login. Anyway it's not recommended to disable DWM.
About the windows 7 style explorer, I used OldNewExplorer by Tihiy.[/QUOTE]
Is it possible to reduce the taskbar's vertical size?
[QUOTE=Anixx;46192680]Is it possible to reduce the taskbar's vertical size?[/QUOTE]
use small icon
The new ReactOS shell is thought to be much better and aims at per-pixel similarity to Windows XP Explorer.
[QUOTE=kungfulon;46138611]Install theme disabler and read my previous post.[/QUOTE]
OK it was hard to guess what you call "theme disabler" (tought it was a program...). After downloading the zip package from the sendspace link, I ran the program and I used DESKN.CPL to remove the ugly large border of windows by applying the classic theme in this utility.
Latest think to do : change the taskbar color. I used Start is back and I didn't find anything to change the taskbar color. I edited the registry (with administrator powers) I changed the values as you said but they are not saved after a reboot.
What can I do ?
To get rid of the black bar when DWM disabled, delete or rename these two files:
Windows.Shell.Search.UriHandler.dll
Windows.UI.Search.dll
[QUOTE=Anixx;46318062]To get rid of the black bar when DWM disabled, delete or rename these two files:
Windows.Shell.Search.UriHandler.dll
Windows.UI.Search.dll[/QUOTE]
Maybe just kill some of explorer.exe's threads is enough...
[QUOTE=makinero;46311555]OK it was hard to guess what you call "theme disabler" (tought it was a program...). After downloading the zip package from the sendspace link, I ran the program and I used DESKN.CPL to remove the ugly large border of windows by applying the classic theme in this utility.
Latest think to do : change the taskbar color. I used Start is back and I didn't find anything to change the taskbar color. I edited the registry (with administrator powers) I changed the values as you said but they are not saved after a reboot.
What can I do ?[/QUOTE]
StartIsBack configuration -> Appearance tab
[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/OVeFsoa.png[/IMG]
That's weird i don't have these fields to change the color of the taskbar ! The trial period of start is back is not finished... I run my tests in a Win8 VM (not 8.1) that may be the problem i'm going to try with a 8.1.
[QUOTE=makinero;46398095]That's weird i don't have these fields to change the color of the taskbar ! The trial period of start is back is not finished... I run my tests in a Win8 VM (not 8.1) that may be the problem i'm going to try with a 8.1.[/QUOTE]
I haven't tried SIB on w8, just did it on w8.1.
@kungfulon : I tried with a win 8.1 (start is back is not the same version for it) and I can now see the option to change the taskbar color. I set it to black 100% (same setting for the menu, like on your screenshot) it works but it's buggy. Sometimes I see the good taskbar but when I click on something, it becomes white. Is your taskbar fully working ?
[QUOTE=makinero;46408071]@kungfulon : I tried with a win 8.1 (start is back is not the same version for it) and I can now see the option to change the taskbar color. I set it to black 100% (same setting for the menu, like on your screenshot) it works but it's buggy. Sometimes I see the good taskbar but when I click on something, it becomes white. Is your taskbar fully working ?[/QUOTE]
Dunno why sometimes I got that too...
where can I download "theme disabler" please? I googled it and found not matches :(
[QUOTE=jmcc84;46423983]where can I download "theme disabler" please? I googled it and found not matches :([/QUOTE]
[url]http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=113024[/url]
[QUOTE=kungfulon;46423732]Dunno why sometimes I got that too...[/QUOTE]
I get this everytime... That seems we won't be able to use it in the future and we are doomed to use the ugly new theme. I would like to do a petition in order to ask Microsoft to bring us back the classic theme. I must use Win8 at work since the beginning of the year and it feds me up...
Does ZeroDump utility help to get the taskbar looking good?
