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Post by The Jackal on Jan 21, 2018 10:57:02 GMT -8
EDIT: I figured it out, but it also ended up corrupting my system up. Just spend over two hours undoing and repairing.
I think I'm cool with the default systray icon now. 😥
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Post by floatingaway on Jan 25, 2018 18:16:45 GMT -8
Curious how did you change the icons? I want to try it in a VM
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Post by bront on Jan 26, 2018 9:51:13 GMT -8
If you're talking about the Show more button then install SiB++. It supports skinning from .msstyles
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Post by The Jackal on Jan 26, 2018 17:18:06 GMT -8
I used Windows/Vista Style Builder, which is paid ware, but buggy as hell. I followed all the warnings and steps, and it still ended up screwing up. I'd suggest you not bother with it, and go with Bront's suggestion of using StartisBack++. If you're talking about the Show more button then install SiB++. It supports skinning from .msstyles Thanks, but I tried StartisBack in the past and there was two issues I had with it: 1. It wasn't compatible with Classic Shell (which has the best Start menu skins), and 2. It didn't play nice on my machine. Constant errors, that sort of thing. I've also WindowsBlinds + the "True Classic" theme, and that was pretty much the same (errors, background processes crashing, the start menu not being as good as CS'). I thank you for your help, but at this point, I'm okay with the default W10 icon, at least in terms with skinning via hacking Msstyles I am. TBH, I'm on the lookout for a third party replacement for the notification area/systray, that slides right in and does the same job. No luck finding one though besides ugly docks & application launchers.  |
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Post by bront on Jan 26, 2018 22:55:42 GMT -8
I used Windows/Vista Style Builder, which is paid ware, but buggy as hell. I followed all the warnings and steps, and it still ended up screwing up. I'd suggest you not bother with it, and go with Bront's suggestion of using StartisBack++. If you're talking about the Show more button then install SiB++. It supports skinning from .msstyles Thanks, but I tried StartisBack in the past and there was two issues I had with it: 1. It wasn't compatible with Classic Shell (which has the best Start menu skins), and 2. It didn't play nice on my machine. Constant errors, that sort of thing. I've also WindowsBlinds + the "True Classic" theme, and that was pretty much the same (errors, background processes crashing, the start menu not being as good as CS'). I thank you for your help, but at this point, I'm okay with the default W10 icon, at least in terms with skinning via hacking Msstyles I am. TBH, I'm on the lookout for a third party replacement for the notification area/systray, that slides right in and does the same job. No luck finding one though besides ugly docks & application launchers. >It wasn't compatible with Classic Shell Ye classic shell had various skins that suited anything and it was really easy to skin. The problem is that when you use the msstyles themes, and that was a flaw for me since CS didn't support skinning them and that you have to extract the taskbar pictures from the msstyles itself. With SiB++, everything is good. It supports native msstyles support, taskbar skinning, jumplist skinning. It can even change the taskbar+start menu context menu style. Whether it's classic(sane style) or the horrid win10 context menus style. Why don't you give an another try? There's a classic theme skin for SiB++ that was made by one of the forum's members. I can link to it if you want. |
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Post by The Jackal on Jan 27, 2018 9:43:52 GMT -8
I tried Sptifire's SIB skin in the past. Problem with it (and SIB in general) is the Start menu is W7-style. I'm not a fan of that. I like my classic (9k, namely 98) start menu. As great as SIB++ is at taskbar skinning, it pales at what Classic Shell does with SMs.
I thank you for trying to help, but SIB is not the way to go for me.
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