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The Windows 8 theme with some minor changes. Different subtle shadows around the windows. A little of glow on the window caption. Changed the "waiting" animation to the one in Windows 8.

Well, yeah. You could use Mesh to backup and sync your Roaming folder. But then, why bother having a "Programs Settings" section? IE Favorites is a folder, so the only real settings being synced are for Office. I wonder if they will give any program the ability to be listed there.

Will Mesh sync the settings of non-microsoft programs? Better yet, do you think or know if Mesh will move towards the users being able to format their PC, reinstall everything, connect to the cloud and get ALL their settings back?

Why not use Unicode's "Private use characters" to display reserved characters in file paths. Regular fonts would be used, but Windows could replace certain Unicode characters without glyphs and display them with the glyphs of reversed characters, like the question mark (?). Otherwise, will Windows ever change it's file system to allow these characters? Seems kind of an outdated limitation. I know why it exists in the first place but won't there EVER be quotes or question marks under Windows? It's there a better solution, present or future?

Folders in a library that are not originally from "C:\Users\[username]" show their drive letter. Is there any way to remove them?

Locations inside a library are shown with the drive letter at the end, like My Folder (D:) Standard folders like My Music are shown without it Is there any way to remove these drive letters?

7048 is just another leaked built as of right now, Officially, every built after the beta is RC because that's their next milestone, as in RC v0.x So, obviously I meant the official public release of RC1 No, I don't use the 7000. Seems you're in the mood to gossip. Thought I was in forum that gave informed answers.

When the release candidate comes out, or RTM, will it be save to install it over the Beta? Of course I know there could be problems, but would you say it's safe? And effective for keeping all the configurations?