[url]http://www.softpedia.com/get/Programming/Debuggers-Decompilers-Dissasemblers/zero-Dump.shtml[/url]
The new version of w8classic fixes the taskbar troubles:
[url]http://bertrand.deo.free.fr/TEMP/w8classic.zip[/url]
I might be able to help a bit:
I wanted to disable VSync in windows 8.1, so i made 2 programs in C++:
- One that keeps winlogon.exe suspended as long as it runs,
using Sysinternals' pssuspend, which requires admin access.
- And another one, running as the current user, which keeps
hiding *all* metro related windows, to prevent the screen
from going black. This means you don't have to break your
login screen to disable VSync, and you can just
start/stop the winlogon-suspend-thing to disable/enable VSync.
I still have a few problems though:
- This will break most metro menus until logging off and back on, maybe even until rebooting.
- I don't know how to turn this into a single .exe, as i don't know how to enumerate another users windows to hide them
- I still suck at C++; so these two are still console programs, no GUI
- I need to make some kind of automated detection, to resume winlogon.exe
as long as there is an UAC prompt waiting for you to enter your password,
and to make the new 'open with' dialog work again, else both will do nothing at all.
Admin .exe sourcecode: [URL]http://pastebin.com/hKKDGtGc[/URL]
User mode .exe sourcecode: [URL]http://pastebin.com/in0rhaDg[/URL]
You should be able to use visual studio 2010 to compile these
[QUOTE=Anixx;46443291]The new version of w8classic fixes the taskbar troubles:
[url]http://bertrand.deo.free.fr/TEMP/w8classic.zip[/url][/QUOTE]
It's coming closer to the perfect classic theme.
[IMG_THUMB]http://i.imgur.com/1KfgmKI.png[/IMG_THUMB]
And now there is even newer version, just released.
[editline]10th November 2014[/editline]
[QUOTE]It's coming closer to the perfect classic theme.[/QUOTE]
On the screenshot the taskbar has incorrect upper edge. Does this still persist?
[QUOTE=Anixx;46450662]And now there is even newer version, just released.
[editline]10th November 2014[/editline]
On the screenshot the taskbar has incorrect upper edge. Does this still persist?[/QUOTE]
Yes it does. I changed aero color to match with classic theme color.
The source code is not included anymore though
IbmPad just released a new version of w8classic (same link download). The taskbar is fixed.
[QUOTE=kungfulon;46463416]IbmPad just released a new version of w8classic (same link download). The taskbar is fixed.[/QUOTE]
This link is broken : [url]http://bertrand.deo.free.fr/TEMP/w8classic.zip[/url]
[QUOTE=makinero;46509884]This link is broken : [url]http://bertrand.deo.free.fr/TEMP/w8classic.zip[/url][/QUOTE]
works for me
I can download this file only when I deactivate my antivirus. It seems that the file is a malicious software (or contains one) :
[url]https://www.virustotal.com/en/url/1965ec7532496c7389505946db8bfdf785254c002cbecd3113805cb8d23cf2a1/analysis/[/url]
When I unzip the file, my antivirus detects a virus... Now I know why the source code is not provided...
I tried it out, when I uninstalled my taskbar was black with a white outline and File Explorer doesn't want to open.
Just throwing that out there.
Replies by IbmPad:
[QUOTE]@makinero : There is no malware in the file — but you are right not to trust me. An antivirus may detect a threat because the program uses techniques that might be used by malware. I was not aware it was detected since I don't have an antivirus. I have included the source code in the ZIP file so you can modify and/or compile it yourself.
@MasterFen006 : This can occur if the file “C:\Windows\dwmapi.dll” could not be deleted by the uninstaller. Please delete the file yourself using a command prompt while Explorer.exe is closed.
[/QUOTE]
[url]http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=67&t=113024&p=745180#p745180[/url]
cool
but
look at THIS
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Y2j65nZ.png[/img]
taskbar buttons for windows are 1 pixel too high
im using classic shell btw
how to fix
Try to make a bugreport to Classic Shell.
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