W3bbo Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) What's New?New since XPize 4.xFull x64 and XP SP3 support (including XPx64 winbrand image)Internet Explorer 8 supportMore visual styles and wallpapersMore bitmap styles (including Luna Element and XPize 3.x's own Energy Blue style)Includes xpize Darkside (courtesy of Antonio King)XP 7-Zip skin and iconsNumerous little thingsFull MMC3.0 supportIntelligent icon patcher replaces icon subimages, rather than deleting them[*]New since the last release (Beta 3)Numerous bug fixesBetter I386 support, including AMD64 supportBrings back the clock face bitmap (English only)And fixes the System Performance control panel (English only)And other little thingsKnown IssuesThere's only a few known issues with this release which, I think, can be safely ignored:Users of non-English Windows may find their shell32.dll and other files go over some undefined size limit which causes incompatibilities with some programs. If anyone has this issue it's important you let us know.LocalisationSwedish and Simplified Chinese aren't full translations, they're missing a few stringsThere are a few English strings that aren't localised. You will only see these under error conditions or at the end of uninstallation[*]UninstallationUninstallation has been tested, but not to the same extent as installation. During my testing on x64 it seemed to go by okay, except cursors aren't restored and your window title font won't be reset. This is easily corrected by just flipping your visual style selection on-and-off.Font antialiasing settings are not restored by uninstalling. You can manually change this via the Display control panel[*]Boot.iniMy Boot.ini classes haven't been tested on a dual-boot system. They apply the bootlogo to the default OS and assume boot.ini takes the format of the Windows XP version. If you are running a dual-boot system, report any difficulties.RequirementsAs always, it requires the .NET Framework 2.0 (Click here if you're on x86, or here if you're on x64) otherwise you'll get errors about the application not starting right.Download LinkDownload xpize 5 Release 4 from the downloads page.Let's see how many terabytes a month I'll burn through by self-hosting the file. Edited July 23, 2009 by W3bbo
Happy-Dude Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) cheers to the new release, xpize 5.0 !! !!W3bbo pulled some late nights to get this done, so let's leave him a bit alone to rest up, shall we? (on other notes, please remember to install .NET 2.0 or later to run xpize 5.0; remember to report bugs [especially with the shell32.dll@20MB+ issues];; and probably some revisions on the website and writing up of Anolis tutorials, xpize FAQ/ documentation;; contact potential persons that can do video tuts and develop packages)W3bbo also plans to release a tool that simplifies package development-- make sure to check in with him for more info!! Edited July 23, 2009 by Happy-Dude
kong Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Now downloading and preparing a fresh XP SP3 installation in VirtualBox Thanks W3bbo!
snives Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Installing to a fresh full XPx64-SP2 that I just finsihed updating and installing some basic software on. I'll be reporting back in a few. Thanks for all the hard work W3bbo.
g-force Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 THX @ "W3bbo" and all the staff behind! Hard work, man!I hope it will be "as final as can be" - so you can rest a while.If you need hosting - send PM.
snives Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) edit > starting a new thread instead of posting here Edited July 23, 2009 by snives
MrBusty Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) Great job W3bbo! To localization:There is a string which shows the version number of the package like this: "(5,4)"It is right, that we use the comma as dicimal separator - but in versioning of software, we use the period too.I think this is the same in other languages as well. (Is the true people?)Then there is no possibility for selecting an *.anop or package.xml file any more.So what is the difference between package and distribution now?Can you please clear that up? - This will make finding the right translation easier. I have to rephrase following sentence:"An added layer of protection. Note this does not always protect against modifications made to non-Windows files under Program Files"Could you please explain this a little more in detail?is following right: if xpize does change something on files, which did not come with windows and they are located under program files, then the windows system restore feature will may not work?There are some strings, which I did translate - but they are still shown in English.Because you mentioned this above, I think I don't have to make a list for you.Please let me know, if you could need it although.And I did find some two strings, which I did not localize:UninstallSelect the backup directory to recover fromcreating system restore point+ alle the strings on the page, where selecting all the components is possibleI did several improvements (rephrasing strings, changing some words, so that it better fits to its purpose...) - but I did this to the latest string table, which did not include the strings from your "Leftover Translations, 8 strings that time forgot..." post.Can you please release the most current English resx file, so that I can deliver you a perfect language file? Shell32.dllMy file has the size of 23.506.432 Bytes...- On which "incompatibilities with some program" should I look for?- Are there some known programs, which make problems? - So that I can test them?additional suggestion:auto selection of the latest backup folder on uninstallationRestart after uninstallation Edited July 23, 2009 by MrBusty
Hell Racer Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 - On which "incompatibilities with some program" should I look for?First, try to start calc.exe, as I had problems with it in Beta 3
Ven Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Hi I'm having this problem with the sidebar in windows explorer. Xpize 5 seems to have changed only one item, and not the others.
kong Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 I'd like to have the latest en.resx file too.Need to adjust many strings that do not suit the installation dialog.
MrBusty Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 (edited) First, try to start calc.exe, as I had problems with it in Beta 3 No, problems with calc. I'm having this problem with the sidebar in windows explorer. Xpize 5 seems to have changed only one item, and not the others.This should be normal. - The element with the blue border is probably the one with the focus or the standard element.But I have another problem with the sidebar on Luna Element theme:- the sidebar has a very big margin on the right side, wich isn't normal... Edited July 23, 2009 by MrBusty
Kelsenellenelvian Posted July 23, 2009 Posted July 23, 2009 Hi I'm having this problem with the sidebar in windows explorer. Xpize 5 seems to have changed only one item, and not the others.Actually that is a little known bug with the luna royal and ms's install method.He didn't place and rename shellstyle.dll properly.
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