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| 08 Dec 2009 | #1 |
| | Is it Win7 or XP Classic? Hee hee! Been running Windows 7 about three weeks now. I'm proud to say my obsessive effort to make it look like XP running Classic options is nearly complete!  The icing on the cake was Ivo Beltchev's fabulous Classic Shell program:CodeProject: Classic Shell. Free source code and programming help Have a look at my desktop now!  Now, mind you, I would be willing to experiment with Aero. But, even though I've looked at the tutorial here, I can't get the background in Windows Explorer windows to be anything but harsh, glaring, blinding white - too painful for my aged eyes. The only problem I had was withthe Recent Documents - always seems blank:   But, Ivo quickly helped - my Task Bar props was set to not track Recent! 
Quote: Originally Posted by Ivo ... One place where this might be turned off is in the "Taskbar and Start Menu Properties". Look for "Store and display recently opened items...". Another place might be in the group policies.  Thanks, Ivo! Raargh Last edited by Raargh; 07 Jan 2010 at 12:22 AM.. Reason: Needed to insert images for Ivo |
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| 08 Dec 2009 | #2 |
| | Why not just run Windows XP instead of going though all this trouble? o.O |
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| 08 Dec 2009 | #3 |
| | Congrats on getting it the way that you want it...however I truly feel that the new start menus and interfaces are a step in the right direction and the old look is just...old! |
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| 08 Dec 2009 | #4 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth  Why not just run Windows XP instead of going though all this trouble? o.O +1 ---------------- |
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| 08 Dec 2009 | #5 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by logicearth Why not just run Windows XP instead of going though all this trouble? o.O  Seriously, I find the classic shell more productive - less clicking and scrolling. IMHO, the W2K look and feel was the Zenith of Windows Design. And I would like to see if I like Aero themes - still can't figure out how to get rid of the blinding white backgrounds in Windows Explorer. Raargh |
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| 09 Dec 2009 | #6 |
| | Three Cheers: Welcome to the past.  |
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| 09 Dec 2009 | #7 |
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Quote: Originally Posted by Raargh still can't figure out how to get rid of the blinding white backgrounds in Windows Explorer. Raargh Win Explorer Background Change |
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| 09 Dec 2009 | #8 |
| | You might as well change the recycle bin, my computer, etc. icons back to the XP ones...  |
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| 09 Dec 2009 | #9 |
| | Hehe, bloody ugly imo, but if you like it: why not! |
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| 09 Dec 2009 | #10 |
| | There's props, and then there's nega-props. You get nega-props for that theme! |
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