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Post by ihatemetro on Aug 13, 2020 12:26:06 GMT -8
Is there any way to restore the old search and address bar functionality without having to open Control Panel and navigate from there? I dislike the new search: It's too big, gigantic, and is not friendly with the Classic Theme or even with the disabled ribbon. Plus, it's metro, which I really dislike. If a DLL injection (aka OldNewExplorer) could restore the Windows 7 functionality of explorer (bringing back the extended titlebar, removing the up button, and even moving the details pane back to the bottom), or even add functionality to the navigation pane, disabling breadcrumbs and removing the search box (Classic Explorer), maybe the classic search and address bar can be restored too? The functionality and behavior of the old search itself still exists in the Control Panel (no re-implementing) and certain file open dialogs, the only challenge is to reduce the height, change the size of the address bar buttons (drop-down menu, refresh button) and to actually find a way to modify the address bar and inject into it.
Don't tell me to use something like Everything or Agent Ransack, I like my search built in to Explorer (even in XP and 2000 it was built-in) and using a third-party search application wouldn't cut it.
Last second edit: By "new search" I meant the 1909+ search box, but I would prefer if the injection was made for 2004, since in 1909 it can be disabled.
Edit 2: While trying to replace the ExplorerFrame.dll from the big search to 1909's (In a VM, obviously), explorer refused to launch and I get an error attached below while trying to open up "Open" or "Save as" in Notepad as a test. Afterwards the explorer style changed to the Vista style file pane, navigation pane was blank, details pane showed at the bottom, and the address bar was completely missing. All this when I never installed OldNewExplorer or Folder Options X. Maybe it is a fallback style. Anyways, I will show you the error and the "fallback style" in attachments.
Edit 3: Changed the title from "DLL Injection to restore Classic File Explorer address bar" to "Restoring the Classic Address bar from before 1909" because it's now more about attempts to restore the 1903 and before address bar.
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Ingan121
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OS: Windows 10 LTSC 2021 + Ubuntu 23.10
Theme: Windows 7 Basic
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Post by Ingan121 on Nov 29, 2020 7:06:55 GMT -8
The classic search bar is functional with the classic theme at least, but the height of the search bar and the address bar is still big, which I think can be resized using AHK or such.
And I'm not a big fan of disabling UAC... Attachments:
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Post by powerplayer on Dec 1, 2020 10:07:52 GMT -8
The classic search bar is functional with the classic theme at least, but the height of the search bar and the address bar is still big, which I think can be resized using AHK or such.
And I'm not a big fan of disabling UAC... I am the biggest fan of disabling uac some foxit pdf editor 2.0 wont run with uac on <ym-measure class="ym-viewport" style="display: block; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: fixed; height: 100vh; width: 100vw; transform: translate(0px, -100%); transform-origin: 0px 0px 0px;"></ym-measure><ym-measure class="ym-zoom" style="bottom: 100%; position: fixed; width: 100vw;"></ym-measure> |
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Post by ihatemetro on Dec 1, 2020 17:13:07 GMT -8
The classic search bar is functional with the classic theme at least, but the height of the search bar and the address bar is still big, which I think can be resized using AHK or such.
And I'm not a big fan of disabling UAC... I am the biggest fan of disabling uac some foxit pdf editor 2.0 wont run with uac on <ym-measure class="ym-viewport" style="display: block; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: fixed; height: 100vh; width: 100vw; transform: translate(0px, -100%); transform-origin: 0px 0px 0px;"></ym-measure><ym-measure class="ym-zoom" style="bottom: 100%; position: fixed; width: 100vw;"></ym-measure> If a third-party UAC was available (it's possible, Kaspersky Security Cloud has something similar), I would disable the inbuilt metro UAC. But sadly, it doesn't exist. I will continue to stay on 1903. Edit: Found this: www.deviantart.com/rudy-xp/art/Vista-and-Windows-7-UAC-for-XP-170656130IDK if it's compatible with Windows 10, or if it supports 64 bit. BTW, is the bottom part of your post the script? |
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Ingan121
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OS: Windows 10 LTSC 2021 + Ubuntu 23.10
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Post by Ingan121 on Oct 4, 2021 0:29:41 GMT -8
Found a better solution: reg.exe add "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{1d64637d-31e9-4b06-9124-e83fb178ac6e}\TreatAs" /f /ve /t REG_SZ /d "{64bc32b5-4eec-4de7-972d-bd8bd0324537}"This command will restore the classic search bar without disabling UAC.
To restore:
reg.exe delete "HKCU\Software\Classes\CLSID\{1d64637d-31e9-4b06-9124-e83fb178ac6e}" /f
I also tried modifying the address bar height with Window Detective and it worked, so I think automating this with AHK or some other ways could be possible.
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Post by anixx on Oct 4, 2021 22:08:45 GMT -8
I am the biggest fan of disabling uac some foxit pdf editor 2.0 wont run with uac on <ym-measure class="ym-viewport" style="display: block; top: 0px; right: 0px; bottom: 0px; left: 0px; position: fixed; height: 100vh; width: 100vw; transform: translate(0px, -100%); transform-origin: 0px 0px 0px;"></ym-measure><ym-measure class="ym-zoom" style="bottom: 100%; position: fixed; width: 100vw;"></ym-measure> If a third-party UAC was available (it's possible, Kaspersky Security Cloud has something similar), I would disable the inbuilt metro UAC. But sadly, it doesn't exist. I will continue to stay on 1903. The classic UAC dialog is available : www.winclassic.net/thread/872/surun-classic-uac-dialog |
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Post by ihatemetro on Oct 5, 2021 4:42:35 GMT -8
If a third-party UAC was available (it's possible, Kaspersky Security Cloud has something similar), I would disable the inbuilt metro UAC. But sadly, it doesn't exist. I will continue to stay on 1903. The classic UAC dialog is available : www.winclassic.net/thread/872/surun-classic-uac-dialogI know, that was made before we knew SuRun even existed. There's a better solution to remove the metro search box anyway, that doesn't require UAC to be disabled. |
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Post by ten3o on Dec 10, 2022 15:34:01 GMT -8
I know, that was made before we knew SuRun even existed. There's a better solution to remove the metro search box anyway, that doesn't require UAC to be disabled. What is the better solution? |
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Post by ihatemetro on Dec 11, 2022 7:29:31 GMT -8
I know, that was made before we knew SuRun even existed. There's a better solution to remove the metro search box anyway, that doesn't require UAC to be disabled. What is the better solution? Use ExplorerPatcher. |
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aubymori
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Post by aubymori on Mar 6, 2023 21:04:42 GMT -8
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Mar 7, 2023 2:20:44 GMT -8
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Post by craft on Mar 12, 2023 9:53:12 GMT -8
Someone is porting classic theme mitigations with options u can enable or disable to windhawk |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Mar 12, 2023 10:31:49 GMT -8
Someone is porting classic theme mitigations with options u can enable or disable to windhawk The mode is been built ? |
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Post by OrthodoxWin32 on Mar 12, 2023 10:51:46 GMT -8
I found a mode, written by Cynosphere. Obviously, this is a port of SCT.FEH, not ExplorerPatcher. But it is with the taskbar that the problem arises. Also, I can't test the mode, I can't compile it (I get 19 errors). |
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