Tihiy

There is no en-GB variant of windows 7? Anyway i'll provide en-US fallback.

Groundbreaking News - Totally New Version! http://tihiy.net/files/ex7forW8_0.8.zip - New, automated Andrea Borman-proof GUI installer / patcher. Automatically extracts or copies needed Windows 7 files. - Explorer7/8 are treated as the same program on taskbar; no need to re-pin - "Pin to Start Menu" strings are localized from shell32.dll.mui I'm not dead and bring you goodies! Now Ex7forW8 (that's how i call it for short) is totally awesome. NOTE: registry is no longer changed when you switch shells, 7.reg/8.reg are obsolete. That's is the reason you must uninstall previously installed beta versions!

Can anyone confirm this? It should be fixed by next version. Yep, should do it. Yes, that's an issue but it's minor since you can still pin by drag&drop and unpin using "remove from this list". Thanks, i'll look into it.

Ah so you hate everyone, not just me. That's good. Long story short, there is target audience for this product so there is point for it to exist. I agree it's technically not the best implementation possible, but it's good enough. Feel free to bash.

You should. Also try to find a precedent of legal persecution for patching windows files to change ui with various programs. Registering just to bash my work i consider trolling. Or obsessive agressive behavior, you call it.

I didn't. Who use do, but adapting programs for personal use is absolutely legal in most countries. You didn't. Someone else did (under applicable law), otherwise we wouldn't be having any kind of programs which change Windows UI.This talk is pointless because my work is legal for me. For you, it is too, unless you have a law which explicely disallows this. Also it's pointless because you troll. In other news, i didn't have time to work on project but hope to bring good news soon.

Beta 7 is here - attached to first post - Tray icon settings are stored separately for explorer7; wipe no longer needed - Show Desktop button has slightly different style - Windows start-up sound is always played You must uninstall previous versions first to reset tray icon settings for the last time.

Found how to clean up WinSxs after removing components: run "dism /Cleanup-Image /StartComponentCleanup" don't forget /online or /image: keys

It is found that win8 thinks you have touch input and thus gives you touch-optimized button. Are you sure previous patches had smaller button? Can anyone confirm? Test with previous version.

Yep, it can be stopped (disabled). Logon ui would be black and boot gui - likely.

No, it's still same window, but you don't get "Choose what to do with removable drives" popup.

Beta 6 is here - attached to first post - Fix: shell could crash if broken shortcuts were on desktop - AutoPlay now works (no toast) - Win-P now works - Other minor improvements When upgrading, you must first run patchex7 and select "8", then re-logon in order to be able to replace files. After replacing files, run patchex7 and select "7".

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Please try attached version (others please don't).

I can create a tool which skips or disables metro totally or partially for Win8 explorer.exe, without any services. However, it's not interesting without proper Start menu and is totally different story.

If you have Hungarian versions of both Win7 and Win8 and placed explorer.exe.mui to "hu-HU" subfolder you should be fine. If not, you must use "en-US" explorer.exe.mui. You can download MUI for win7 from Microsoft, any language: http://www.mydigitallife.info/download-windows-7-mui-language-packs-official-32-bit-and-64-bit-direct-download-links/ Open downloaded exe with WinRAR and find explorer.exe.mui inside.

Excellent news, Everyone! Beta 5 is here - attached to first post - major improvements - Network systray icon works (Metro UI) - Programs MFU list: improved performance - Programs MFU list: now collects shortcuts from desktop too - Fix: Alt-Tab window didn't show application icons When upgrading, you must first run patchex7 and select "8", then re-logon in order to be able to replace files. After replacing files, run patchex7 and select "7". I'll probably slow down, i spend whole week digging this. With network icon working, this is finally usable with Wi-Fi connections.

That's uhh, not my bug. Copy IE shortcut to desktop and you will notice same thing in context menu, in explorer8 too. I guess some value is missing from win8 registry...

Good news, Everyone! Beta 4 landed - attached to first post - Start menu pin list functionality reimplemented! - Start menu MFU list functionality reimplemented (albeit inferior thus far). When upgrading, you must first run patchex7 and select "8", then re-logon in order to be able to replace files. After replacing files, run patchex7 and select "7". Note that patchex7.exe changed to utilize 7.reg/8.reg when used. You can examine what changes in registry.

It won't be possible to reinstate Metro in win7 explorer since it doesn't have trusted signature, and circumventing it would require patching kernel. Now i'm busy trying to restore pin list / mfu start menu functionality. It's hard work (CP->RP cut 200KB code off shell32.dll which i need to recreate). Metro bits require circumventing WinRT trust levels and i haven't succeeded yet.

You need to reset tray icon cache to get them working. Re-run patchex7, 7-Y-Y

Beta 3 released - attached to first post - RP: taskbar is properly colorized; - RTM: taskbar is properly colorized; taskbar and start menu are translucent; - Fixed last task in group not painting correctly on taskbar. When upgrading, you must first run patchex7 and select "8", then re-logon in order to be able to replace files. After replacing files, run patchex7 and select "7".

Worked fine on leaked x64 RTM, no special actions needed. Non-transparent gray taskbar looks not so good though. I'm on vacation now and will resume development in two weeks.

You're not the only one. Win7 one is hard to port, but if you have Win8 DP around, you can try swapping pnidui.dll, van.dll and netshell.dll (and corresponding mui files) from system32 dir.

Beta 2 released - attached to first post - New Alt-tab window works; - Start menu shutdown choices shows Log off, Switch user, Lock. When upgrading, you must first run patchex7 and select "8", then re-logon in order to be able to replace files. After replacing files, run patchex7 and select "7".