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Post by pright on Jul 21, 2020 13:50:48 GMT -8
Hopefully I'm not befitting of the term "Help Vampire" as I did see on another post, but I'm in need of some proper guidance since it's a bit confusing navigating everything here to find what I need.
Right off the bat, I've upgraded to windows ten just in the last couple of days. I've been using 7 for the longest time, but was finally forced to upgrade due to my new hardware physically not having drivers for anything older than 10 as far as I could tell. I'm pretty much newly jumping into this firepit of an OS, and I've not enjoyed a single moment of it.
My questions pretty much sum to this:
What version of Windows 10 is considered the best, both in function, and compatibility with software on this forum?
How does one downgrade to that version specifically?
And while I'm sure I could find something that works, if it's not too much trouble, what are the most recommended software for the most authentic 95/98 era feeling OS?
I've already tried a few on the site, Classic Taskbar, SimpleClassicTheme, ClassicShell (Long time user of that one), and various others, many of which outright won't open after installation like a Volume Control changer, or won't even install like a T-Clock I grabbed, so I'm just very much lost with how to go about things. Hopefully I'm not asking too much since I have spent the past couple days trying to figure things out myself, but still am so woefully unknowledgeable of things at the moment with dead ends on information starting to be more prominent.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 22, 2020 12:01:15 GMT -8
Hopefully I'm not befitting of the term "Help Vampire" as I did see on another post, but I'm in need of some proper guidance since it's a bit confusing navigating everything here to find what I need. Right off the bat, I've upgraded to windows ten just in the last couple of days. I've been using 7 for the longest time, but was finally forced to upgrade due to my new hardware physically not having drivers for anything older than 10 as far as I could tell. I'm pretty much newly jumping into this firepit of an OS, and I've not enjoyed a single moment of it. My questions pretty much sum to this: What version of Windows 10 is considered the best, both in function, and compatibility with software on this forum? How does one downgrade to that version specifically? And while I'm sure I could find something that works, if it's not too much trouble, what are the most recommended software for the most authentic 95/98 era feeling OS? I've already tried a few on the site, Classic Taskbar, SimpleClassicTheme, ClassicShell (Long time user of that one), and various others, many of which outright won't open after installation like a Volume Control changer, or won't even install like a T-Clock I grabbed, so I'm just very much lost with how to go about things. Hopefully I'm not asking too much since I have spent the past couple days trying to figure things out myself, but still am so woefully unknowledgeable of things at the moment with dead ends on information starting to be more prominent. 1 : Anything below 1809 is better to use. 1903 and later will work with the classic theme but context menus will not display any text. Explorer will not work with 1809. 2 : Get a ISO of that version and burn it to something that is bootable. Then you can reinstall Windows. 3 : For the most authentic 95/98 era experience, a lot of programs are needed. |
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Post by powerplayer on Jul 26, 2020 12:38:18 GMT -8
So the original name is amd64_hid-user.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.18362.1_en-us_37fffff7686adcdd but the name ending changes with every windows version
copy "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_hid-user.resource*. " "C:\minsxs"
Im getting
C:\>copy "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_hid-user.resource*." "C:\minsxs"
C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_hid-user.resource*.
The system cannot find the file specified.
0 file(s) copied.
What am i doing wrong here?
