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On 7/11/2023 at 3:14 AM, WULover said:
Have you ever run Windows Update V4 on this computer ?
It was a VM that had WinME preinstalled so I can't say for sure what if anything may have been done to it.
I did however reinstall WinME from scratch and got a different result, this time with a 404. This is using IE 5.5 and not 6.0.
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I'm getting a similar error to others running Windows ME and IE6, however I'm not getting 404s or anything else that appears to be amiss.
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I don't know if custom themes are still a supported use case scenario, however when porting an old Windows 7 theme I made to the latest version of SAB I ran into two issues that I can't seem to figure out.
1) The programs list seems to double-render under the program's label. For example in the screenshot below I used the included Windows 7 theme and modified the StartPanelComposited::StartPanelPriv, Part# 6, State# 0 with a solid color #3C000000. As you can see the the individual list items are black as a result.
2) The second issue is, SAB seems to no longer take into account the DEFAULTPANESIZE:RECT value in StartPanelPriv, Parts# 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, and 22
The older StartIsBack used to work fine in this regard (see: https://www.deviantart.com/longhornfusion/art/M7-with-new-Start-Menu-380790291 (although this is from 10 years ago))
Is there anyway to work around these?
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When customizing the start menu from the msstyles, does SIB check for any property or class to determine whether or not to show it?
I don't theme too much so only today did I realize that modifying an 8.1 theme didn't update the start menu so I checked this thread and saw it requires an unmodified 8.0 theme.
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EDIT: I got ResourceSpy to work without even running the EXE. I put AveResourceReplacer.dll in Appinit_DLLs and it works! Now, if only this tool was actually free and you didn't have a WSB license to download it normally.
That's not really safe.
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So much for that theory. I saw it happen outside a sandbox today (and other sandboxed apps didn't replicate that behavior) so it has to be something about the way the windows are being created.
I took a cap at 3x mag:
http://i.imgur.com/Pv3MzgX.png
I guess the reason the caption title was made into Metro style DirectWrite is because it's maybe the only part of the interface the developer usually doesn't get involved in. Somewhere down the road maybe they are hoping to bring desktop apps into Metro.
Ribbon applications have a custom drawn frame for the QAT, contextual tab headers, and relocating title to render on to it. The title text is also custom drawn and it still works as it did in Vista/7 in that the text can have a transparent background and text glow applied to it. Normal windows however have an opaque background applied to it which is controlled by DWM's colorization color. This is why you're seeing Paint have a proper title and other applications aren't.
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What's the status of navigation buttons on glass in Win8? Please write me, skinners and send a sample of skin with buttons / navigation bar on glass which should work if Explorer supported that.
How exactly do you mean? The navigation button hasn't changed in 8 except for their location being moved back into the msstyles. All that's required is having DWM extend to the height of the navbar. (And replacing the white image of the navbar with a transparent one)
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A friend of mine donated but it's not loading his donation key, just gives error 5. Assuming that number is a error being returned. I tried to help him and he's reinstalled several times without any luck. Any ideas as to what could be the reason? He's also generated the key several times.
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@Tihiy I was wrong, the blank screen issue is still there, moving IE temp folder (log out) removes the lockscreen image +3 sec black screen -> slow login screen, then uninstalling SIB+ 1.5 results in a blank screen, F8 safe mode option "bcdedit /set {default} bootmenupolicy legacy" also blank screen, both laptops (2 liscences) running Nvidia cards (Kepler GTX 680M/780M) 120Hz screens. SIB+ installed (moved IE temp folder -> no lockscreen) restoring windows default theme and uninstalling uxstyle -> blank screen.
Uxstyle installed (No SIB+) moving IE temp folder -> normal boot.
- Moving IE temp folder -> log out.
- SIB+ Uxstyle conflict.
- SIB+/Nvidia drivers.
Nvidia fixed the blank screen bug /3D Vision laptops with driver v326.01 no problems ever since, current v331.93.
UxStyle v0.2.3.0 theme installed (Stealth) http://nighthawk-f22.deviantart.com/art/Windows-8-1-RTM-Dark-Aero-409206911
Thanks.
You might want to check HKU\DEFAULT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\ThemeManager DllName is set to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero\Aero.msstyles. This key isn't always updated properly and can cause the black screen on boot after uninstalling a uxtheme patch.
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I'm not entirely sure how this happened but I did run disk cleanup and have the thumbnail cache selected
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Yes it is in the msstyles, you need to open the msstyles with Restorator and add the bitmap images after you save it with WSB, if you save it again in WSB the bitmaps are removed again, the bitmap images are named as they are in explorer.exe, would be better if the userframes could be added to the msstyles part Vista Legacy > Start Menu > Basic > UserPicture and use that instead.
