[Tihiy]

Aloha, on 30 September 2012 - 11:29 PM, said:

I also changed C: to X: in the registry file and "Switch shells" works fine now. Just one more thing. C: is where I have W7. Did the registry I merged last night change anything on drive C? I mean the registry that I hadn't changed its content.

No, changing registry does not change file system.

[Aloha]

Thanks. Glad to hear it doesn't.

Btw, I think many people will like this Switch shells on the desktop. It's nice.

[LeoKesler]

I dont have tested with the original explorer.exe but I think I have found a bug / limitation with bluetooth.

If I double click in the bluetooth icon, it show an error. Add / Show (and probable allow) a bluetooth device shows the same error.

Sorry for my bad english.

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[superjose]

LeoKesler, on 02 October 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

I dont have tested with the original explorer.exe but I think I have found a bug / limitation with bluetooth.

If I double click in the bluetooth icon, it show an error. Add / Show (and probable allow) a bluetooth device shows the same error.

Sorry for my bad english.

And just tested it... and it's true.
Haha, I've never clicked the Bluetooth icon before. I always use right click and receive/send a file. It works like a charm with this program.

What I'm saying is that Bluetooth works flawless by right clicking on it.

This post has been edited by superjose: 02 October 2012 - 07:49 PM

[Aloha]

I know why it didn't let me choose the path last time! I had 0.9 as a portable so I only deleted its folder before installing 1.0. Today, (after having 1.0 installed successfully) I tried uninstalling it and ran the setup again. Then, I see that I had no trouble to change the install path at all!

Guess Tihiy will be swearing but I don't care!

[tharford]

With Bluetooth - yep, I came across the same thing.

I've been fiddling with Windows 8 quite a bit to make it like Windows 7 (there are aspects I like of the OS), but I uninstalled a bit too much. Most people probably won't have to do this, but what I did was use "sfc /scannow" in the command prompt (elevated) in Windows 8 desktop mod. Rebooted back into Windows 8 shell and Bluetooth was working fine. That bit of info is for anyone who removes too much and stuffs up Windows 8. Then I switched shells back to Windows 7.

Now in Windows 7 mode, the send/receive file dialogs work fine, but the Show Devices doesn't (thereby making it next to impossible to add a device such as speakers or headsets and so on). I think the reason for this is because that part of the OS uses the PC Settings screen, which is Metro. How I got around it is booting into Windows 8 desktop and add the Bluetooth devices in there, then back into Windows 7 mode.

Personally it shows how much of a half baked attempt (no offense to the MS developers out there mind you) Windows 8 is for the desktop user.
But really loving this app, love starting Windows and having no Metro stuff! Oddly enough I liked the Metro/Tiles at first, but after a while it just got really frustrating!

[LeoKesler]

One more limitation: User Accounts -> Manage Accounts -> Add a new user in PC settings . Same error, Explorer.exe Function not implemented.

Again, not a big problem, but I think it is good to know the limitations of the software.

[dencorso]

LeoKesler, on 04 October 2012 - 05:09 PM, said:

One more limitation: User Accounts -> Manage Accounts -> Add a new user in PC settings . Same error, Explorer.exe Function not implemented.

Again, not a big problem, but I think it is good to know the limitations of the software.

Had you read Post #2, you'd know that already... Here, I've quoted it for you and highlighted in red the relevant part...

Tihiy, on 13 July 2012 - 08:12 AM, said:

PLEASE READ
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS" AND I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING

LIMITATIONS:
- Metro programs won't run. Metro UI screens won't show as it's not loaded, cannot and won't be.
- You may get more UAC prompts since explorer.exe is not in win8 UAC-approved whitelist.
- You can't add new user. Run netplwiz.exe for that.
- No default language input indicator. Enable language bar via Control Panel->Language->Advanced Settings->Use desktop language bar.
- No multi-monitor taskbars. Maybe more multimon issues.

