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CSX 3194
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Posts: 68
OS: Windows 10 (21H1 Insider Preiview???)
Theme: SCT (Simple Classic Theme)

Windows Explorer being unusable Aug 27, 2020 10:54:32 GMT -8

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Post by CSX 3194 on Aug 27, 2020 10:54:32 GMT -8

So basically, i decided to upgrade my PC from win10 ver. 1903 to win 10 ver. 2004 not knowing what can go wrong. When i installed the classic theme, file explorer became blank, plus the title bar is transparent. I don't really care about the transparency bug and want to fix explorer being blank. any solutions?

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ihatemetro
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I hate the forced UWP/Metro/Tablet UI in Windows 10, I wish they kept at least the Control Panel.

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Windows Explorer being unusable Aug 27, 2020 11:01:42 GMT -8

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Post by ihatemetro on Aug 27, 2020 11:01:42 GMT -8

Aug 27, 2020 10:54:32 GMT -8 CSX 3194 said:

So basically, i decided to upgrade my PC from win10 1903 to 2004 not knowing what can go wrong. When i installed the classic theme, file explorer became blank, plus the title bar is transparent. I don't really care about the transparency bug and want to fix explorer being blank. any solutions?

It looks like you're using OldNewExplorer. Disable the Classic Theme, navigate to your OldNewExplorer directory, run OldNewExplorerCfg.exe, then change the appearance style to "Default style (Windows 7 style / skin style)". If it's still broken, then change the status bar style to "Default Style (white)". Then reenable the Classic Theme. You will need a search replacement, the default bug search doesn't work, and you will also need ExplorerContextMenuTweaker to fix the broken right-click menus. Link here: github.com/rikka0w0/ExplorerContextMenuTweaker/releases
You will also need TaskbarContextMenuTweaker to fix the taskbar right-click menus, link here: github.com/rikka0w0/Taskbar-Context-Menu-Tweaker/releases

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kamuisuki: I think this winclassic.boards.net/thread/456/reversibly-enable-disable-classic-simple Apr 7, 2021 23:45:21 GMT -8

TechSalt: You can use that, however on 7 to enable the classic theme you can just use the personalization control panel item. Apr 8, 2021 4:52:43 GMT -8

Mina: and as well changing some icons Apr 8, 2021 12:59:07 GMT -8

anixx: You cannot use this on Windows 7. Apr 9, 2021 7:10:57 GMT -8

TechSalt: Has anyone ported the IE6 x64 to 10? There is an x64 IE6 on Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. Apr 9, 2021 7:17:50 GMT -8

Mina: yeah, an os being out of support doesn't mean unusable Apr 11, 2021 14:03:33 GMT -8

TechSalt: Mina Can agree. Still using Windows 10 1903, no problems except i have to disable Windows Update everytime. Apr 11, 2021 21:39:59 GMT -8

anixx: No, you cannot use SCT or ClassicThemeTray in Win7. NO WAY! Only in Win 8.1 or Win 10. Not even in Win 8. Apr 12, 2021 8:39:04 GMT -8

anixx: Simply because there was no such memory handle in Windows 7. You simply cannot do it. Apr 12, 2021 8:40:00 GMT -8

Mina: oh sorry i thought you meant classic theme Apr 12, 2021 12:42:05 GMT -8

Mina: i mistaken it Apr 12, 2021 12:42:12 GMT -8

Mina: TechSalt at least there's a good pause updates option, and yeah, pretty agreeing that the only annoying thing is the darn automatic updates. Apr 12, 2021 12:48:31 GMT -8

TechSalt: Mina Well, i used to use that, but since the pause button expired for me i disable Windows Update now. Apr 12, 2021 21:37:14 GMT -8

ikigai: Does anyone have a way that i can add windows 98 icons to my pc? Apr 14, 2021 14:05:15 GMT -8

TechSalt: Either by resource hacking or using an icon pack (icon packs are not the most accurate thing tho.) Apr 14, 2021 21:06:02 GMT -8

Mina: TechSalt let me guess how you disable windows update: by disabling the service itself. correct? Apr 16, 2021 11:15:24 GMT -8

TechSalt: Mina Yes, i disable the service every boot up. Apr 17, 2021 0:38:03 GMT -8

Mina: well good Apr 17, 2021 13:42:03 GMT -8

Mina: i will do the same Apr 17, 2021 13:42:08 GMT -8

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