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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".

Unpin original explorer and pin new one. They're different programs and it should be comprehensible, as well as start menu dual nature. I'll add those facts to thread third post.

No whining allowed. I've attached desktop.lnk, drag it into start folders. You're from the future, right?Desktop.zip

You mean specifying keyboard shortcuts for start menu items? Works for me. It changes shell in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon, it should work that way in 32-bit and 64-bit versions.

Well MS never liked any tools which are patching system files, didn't they? I hope your technet post won't lead to more features removed from RTM.

Beta 1 version uploaded to first post! Improved Start Menu appearance Customize tray icons dialog works 64-bit support!

I believe (read somewhere?) that MS resticted win8 x64 to 64-bit shell only. But fear not, beta 1 will have 64-bit support. I can't promise ETA now, but it should be soon enough.

Yes, i hope next version will be 64-bit too. No. There is tool called... ribbon disabler?I'm trying to reinstate Metro in Win7 explorer in order to fix parts dependant on Metro UI.

Yes, not loading Metro may save dozens MB of RAM. This happens if mui file isn't loaded; ensure you placed explorer.exe.mui file to the proper xx-XX subdir (where xx-XX is same language win8 has or en-US).

All programs shown in explorer7 has the same shortcuts that explorer8 shows on Start Screen. So the changes you do reflect here and there; better backup desktop.lnk from start menu. Explorer Ribbon is still there, it's not explorer.exe related! Using explorer.exe from Windows 8 DP won't give solve many problems, it's shell32 which was cut of start menu features.

PLEASE READ THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS-IS" AND I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING LIMITATIONS: - Metro programs won't run. Metro UI screens won't show as it's not loaded, cannot and won't be. - You may get more UAC prompts since explorer.exe is not in win8 UAC-approved whitelist. - You can't add new user. Run netplwiz.exe for that. - 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. Several UI bits missing: - "You have new program to handle this stuff" toasts won't show. You need to use Default programs to change associations.

Windows 7 explorer.exe for Windows 8 (Ex7forW8) Long story short, i made a wrapper to Windows 7 explorer.exe to run on Windows 8. You can try it now in order to have native Windows 7 desktop experience, without immersive shell bits enabled, saving RAM. New Windows Explorer features like ribbon and file copying are present. You need to have Windows 8 RP or RTM (32-bit or 64-bit) installed. Works with Server 2012 too. Download: http://tihiy.net/files/ex7forW8_1.0.zip INSTALLATION ============ Launch Ex7ForW8_setup.exe. Follow instructions. You'll need Windows 7 installation DVD or files ready; keep in mind that they should be same language and bitness. UNINSTALLATION ============== Uninstall program from Programs and Features. If you're using portable install, just switch shell to Windows 8 and delete folder PRECAUTIONS =========== This program does not modify system files and system protected registry entries. You can switch back to unaltered Windows 8 UI any time. Windows 7 shell is enabled only to users which switched to it. Other users can use Windows 8 shell without any problems.

I've ported Windows 7 explorer.exe to Windows 8 RP. That wasn't very easy and far enough from being complete, but result is working Windows 7 native desktop. Start menu pinning and MFU program list was chopped up completely from shell32, other things (search, all programs, system shortcuts customization, systray, desktop, taskbar, etc.) work. Metro isn't started; metro apps and UI don't work. Now tell me if this kind of thing is feasible for you. It requires explorer.exe and maybe couple of other files from win7. I'm planning to upload beta version soon; tell me which sites could be interested in this kind of thing.

That won't work since shared 32-bit dlls are linked alltogether in system. RP7 used second patched copy of user32.dll (and it didn't work well). RP9 uses 32-bit dll functions override as well as 32-bit and 16-bit patching for standard controls. Just function override is not enough for full skinning.

Here are last RP9 source codes: http://tihiy.net/files/rp9source.rar Maybe someone will find use of this stuff i gave a piece of life to.

Thanks for your kindness, Gelosea! IIRC i tried to contact you when i found your beautiful theme and wanted to include it, but got no reply so i cheated, but i didn't modify your graphic and held copyright. Sorry!

Starcraft 2 won't work due to advanced protection system blizzard implemented lately. Same for newer WoW. Also it's likely that Starcraft 2 requires some newer graphical driver features which aren't available in 9x.

Ah, toolbar icons. You need to keep at least one explorer window open to update them correctly.

Can you please explain / screenshot?

Uh, quite the failure. Re-download plz.

Revolutions Pack 9.7.2 http://tihiy.net/files/RP9.exe - Icon loader now ignores mask specified in 32-bit icons - Fixed: menubar drawing bugs (since forever) - Fixed: old-buttons-overdrawing-skinned (since forever) - Various minor improvements This release has a lot of things (old rusty things) changed; please test it well.