Several UI bits missing:
- "You have new program to handle this stuff" toasts won't show. You need to use Default programs to change associations.

[superjose]

tharford, on 04 October 2012 - 12:53 PM, said:

With Bluetooth - yep, I came across the same thing.

Now in Windows 7 mode, the send/receive file dialogs work fine, but the Show Devices doesn't (thereby making it next to impossible to add a device such as speakers or headsets and so on). I think the reason for this is because that part of the OS uses the PC Settings screen, which is Metro. How I got around it is booting into Windows 8 desktop and add the Bluetooth devices in there, then back into Windows 7 mode.

Personally it shows how much of a half baked attempt (no offense to the MS developers out there mind you) Windows 8 is for the desktop user.
But really loving this app, love starting Windows and having no Metro stuff! Oddly enough I liked the Metro/Tiles at first, but after a while it just got really frustrating!

Have you tried going to Start -> Devices and Printers -> Add device? That's how I added my Phone to the PC

[Thunderbolt 2864]

Sorry if this has been asked before, but in the future will you try to get Metro working along with Windows 7 explorer? But other than that great work.

[Tihiy]

Thunderbolt 2864, on 08 October 2012 - 06:34 AM, said:

Sorry if this has been asked before, but in the future will you try to get Metro working along with Windows 7 explorer?

Staring Metro in explorer7 is not possible. However, there is another big thing coming. Stay tuned.

[Aloha]

It's awesome if there is a chance that Explorer 8 with the ribbon can work on W7!

Edit: ignore this post, Tihiy! I just want this thread always on the top!

This post has been edited by Aloha: 08 October 2012 - 09:52 AM

[dencorso]

Aloha, on 08 October 2012 - 09:00 AM, said:

It's awesome if there is a chance that Explorer 8 with the ribbon can work on W7!

Edit: ignore this post, Tihiy! I just want this thread always on the top!

It being one of the forum's stickies (notice that there are just three of 'em) isn't good enough for you?

[tomasz86]

@Tihiy

Just a short question. Once your patch has been applied and the explorer.exe from Windows 7 is being used, would it be possible to restore the Windows Classic theme too?

[thydreamwalker]

Thankx for this app! i missed using MSFN ,nice to see thee old crew working hard to help on Win8 Well, how about installing Win7 gadgets on Win8 taskbar or as a tile in startup menu-(e-mailme if know an answer)

[sonyu]

I think I can't shutdown Windows Server 2012 workstation after I applied this update:

http://blogs.msdn.co...ailability.aspx

http://support.micro....com/kb/2756872

I'have Windows 7 explorer for Windows 8 installed before install this updated

is a problem with your program?

Edit: I re enable the original explorer.exe and I can't shutdown the computer, when I tried it windows only close the current user session

the only I did today is install debian in a partition and install this update in windows. what could be?

I can only shutdown the computer running this: "shutdown -s -t 01"

This post has been edited by sonyu: 10 October 2012 - 09:21 AM

[sonyu]

as I said, I had the GRUB of debian installed, and thinking about the "Fast Startup" Windows 8/S2012 .. I tried to reinstall the boot manager of Windows 8/S2012. and now my pc shutdown correctly .. I don't understand why

This post has been edited by sonyu: 10 October 2012 - 03:05 PM

[joakim]

Really cool! Thumbs up.

[wazer]

I would like if you implemented a service or some kind to register when explorer crashes, or has to be crashed by installation tools that request it.

Simply because your solution is not added back to the taskbar when explorer crashed.

[Chrysalis]

ok guys first off good work in working on apps that restore win7 behaviour.

However my question to the guys who like me clearly hate windows 8 UI.

Are you using it as your main OS simply because its newer? I hate windows 8 and as a result I only toy with it in a VM, its not on any physical machines. Windows 7 isnt EOL and there is no real reason to stop using it, its only 2-3 years old, compatible with modern hardware features such as TRIM.