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Post by R.O.B. on May 5, 2016 13:09:31 GMT -8
So obviously there are currently some issues with the classic theme. This thread is meant to document some of those issues. This post will be updated if/when a fix for an issue is found, or when a new issue is reported or discovered. Windows 8:Explorer:- The three 'phantom' alt-tab applications (they can be removed with fxxkmetro) - 1px placement issue on the taskbar (only when using ClassicTheme.exe in install mode, other methods do not produce this glitch) Windows 10:Explorer:- The taskbar appears black with unreadable text, making it quite annoying to use. - Context menus do not display properly. ( Fix) - Modern apps. Especially a problem when PC Settings needs to be accessed (can be fixed by starting classic theme after app host). Windows 8 and Windows 10:Explorer, Paint, Wordpad:- Ribbon does not display correctly Control Panel Pages that fail to load:- Ease of Access Center - Language - Personalization - Storage Spaces - Work Folders (these can be fixed) Global Interface Issues- Transparency in some windows. ( Fix for Firefox, there are other fix methods) |
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Post by Splitwirez on May 6, 2016 6:38:58 GMT -8
Could you have been any less specific about that? I'm still not sure what's to blame on the Classic Theme and what's to blame on my Virtual Machine ._. I know the text and button padding is an issue...is there anything else, though? Speaking of button padding, I remember reading somewhere that when using metrics from older versions of Windows on Windows 10, the taskbar buttons become pretty wide. This makes me think that Windows 10 interprets that number differently. Let's say it does produce a larger value on 10 than older versions. That would mean Microsoft must have changed the number to something smaller than its previous value, to counteract this. If this is true, then when Visual Styles are disabled, the old interpretation of the value returns, but since the value is still small, the buttons get crushed together! ...is this making any sense? ._. |
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Post by R.O.B. on May 6, 2016 9:33:54 GMT -8
Yeah sorry for not being more specific. I'll update that whenever I have the time.
Well I'm pretty sure it's an issue with the taskbar and not just a virtual machine, since I was actually running Windows 10 for a while on my computer before my hard drive failed, and I experienced many of the same issues. So the taskbar in Windows 10 needs a lot of work.
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Post by anixx on May 7, 2016 1:38:54 GMT -8
The three phantom windows issue can be fixed with the metro killer script.
You may want to add the issue with task manager and where to get the classic task manager and classic autorun configuration.
Other issues not mentioned:
- Transparency in some windows and the fix for Firefox
- After reboot no taskbar and desktop. I use a bat file that restarts Explorer after each boot.
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Post by R.O.B. on May 8, 2016 12:39:08 GMT -8
The three phantom windows issue can be fixed with the metro killer script. You may want to add the issue with task manager and where to get the classic task manager and classic autorun configuration. Other issues not mentioned: - Transparency in some windows and the fix for Firefox Ok, I'll add those. - After reboot no taskbar and desktop. I use a bat file that restarts Explorer after each boot. Hmm, I've never seen this issue. |
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Post by anixx on May 8, 2016 19:57:07 GMT -8
- After reboot no taskbar and desktop. I use a bat file that restarts Explorer after each boot. Hmm, I've never seen this issue. It has been mentioned by others as well in the Thinkpad's thread... Maybe it has been fixed in newer version, I don't know. I use the older version. The newer one has another issue: it resides in the memory and twirtches things periodically. |
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Post by R.O.B. on May 8, 2016 20:36:23 GMT -8
Now I wish I still had access to my old hard drive. I had every version of ClassicTheme.exe on it. Ah well, when I make the money I'll look into recovering the data from it.
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Post by anixx on May 8, 2016 23:58:56 GMT -8
I have and use the older version. Where to put it? I think it is too big for an attachment on this forum.
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Post by Splitwirez on May 9, 2016 1:51:26 GMT -8
I have and use the older version. Where to put it? I think it is too big for an attachment on this forum. Mediafire. |
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Post by bakuchris on May 14, 2016 6:43:04 GMT -8
The Internet Archive has a copy of ClassicTheme from 2014? I don't know if this is a too old version?
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Post by anixx on May 14, 2016 7:32:01 GMT -8
This is the older version of ClassicTheme I use. It does not reside in memory unlike the leter verion: ClassicThemeOld.zip (65.98 KB) |
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Post by bakuchris on May 16, 2016 8:01:02 GMT -8
is it normal on Classic theme program that when I install it. it breaks Windows Explorer and the control panel that it brings up the classic theme program because things crash on my full copy of Windows 8.1.
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Post by putpixel on May 21, 2016 6:53:56 GMT -8
Hi, I have one dated 2014-12-04 if anyone needs it.
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Post by anixx on Jun 5, 2016 4:22:06 GMT -8
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Post by R.O.B. on Jun 5, 2016 15:38:22 GMT -8
Good finds, Anixx. That might be worthy of its own thread, actually.
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Post by anixx on Jun 7, 2016 4:59:27 GMT -8
I have noticed that with the handle utility method there is no 1-px shift in the taskbar (but the taskbar appears with colored borders). Maybe we could find another way to combat those colored borders than changing dwmapi.dll as the w8classic does? I tried the recent classic shell but the texturing does not work under classic theme.
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Post by anixx on Jun 7, 2016 7:48:30 GMT -8
Well I found it. After using handle utility method, manipulating with styles (setting and removing WS_DLGFRAME) (this can be done using AHK script or Window Detective), the colored borders disappear, only a slightly different color of taskbar is visible (compare to the start button): storage7.static.itmages.ru/i/16/0607/h_1465309508_5261977_ae6e11896d.pngI think we can modify the file dwmapi.c in w8classic so it to set these attributes. Have you tried to build w8classic from source? Then we have to change these lines: while(1) { hWnd = FindWindowA("Shell_TrayWnd", NULL); if(hWnd && TBarChanged) { SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWL_STYLE, WS_BORDER | WS_CLIPCHILDREN | WS_CLIPSIBLINGS | DS_MODALFRAME | DS_3DLOOK | WS_POPUP | WS_VISIBLE); SetWindowLongPtr(hWnd, GWL_EXSTYLE, WS_EX_TOOLWINDOW | WS_EX_DLGMODALFRAME | WS_EX_STATICEDGE | WS_EX_WINDOWEDGE); TBarChanged=0; } |
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Post by anixx on Jun 7, 2016 7:50:52 GMT -8
And this reg file removes the colorization hue! Especially important the "ColorizationColor" key: Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\DWM] "Composition"=dword:00000000 "ColorizationGlassAttribute"=dword:00000000 "EnableAeroPeek"=dword:00000000 "AlwaysHibernateThumbnails"=dword:00000000 "ColorizationColor"=dword:ff000000 "ColorizationColorBalance"=dword:00000064 "ColorizationAfterglow"=dword:d9000000 "ColorizationAfterglowBalance"=dword:0000000a "ColorizationBlurBalance"=dword:fffffff6 "EnableWindowColorization"=dword:00000001 "ColorizationOpaqueBlend"=dword:00000000 I've got this without ClassicTheme.exe and without 1-pixel-off issue:  |
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Post by anixx on Jun 7, 2016 8:23:20 GMT -8
And this AHK script fixes the colored strips:
WinSet, Style, +0x400000 , ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
WinSet, Style, -0x400000 , ahk_class Shell_TrayWnd
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Post by Splitwirez on Jun 7, 2016 8:33:36 GMT -8
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