New 2k project

[tommyp]

Have you manually swapped them yet in a VM?

[dirtwarrior]

Not yet I am a bit confused which files to swap to get the nt3.51 look.

[dirtwarrior]

I think I know after a little research

Explorer.EX

Shell32.DL

Program Manager

all from nt3.51

am I missing anything, or have to much in my list?

[Dels]

to use program manager from winnt 3.51 what do you need is a copy of progman.exe, comctl.dll and comdlg.dll, shell32.dll is used too (but it called shell.dll in win nt 3.51 isn't?)

btw there are a registry tweak that basically change the windows 2000 explorer.exe most-likely win95 explorer.exe shell (no webview,back button, address bar, folder customize, etc)

once more, i think its not a good idea to use winnt 3.51 shell (16-bit apps and maybe it can't work well in win2k or maybe a fully can't work and remember what IT Professional have said about the DUMP progman shell) better try to use bblean or bb4win, seem they have a clean interface like fluxbox on Linux

Edited May 3, 2006 by Dels

[dirtwarrior]

to use program manager from winnt 3.51 what do you need is a copy of progman.exe, comctl.dll and comdlg.dll, shell32.dll is used too (but it called shell.dll in win nt 3.51 isn't?)

btw there are a registry tweak that basically change the windows 2000 explorer.exe most-likely win95 explorer.exe shell (no webview,back button, address bar, folder customize, etc)

once more, i think its not a good idea to use winnt 3.51 shell (16-bit apps and maybe it can't work well in win2k or maybe a fully can't work and remember what IT Professional have said about the DUMP progman shell) better try to use bblean or bb4win, seem they have a clean interface like fluxbox on Linux

I think you are right. I would loose functionality as a result of this tweak. I wanted something clean and where everything is close at hand. A big plus would use less resources and keep functionality. Also be setup and ready to use upon install.

Do you know of a way to have bblean or bb4win setup from cd?

Thanx

[Dels]

Do you know of a way to have bblean or bb4win setup from cd?

logically you can do it

1. grab a copy of bblean/bb4win (i prefer bblean cause more stable), i prefer to grab a .zip version (installer version can cause some trouble)

2. extract it

3. copy the folder into $OEM$ folder in win2k source

4. go grab some registry tweak to change default shell as bblean and put it on runonce_ex.bat or cmdlines.text

[dirtwarrior]

Thanks I not good with $OEM$ but will give it a go. I think I can edit hive to make bblean default shell.

[Dels]

Thanks I not good with $OEM$ but will give it a go. I think I can edit hive to make bblean default shell.

good to have you editing registry with hive

for example about $OEM$ that i talk was :

X:\W2K_SOURCE\$OEM$\$Progs\BBLean

then add something in runonce_ex.bat or in cmdlines.txt (sorry i never use it before) a command to run registry script with the registry of shell, you can export the default and edit it

reference : http://www.winguides.com/registry/display.php/849/

[fdv]

just in case future generations take an interest in previous versions of windows nt on 2000, here is info on the nt 4 shell running on win2000. generally, it crashes a lot.

http://www.vorck.com/nt4.html

[Dels]

here is info on the nt 4 shell running on win2000. generally, it crashes a lot.

whoa, how if we use progman? maybe windows just simply don't want to login

[dirtwarrior]

here is info on the nt 4 shell running on win2000. generally, it crashes a lot.

whoa, how if we use progman? maybe windows just simply don't want to login

Oh Oh Does this mean it is very hard to make it work properly or simply wont work properly at all?

Tried bblean a little bit ago without any plugins, nice. Use a little more ram instead of less I am still experimenting.

[Dels]

Tried bblean a little bit ago without any plugins, nice. Use a little more ram instead of less I am still experimenting.

so? will you use it?

the main problem some people have with bblean is the fluxbox-like interface that can simply complicated for windows user

so if you can provide some theme that actually like windows interface (maybe xp or vista?) that would be better

[Dels]

Tried bblean a little bit ago without any plugins, nice. Use a little more ram instead of less I am still experimenting.

so? will you use it?

the main problem some people have with bblean is the fluxbox-like interface that can simply complicated for windows user

so if you can provide some theme that actually like windows interface (maybe xp or vista?) that would be better

[dirtwarrior]

I will probally use it. The interface is clean and everything is close at hand. Develope themes I dont know how

[Anonymo]

Is there a way to make Internet Explorer portable like Firefox? That way, it can be in a folder and if a program needs it, it can be linked to that and still be like it's installed.