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Ingan121
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OS: Windows 10 22H2
Theme: Arc dark
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
RAM: 32GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Computer Make/Model: VPS-ish thingy (ComViewers)
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Post by Ingan121 on Jul 27, 2020 4:01:39 GMT -8
It seems cmd doesn't support wildcards, use PowerShell instead. Also remove the dot. (resource*. → resource*)
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Post by powerplayer on Jul 27, 2020 11:38:14 GMT -8
It seems cmd doesn't support wildcards, use PowerShell instead. Also remove the dot. (resource*. → resource*) Can you give me a powershell example? |
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Sophomore Member
Posts: 104
OS: Windows 10 22H2
Theme: Arc dark
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
RAM: 32GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Computer Make/Model: VPS-ish thingy (ComViewers)
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Post by Ingan121 on Jul 27, 2020 14:10:23 GMT -8
It seems cmd doesn't support wildcards, use PowerShell instead. Also remove the dot. (resource*. → resource*) Can you give me a powershell example? Same as cmd. Just use the same command without that dot. |
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Post by powerplayer on Jul 27, 2020 20:17:41 GMT -8
Can you give me a powershell example? Same as cmd. Just use the same command without that dot. Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Try the new cross-platform PowerShell aka.ms/pscore6PS C:\windows\system32> copy "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_hid-user.resource* " "C:\minsxs" PS C:\windows\system32> nothing happend |
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Sophomore Member
Posts: 104
OS: Windows 10 22H2
Theme: Arc dark
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 Eight-Core Processor
RAM: 32GB
GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Computer Make/Model: VPS-ish thingy (ComViewers)
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Post by Ingan121 on Jul 27, 2020 21:29:03 GMT -8
Same as cmd. Just use the same command without that dot. Windows PowerShell Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Try the new cross-platform PowerShell aka.ms/pscore6PS C:\windows\system32> copy "C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_hid-user.resource* " "C:\minsxs" PS C:\windows\system32> nothing happend Nothing happens on the console window, but the files move correctly. |
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Post by powerplayer on Jul 27, 2020 21:43:36 GMT -8
they did not + its not a file its a folder
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Post by strontium on Aug 3, 2020 9:38:52 GMT -8
I remember someone posted here a script for adding sunken border to client area (shellview) in explorer.
Ive been running it for a while.
Just thought I would make a script to tidy up common file dialog a tad bit.
Here is the script but it doesnt work. No sunken edge for me. What am I doing wrong? Maybe hook the window by its title: WinGetTitle or something
#NoTrayIcon
#NoEnv
Gui +LastFound
hWnd := WinExist()
DllCall( "RegisterShellHookWindow", UInt,hWnd )
MsgNum := DllCall( "RegisterWindowMessage", Str,"SHELLHOOK" )
OnMessage( MsgNum, "ShellMessage" )
Return ; // End of Auto-Execute Section //
ShellMessage( wParam,lParam )
{
If ( wParam = 1 ) ; HSHELL_WINDOWCREATED := 1
{
WinGetClass, winClass, ahk_id %win%
if winClass = #32770
{
Control, ExStyle, +0x00000200, FolderView, ahk_id %lParam%
}
}
}
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Post by kody2005 on Aug 9, 2020 16:55:49 GMT -8
You should downgrade to 1607, because its pretty old but still works perfectly.
Before anything, back up your files. Even running setup.exe from Windows will still not let you keep your files or programs.
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Post by travis on Aug 9, 2020 20:11:23 GMT -8
I'm currently thinking about upgrading to a newer Windows version, I'm currently using Windows 7 right now and need to upgrade so it be up to date. Any version of Windows 10 anybody recommend that will WORK with Classic Theme well, I'm new into putting classic theme on Windows 10 so I could use a little bit of help. I was considering Windows 8.1 also.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2020 21:26:25 GMT -8
1803 and older work well with the classic theme.
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Post by travis on Aug 10, 2020 7:36:58 GMT -8
What about 1607?
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Post by travis on Aug 10, 2020 7:43:47 GMT -8
I think i'm going with 1607 but I still don't know how to put classic theme on it, I was thinking SimpleClassicTheme but that needs 1903 I believe. How do I do it 1903 under?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 8:44:20 GMT -8
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Post by powerplayer on Aug 11, 2020 12:32:48 GMT -8
2004 here works for me.
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Post by anixx on Aug 15, 2020 14:11:20 GMT -8
One can add the sunken edge by editing the resources of commdlg32.dll (I think they are in the respective language-specific mui files).
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Post by justdriving on Aug 16, 2020 7:01:01 GMT -8
This site is mostly based on the Classic Theme, but Windows 10 has another hidden theme, the windows 7 basic theme, the only way i know to enable it is by disabling DWM but i dont want to disabe it becaus eit crashed my system. Are there any more alternative ways to enable it? (such as editing registry keys or creating a .theme file)?
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Post by ihatemetro on Aug 16, 2020 7:09:31 GMT -8
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