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Thanks, installed this on my Acer W700, seems to work perfect!
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Thanks, installed this on my Acer W700, seems to work perfect!
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Just like to post my choice here, if you don't mind...
I like Start8.
It's only $5, and you can change the icon of the button, and whether it leads to the Metro start or the 'classic' start (Menu like Windows 7).
I personally have it going to the Metro start, but I've had a look at the windows 7 start and think it does look better than Classic Shell...
The only drawback is the $5 some are unwilling to spend for a bit of software
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Just like to post my choice here, if you don't mind...
I like Start8.
It's only $5, and you can change the icon of the button, and whether it leads to the Metro start or the 'classic' start (Menu like Windows 7).
I personally have it going to the Metro start, but I've had a look at the windows 7 start and think it does look better than Classic Shell...
The only drawback is the $5 some are unwilling to spend for a bit of software
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I purchased Start8 quite a while ago, I found it to generally be a better clone, but I found Classic Shell to be a lot more customizable, although a tad bit less stable.
So, if you want a true replica of Windows 7's start menu (or their Windows 8 menu) I'd choose Start8, but if you want a bit more customizable of an experience (that's also free) I'd go with Classic Shell.
Pretty happy with Classic Shell. The port for RT was very well done, now I have it on my full Win8 tablet and it's pretty good. Not sure if it was related or not but I lost my autorotation around the same time I installed classic shell. As per the usual Windows weirdness, a reboot fixed it.
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I purchased Start8 quite a while ago, I found it to generally be a better clone, but I found Classic Shell to be a lot more customizable, although a tad bit less stable.
So, if you want a true replica of Windows 7's start menu (or their Windows 8 menu) I'd choose Start8, but if you want a bit more customizable of an experience (that's also free) I'd go with Classic Shell.
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Right, this is exactly how I feel about these start menus too.
The only reason that I chose to showcase Classic Menu is that generally people would like to try free software before paying
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The only reason that I chose to showcase Classic Menu is that generally people would like to try free software before paying
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And I'm not sure that it has been mentioned that Classic Menu also has options to display the start menu as XP, or even Classic, as well as Vista and Win 7. I've been satisfied with my Classic Menu, so I have not tried the other programs.
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And I'm not sure that it has been mentioned that Classic Menu also has options to display the start menu as XP, or even Classic, as well as Vista and Win 7. I've been satisfied with my Classic Menu, so I have not tried the other programs.
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Agreed, I like Classic Shell because of the customization too.
Classic shell
Use Classicshell to obtain familiar "start" button in my Acer W511 tablet. Its most comfortable and good designed programm, IMHO. But I have two questions, I couldn't find answers on
First - how to make programm not to install its panels in "Explorer" & "IE"?
Second - after installation sensor "Windows" button in the lower tablet's panel begun to launch "Desktop + start", instead of metro-app shifting. I didn't find how to return initial appointment
So, can someone help me?
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Use Classicshell to obtain familiar "start" button in my Acer W511 tablet. Its most comfortable and good designed programm, IMHO. But I have two questions, I couldn't find answers on
First - how to make programm not to install its panels in "Explorer" & "IE"?
Second - after installation sensor "Windows" button in the lower tablet's panel begun to launch "Desktop + start", instead of metro-app shifting. I didn't find how to return initial appointment
So, can someone help me?
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Go to the settings for Classic Shell (Classic Explorer Settings and Classic IE9 Settings) and remove the toolbars
Classic Shell Start Menu Settings -> Basic Settings -> WIndows Key Opens -> WIndows Start Screen
goofball2k
Thanks a lot! Did you find "Windows" sensor button's appointment in Classicshell options? I didn't
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Thanks a lot! Did you find "Windows" sensor button's appointment in Classicshell options? I didn't
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Sorry, I'm not 100% sure what you mean by Windows sensor button. I am thinking you mean the Windows button in the middle of the tablet, like the Home button. Or do you mean when you do a quick swipe from the left to bring up the "multitasking" tab. There is the funny looking start button at the bottom that is just a bunch of tiles. When you press that, what is it that it should do? Switch between metro apps? Mine brings me back to the Windows Start screen.
