Windows 7 explorer for Windows 8

Discussion in 'Windows 8' started by Tihiy, Jul 20, 2012.

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  1. Tihiy

    Tihiy MDL Junior Member

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    If you need to uninstall v0.8 or higher, go to control panel->programs and features, select ex7forw8, click Uninstall. Ok? If you need just to switch shells, run switcher and press buttons on it. You know how to press buttons right?
     
  2. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    #382 geneticplasma, Sep 26, 2012
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    Ok! Sorry, for stupid question!

    Yes, of course - I asked for uninstall, because I want upgrade to v9.

    Now, all worked fine - incl. silent switching!:cool:

    VERY GOOD WORK!:worthy:

    Edit:

    Just one question about context menu: Is there a deeper Reason, to add/use "Select default shell" (=by GUI)? Or is it just for people who don't like switching on the fly?
     
  3. etch04

    etch04 MDL Novice

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    how do i change the start button image for windows 7 explorer.exe?
     
  4. Tihiy

    Tihiy MDL Junior Member

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    Restarting explorer.exe is a hack.
    You google a reshack.
     
  5. ISOHaven

    ISOHaven MDL Junior Member

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    Hum...the switches on the installer are helpful but the first thing I do with your download is extract it and grab the files. I think most people who deploy this will just want your 3 files then they'll add their explorer.exe and go to town. Its a little cumbersome to install the app then have to add explorer.

    "from dir where Ex7forW8 is installed, after copying explorer.exe"

    That extra step right there isn't needed. Especially when you plan to use this on many machines. Or even your own machine if you plan to ever reload at least once. But I can certainly see the direction you're going with a single installed experience. That will certainly be helpful to many. I just hope you keep the installer in an extractable fashion for those of us that need to repack it with explorer THEN deploy :worthy:

    All in all though, this update totally rocks!!!!!! Switching between the two is fast and very convenient. That way people have the best of both worlds without any hassle at all.

    It also fixes one of my issues with deployment. Since a lot of users already know how to kill and restart explorer (or restart explorer after a crash), I wont have to retrain them on how to specify the right explorer. They can just easily pick it on their own.

    Super stoked about this update!!! YOU ROCK!
     
  6. Violative

    Violative MDL Novice

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    The man said it for me. please keep the installer in an extractable fashion, thanks, and BTW you do rock!!!
     
  7. panreyes

    panreyes MDL Novice

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    Is this hack applied to a user or to all users?

    It would be great being able to change that.
     
  8. ISOHaven

    ISOHaven MDL Junior Member

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    Nice! Great job!
     
  9. ozky

    ozky MDL Novice

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    Network can still connected with right side network bar it's not disabled,3g dongle users can use apps like mobile partner or nokia connect program to connect network and adsl is allways auto connect.
     
  10. geneticplasma

    geneticplasma MDL Senior Member

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    @kronflux:

    Which Theme is that?
     
  11. moderate

    moderate MDL Guru

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    He probably didn't provide that to public as the theme, it is rather his private tweak... :))
     
  12. Allmaster

    Allmaster MDL Novice

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    and how to use this patch to enable aero in windows 8 rtm? and that this patch set ex7forw8_setup and I had only the Start button but nonstandard windows transparent!
     
  13. s1ave77

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  14. Trailertrash

    Trailertrash MDL Novice

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    Offtopic: When I see these screenshots, I can hardly believe this is the upgrade to Win7. It rather looks like a custom theme for Windows 2000.
    My God, MS managed to create the ugliest OS since ....... hmmm, can't even remember an uglier one. :D Ontopic:
    I'm so glad with this Win7 explorer project. It turns Win8 back into a coherent OS.
    Thanx

    PS, I mean the Server 2012 screenshots of a previous page
     
  15. Jonny5isalivetm

    Jonny5isalivetm MDL Novice

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    Hi

    Looks awesome I was wondering if this worked with vista files simply because the vista start menu looks nicer :D or would this totally not work ?

    @ Kronflux how do you get skinny taskbar ?
     
  16. itoy

    itoy MDL Novice

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    呵呵,哥,您真幽默啊 ,谢谢翻译:)
     
  17. itoy

    itoy MDL Novice

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    呵呵,谢谢哥,您真幽默啊
     
  18. moderate

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