Windows 7 explorer for Windows 8

That's exactly why I _deinstalled_ it after testing for a while.

An ugly hack remains an ugly hack however beautiful the hack may have been made.

 

it is the most beautiful hack ever made in the last 20 years........
I did however have to retun to BETA 7 because it runs the best for me

 

Oh man, if you don´t like it, don´t use it. For me it´s pure salvation. This inconsistent crap only bothers me.
Regards

 

I'm only going to post this once for those people that want an easy way to change the Win7 profile image while using Tihiy's solution (also scriptable for domain environments). I will not help anyone trouble shoot this as this is not my project thread. So no thread jacking please! Google key terms below to find the original author and get help there.

C# code (Console Application):

Code:

using System;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

namespace TilePicture
{
    class Program
    {
        [DllImport("shell32.dll", EntryPoint = "#262", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
        public static extern void SetUserTile(string username, int whatever, string picpath);

        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            SetUserTile(args[0], 0, args[1]);
        }
    }
}

Assuming the resulting executable is named usertile.exe, it's used as such:

usertile.exe MACHINENAME\USERNAME PATH_TO_IMAGE

For example:

usertile.exe MACHINENAME\USERNAME c:\profileimage.jpg

or

usertile.exe DOMAIN\USERNAME c:\profileimage.jpg

For those that want to automate this on a domain level you can stick the EXE and a default image in your normal login area such as \\DOMAIN\netlogon\ then create a typical PS script in your group policy:

Code:

$username=$env:username
$domain=$env:userdomain
$temp=$env:temp
$photo = ([ADSISEARCHER]“samaccountname=$($username)”).findone().properties.thumbnailphoto
if($photo -eq $null){
$command = “\\DOMAIN\netlogon\usertile.exe $domain\$username \\DOMAIN\netlogon\default.jpg”
} else {
$photo | set-content $temp\$domain+$username.jpg -Encoding byte
$command = “\\DOMAIN\netlogon\usertile.exe $domain\$username $temp\$domain+$username.jpg”
}
cmd /c $command

The above code will use default.jpg in the event that the user does not have an image loaded into AD for them. If you need help loading images into AD for your users then Google AD Photo Edit. It's a great app.

In Win7 both the login image and start menu image were the same. Win8 seems to handle the login image differently, so I'm off to find a way to scrip that as well. No clue why Microsoft doesn't just get off their butt and use the AD image as the users profile image...LAME!

 

I've seen this before, I can't remember where, don't matter though.

 

Hehe, just be careful, you can insult cult-members of the "Holy-patch" here

 

A couple of these "limitations" are good... I don't need the start menu from windows 7, but is it possible to use this program to
* Metro (Modern) UI is not loaded into memory. As a bonus you save dozens MB of RAM.
* Metro UI screens and programs are unavailable.
* Toasts (like "You have new program to handle this stuff") won't show. You need to use Default programs to change associations.
* You may get more UAC prompts.
* 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.
* No immersive hotkeys (Win+X, Win+PrtScr too).?

That would remove all the new "features" in Windows 8, and it would be better than the current things which merely hide metro.

 

Didn't you mean "holy-crutch" ??

from wikipedia :
A crutch is a mobility aid used to counter a mobility impairment or an injury that limits walking ability.

(W8 walking ability is limited after all)

 

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Boy oh boy I agree on so many levels here, The only reason we are getting 8 is......
1. This patch
2. Price
3. Hard Drive size
4. ReFS For Client
5. Speed
6. Newest M$ OS
7. You add yours here....

3 & 4 could be on the same list....

 

It's not easy to use...

 

7. can't run on netbooks with 1024 x 600
8. is a buggy banana-ware
9. unsuitable for enterprise environments
10. but it boots 5 secs faster and you can buy things online from MS app store - wow that's swell !!



Back to the thread:
I hope that the actual limitations that come with the Explorer7 patch will be solved in the future, perhaps by a future MS update, making the patch obsolete.

As the patch works today it may theoretically cause havoc to my system and -beware- my data, due to conflicts with any coming Win8 explorer update. Therefore it is a big No-No to me.

 

I assume you never suffered from head ache and watering eyes in front of a downscaled netbook display.
I did....

 

Screw 1024X600. I've not come across a single bug. We've already deployed in an enterprise so that proves you wrong right there. It boots a hell of a lot faster then 5 seconds.

Back to the thread:
As for your patching worries, you seem to be under the impression that this patch changes system files. You would be wrong. Worst case scenario, you get slapped right back to Metro.

At any rate, if it's such a big no-no to you then why are you still here?

 

Be careful. Funny enterprise that deploys software before it's legally in the market.

 

Thanks for your concern however, you've been misinformed. It's been available for SA customers for about a month now. It hasn't been released yet for RETAIL.

 

Thanks man, i love you! That one definitly made my day (or most probably, the following ages...).
Kindest Regards & Ever yours, from now .

BTW. Avatar perfectly fits such responses too...LOL!

 

Back towards your brain, Get one.. because you posted with your feelings. Just about everything you said is not true. The Explorer7 patch limitations are there because Windows 8 address's "things" differently and new "things" got added that are not in Windows 7.

Hopefully one day M$ will give us back the start menu, but until then the only saving grace they have us buying into Win 8 is right here in ex7forW8.. Also would it be too hard to say that M$ is the one giving us this option slowly? maybe not likely but these things happen. I see a day were M$ will have to provide us the start menu, even if they may not want to.

 

Found a quirky bug. ALT+TAB doesn't work right. If you hit ALT+TAB once it should bounce back and forth between your last two apps that you used. However with Win7 Start enabled the ALT+TAB list bounces around and users are unable to properly switch between apps reliably.

They actually choose to use Metro instead because of this, poor bastards

 

Not at my end. For me it´s working properly...hmmmm.