[sonyu]

Hi Tihiy,

Since I installed "Windows 7 explorer for Windows 8", the "Screen Sharing" function of Skype conversation does not work.

Someone else has the same problem?

Edit: and when I hung up the call, the conversation window with that person gone mad

This post has been edited by sonyu: 20 September 2012 - 04:03 PM

[daiwan]

here windows 8 RTM Core x64 is non-english (zh-TW), when I right ciick a shortcut to exe on desktop, it shows me "Pin to Start Menu" which sould display in my native language zh-TW here.

below is my file structure, explorer.exe version 6.1.7601.17514 from Windows 7 SP1

zh-TW\explorer.exe.mui
7.reg
8.reg
explorer.exe
patchex7.exe
Readme.txt
wrp32.dll
wrp64.dll

[dencorso]

Are you sure the .mui you put into:
zh-TW\explorer.exe.mui
...is in Tradicional Chinese and not in English, by mistake?

[daiwan]

I copy the files from tw_windows_7_ultimate_with_sp1_x64_dvd_u_677414.iso, as it is.
And the start menu is showing text in Traditional Chinese.

[JFX]

@Tihiy

How about adding 7 shell32.dll.mui to explorer7 folder and load pin/unpin text from it?


2 things I've noticed while using explorer7 :

1 - The MRU programs and the start menu pinned list missing the pin/unpin text in context menu

2 - The "nice" closing of explorer doesn't work, the process remains in memory

[Tihiy]

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"Screen Sharing" function of Skype conversation does not work

Can anyone confirm this?

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it shows me "Pin to Start Menu" which sould display in my native language zh-TW here

It should be fixed by next version.

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How about adding 7 shell32.dll.mui to explorer7 folder and load pin/unpin text from it?

Yep, should do it.

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The MRU programs and the start menu pinned list missing the pin/unpin text in context menu

Yes, that's an issue but it's minor since you can still pin by drag&drop and unpin using "remove from this list".

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The "nice" closing of explorer doesn't work, the process remains in memory

Thanks, i'll look into it.

[Thunderbolt 2864]

Thanks for this lovely mod, worked great, Microsoft should really listen to consumers and customers if they want their product to succeed because Windows 8 lacks its soul without the start button, don't know WTF was Microsoft smoking when they thought "nobody" uses the Start button anymore and decided to remove it, what a stupid idea.

Now if somebody can bring back Windows Aero I would use Windows 8 as a full time OS.

[Tihiy]

Groundbreaking News - Totally New Version!
http://tihiy.net/fil...x7forW8_0.8.zip



- New, automated Andrea Borman-proof GUI installer / patcher. Automatically extracts or copies needed Windows 7 files.
- Explorer7/8 are treated as the same program on taskbar; no need to re-pin
- "Pin to Start Menu" strings are localized from shell32.dll.mui

I'm not dead and bring you goodies! Now Ex7forW8 (that's how i call it for short) is totally awesome.
NOTE: registry is no longer changed when you switch shells, 7.reg/8.reg are obsolete. That's is the reason you must uninstall previously installed beta versions!

This post has been edited by Tihiy: 24 September 2012 - 05:06 AM

[hoak]

Wholly SHI*! Handsome work Tihiy! Posted about your project on the Server as a Workstation Forums here -- hope you don't mind

This post has been edited by hoak: 24 September 2012 - 05:59 AM

[daiwan]

Tip

for your easy to use, just copy these files and folders from Windows 7, to the installation dir of the program, like this:

en-US\explorer.exe.mui
en-US\shell32.dll.mui
explorer.exe

And run ex7forw8.exe to switch explorer

[xpclient]

AB-proof. ROTFL.

Edit: No offense please.

This post has been edited by xpclient: 24 September 2012 - 02:01 PM

[MagicAndre1981]

Outstanding work. Works fantastic

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

Tihiy, on 24 September 2012 - 05:03 AM, said:

- New, automated Andrea Borman-proof GUI installer / patcher. Automatically extracts or copies needed Windows 7 files.

Oh man. My poor cat is stuck to the ceiling from when I LOL'd

P.S. absolutely no offense Andrea. Enjoy life and the laughs because it is far too short!

[superjose]

Woah! Nice update

[Aloha]

Good, it's not a beta any more. Thanks for the new version.

[yatsura2k]

Hi Tihiy -

I have found a minor bug with the ex7forw8 installer.
When trying to install on an en-GB localised install of Win8, the ex7forw8 installer requests the
en-GB Win7 folder which does not exist for Win7.

Renaming the en-US folder to en-GB allows the installation to complete, but the Win7 explorer
is then unable to start until the installed en-GB folder is renamed back to en-US.

Yatsura2k

[Tihiy]

yatsura2k, on 25 September 2012 - 02:28 AM, said:

When trying to install on an en-GB localised install of Win8, the ex7forw8 installer requests the en-GB Win7 folder which does not exist for Win7.

There is no en-GB variant of windows 7? Anyway i'll provide en-US fallback.

[yatsura2k]

Tihiy, on 25 September 2012 - 03:07 AM, said:

There is no en-GB variant of windows 7?

Apparently not. My locale, keyboard etc. are all set to 'English (United Kingdom)',
but there is only en-US present.

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Anyway i'll provide en-US fallback.

Many thanks !

yatsura2k

[daiwan]

under explorer7, the show desktop button at bottom right corner is visible, it should be invisible as it is in Windows 7.

[Tihiy]

daiwan, on 26 September 2012 - 08:55 AM, said:

it should be invisible as it is in Windows 7.

You mean as in Windows 8, right?