#classic shell

Work on a Litwick start menu button for Windows Classic Shell, as used with the Windows 7 OS (which I can’t stand the look of). For some reason, the button image file needs that extra space under the bottom button or things get out of alignment. Top one is normal button state, middle is mouseover state, and bottom is clicked with menu open. I coulda had Litwick change colors a bit or something but I fought with this for long enough that I’m not gonna bother right now. Didn’t know I was gonna be doing this today anyways, but Classic Shell stopped working for some reason, so I got the updated version and button customization was included (with the option of using the shell icon on the start button but not the original Windows icon which is dumb).

The actual usable button image is here for your general amusement/use/whatever:

The latest version of Microsoft’s operating system, Windows 10, was accompanied by many new settings by which users can customize their system. However, some users have definitely lost some customization options. We will then show you how to change the color of the clock in Windows 10.

Since it is not an adaptation offered by Microsoft’s operating system, we should resort to third-party…

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From time to time I mod/customize my desktop, and I’m in love with this one so I’m posting it.

First some specs:

Windows 10 Home 64-bit

Intel Quad Core i7-3770 CPU 3.40 GHz

16 GB RAM

1920x1080 HD Display

Nvidia GeForce GT640 1GB GDDR5 GPU

Desktop Customizations:

Wallpaper by Sashaa812

I used a freeware program called Classic Shell to make the Windows taskbar transparent and to change the Start Button. The Start button is actually animated [gif x].

I used Rainmeter, a desktop customization and system monitoring tool for everything else. You can download different skins/widgets for rainmeter or make your own to make it look pretty much however you want. The following are all the skins I used to make this desktop.

In the top left, I used the Disen skin by HipHopium for the clock and the temperature.

Right underneath that is the skin Cleartext by Redsaph. It puts your currently playing song in clean text on your desktop.

In the top right I have a google search box and a To Do list from the Omnimo suite of rainmeter skins.

At the bottom, above the taskbar, I’m using the CircuitousTwo suite of skins by FlyingHyrax. These are system monitoring skins. I’m using the CPU, RAM, Core Temp, Download/Upload, Hard Disks, Recycle Bin, and Volume meters. I customized the fonts on them to match my other skins.

I also have the RainDrop2 audio visualizer by mrcoaster installed, but you can only see it when music is actually playing. I customized the colors to match my wallpaper. [screenshot x]

New year, new desktop!

So, I decided to organize my notebook to be generally pretty and nice to look at and to be on. And I’m still in the process of organizing folders and putting icons and such, but the desktop is done.

I used these two skins on Rainmeter, and Classic Shell to customize the taskbar color. The wallpapers are a slide presentation of my fav places on Mass Effect, currently displaying Sur’Kesh. I’d love to take the hour and date in the corner off so it doesn’t become redundant with the digital clock, but it’s still pretty useful when I’m not on there. If there’s anyone that can help me with this, I’d be pretty grateful.

Nevertheless, I’m pretty fucking satisfied with the final result, and it doesn’t take as much RAM as I thought it would, nor it’s heating the computer more than it usually does. And that’s neat.

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Classic Shell Will Also Work on Windows 10, Preview Builds Already Supported

The best Start menu will continue to work on Windows 10

Classic Shell is definitely one of the best, if not the best, Start menu app for modern Windows, and many Windows 8 users already know that because, after Microsoft removed the Start menu and the Start button in October 2012, many turned to this app looking for a more familiar desktop.

The best Start menu will continue to work on Windows 10

Recently, many of our readers have asked whether Classic Shell will still work on Windows 10 when the new OS comes out because, for various reasons, the new Start menu that Microsoft developed doesn’t seem to be the best choice for everyone.

And the answer is yes, Classic Shell will fully support Windows 10 when it’s ready, and if you wish to see how it looks and works, you can now give it a try because the latest version already supports the technical preview builds of Windows 10.

There are some bugs, though, and Classic Shell developers say that better stability and reliability are expected in the final version of the app because the current builds could easily break down because of all the changes that Microsoft makes from a new Windows 10 preview release to another.

In the meantime, the latest version appears to be working fine on Windows 10 build 10130, so go ahead and download Classic Shell right away to get a more familiar Start menu in Windows 10.