I was going to suggest that it used Vista Beta's frame that still exists in that location if it didn't. Otherwise I could modify WSB to not remove the frame on save. Alternatively look for an image in: Start Menu > Panels > Basic > Places List > Panels > User Pane which would be the equivalent location to that old Vista property.
Also, is there a way to purchase SIB+ as a gift for someone else?
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I don't ever use the user picture, but does the frame read from the msstyles?
Yes, it reads 32-bit PARGB BITMAPs, not msstyles parts.
I'm confused, you say yes then say not msstyles parts.
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Well I went ahead and made an updated Aero 8 style anyway, here is how the new style looks.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/hbmra78b7bazaax/Aero%208.zip
I don't ever use the user picture, but does the frame read from the msstyles?
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Thanks for the update
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8.1 x64 Pro here. Tried RC2 and RC1. Neither work. I donated a moment ago but that's irrelevant.
Installed Debugging Tools and got my symbols. Copied them into the directory of course.
Debug.log says:
[2013-12-14 15:16:32][Thread 0xB48] Hook (USER32.dll!CreateWindowExW from shell32.dll) installed[2013-12-14 15:16:32][Thread 0xB48] Hook (USER32.dll!SetWindowCompositionAttribute from explorer.exe) installed[2013-12-14 15:16:32][Thread 0xB48] Hook (dwmapi.dll!DwmEnableBlurBehindWindow from explorer.exe) installed[2013-12-14 15:16:32][Thread 0xB48] Hook (USER32.dll!LoadImageW from themecpl.dll) installed
aerohost.exe is running but there's no command dialog or watermark.
I'm curious about this too, another person I know had the same issue, but just for RC1. Downloaded the symbols, changed the right registry keys, even sent me a few screenshots showing what all he had done, but nothing, no dialog, watermark, or anything.
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Found a tiny bug with the installer, if the config.exe is in a directory path with a space in it, regsvr32 fails. "The module "X:\My" could not be loaded" for example. Nothing really major, just noticed it today.
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Nice update, You must be joking, more like a nice downgrade.
No bypass theme signature
No taskbar blur
No custom swatches
fixed small blur glitch and removed taskbar blur.
Taskbar blurring still works with SIB. You can still use UxStyle for signature bypassing, and I don't know about you but custom swatches never worked for me and only removed the ones that were already there causing the control panel to be empty.
So we need SIB & UxStyle & aerohost.exe & dwm console open & watermark NOW, just to get DWMGlass.dll to work same as before.
No Thanks
Ok, then don't use it
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Nice update, You must be joking, more like a nice downgrade.
No bypass theme signature
No taskbar blur
No custom swatches
fixed small blur glitch and removed taskbar blur.
Taskbar blurring still works with SIB. You can still use UxStyle for signature bypassing, and I don't know about you but custom swatches never worked for me and only removed the ones that were already there causing the control panel to be empty.
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Nice update, thanks!
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There is NO classic desktop left in windows 8. It is one of the first things that was removed.
No remnants, no files. NOTHING left of it. You cannot reg hack something that is NOT there.
That's actually not true, both Aero Basic and Windows Classic still exist, it's just not easy to apply it anymore because there's no up front way to do it. They exist purely as a fallback but they're there.
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Hancoque: there will be a setting for it
PandaX: it's Windows limitation, because space character serves as separator there
NoelC: if DWM restarted due to some internal error, it should be trackable in system log (eventvwr > Application log)
Yeah I figured it was Windows' fault. Wasn't aware about the space being a separator though.
Also finally got around to donating.
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Yeah did that and it worked. Rather annoying, but I guess nothing can be done about it. Thanks.
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PandaX, I have a vague memory that the folder name where the dll and other attendant files live needs to be a short name. I hope I'm not crossing two things up. I use C:\BIN myself, as I already had the folder on my system.
What registry settings did you use, specifically?
-Noel
AppInit_DLLs = X:\My Programs\Customization\DWM\DWMGlass.dll
Though I can't seem to convert it to short path because GetShortPathName is always returning X:\My Programs\Customization\DWM\DWMGlass.dll
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I'm having a bit of trouble here, I can't seem to get DWMGlass.dll to load. There's no nofication, no debug.log, or anything. I have the registry pointing to the DLL properly, yet no go.
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Microsoft Windows Update v3/v4/v5
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The file exists, and is downloaded, however when you try to run it manually it says it's not required, causing WU to say it wasn't installed. Based on its file version I suspect it's for IE 5.5 and not 5.01, however installing IE 5.5 SP0 gives the same message (and causes WU Restored to no longer work) and I'm unable to install IE 5.5 SP2 to test it.