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OMG! Sorry, my friend! I've been workin' and didn't pay proper attention to your first message on this page. It contains the solution for the problem №2 from my first post. I'd red your post hastily and, having no tablet near to check, thought about porblem №1 solution And, only when in home, I took my tablet to do what you proposed me to do, and understand, that it was a solution for problem №2 :good: Now, windows sensor button (yes, in the middle of the tablet's lower board) gives me windows start page (yea!). Thanks!!!
Still trying to find the solution for problem No1 :fingers-crossed:
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OMG! Sorry, my friend! I've been workin' and didn't pay proper attention to your first message on this page. It contains the solution for the problem №2 from my first post. I'd red your post hastily and, having no tablet near to check, thought about porblem №1 solution And, only when in home, I took my tablet to do what you proposed me to do, and understand, that it was a solution for problem №2 :good: Now, windows sensor button (yes, in the middle of the tablet's lower board) gives me windows start page (yea!). Thanks!!!
Still trying to find the solution for problem No1 :fingers-crossed:
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Let's clarify what problem number 1 is. Are you talking only about Classic Shell installing things into Windows Explorer and the Desktop IE?
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Let's clarify what problem number 1 is. Are you talking only about Classic Shell installing things into Windows Explorer and the Desktop IE?
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Absolutely right!
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Absolutely right!
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In a Windows Explorer window, tap and hold on the toolbar where the icons are, and then after a few seconds (when the square comes up completely), release, and then uncheck the option for the Classic Explorer.
In an IE window, press and hold around the tab area (not directly on a tab) and then release. When the options show up, select Classic Explorer Bar. You should then get a window asking to disable the add-on. Click on Disable.
Windows whitout Start Button not is good, good work man
Uchiha Itachi Brazil said:
Windows whitout Start Button not is good, good work man
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Thank you
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Hey there guys. I previosly owned mostly symbian phones. Now I have a WM5 one. So my problem is: is there any way (trick) to switch between open apps on my device? This is a prob lem for me because , for instance, I had the IMplus (mesenger app) open , my phone entered standby after the period that I chose (2 minutes) and when I tapped the screen , my app was gone somewhere in the background. So I had to look it up again through the menu, and reopen it. It was working of course, but it was in the background. So is there any way, like it is on symbian, to find your opened apps and choose which one to bring back into the mainscreen, using only a simple button press or smth like that? Or maybe at least an app to do that?
Thank you.
magic button, GSPocketMagic, and a hundred other softwares...
LOL. Yes thank you. So nothing embedded already, but lots of apps to do that. Got it thanks.
I like SmallMenu Plus.
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Smellmenu Plus is fantastic, in addition to the task manager aspect, there's the cascading start menu. It's the first thing to go on any of my devices, and with the scrollwheel of the hermes, it's twice as good as normal. Makes one-handed operation so much easier.
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Smellmenu Plus is fantastic, in addition to the task manager aspect, there's the cascading start menu. It's the first thing to go on any of my devices, and with the scrollwheel of the hermes, it's twice as good as normal. Makes one-handed operation so much easier.
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SmellMenu? Gosh this is better than I thought.
Please add your own jokes here . . .
WisBar, PocketPlus, iLauncher ... Tons of others ..
I use AE button Plus. It cheap and will give you exactly what you are looking for as well as a Alt Tab. It will multiply what your hard buttons can do x4.
Thanks guys , I got an idea now.... Using Magic Button for now, but I will try Button Plus right now.
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Thanks guys , I got an idea now.... Using Magic Button for now, but I will try Button Plus right now.
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Tell me how you like it.
Ok this i going to sound a bit odd.
I know the X1 is not really a phone, more of a mini computer with phone features built in.
Could anyone make a phone panel.
Basically it has all the simple features of a phone
Button to go to SMS
Button to go to Emails
Button to open dialpad
Button to open up contacts (only numbers not emails etc)
A clock
Thats it. I know the Xperia panel has stuff like this on it. But tbh its just too fidly, i want to use my fingers instead of the stylus.
Also, why the hell would I want to disable the phone...
Try the SPB Mobile Shell panel (It's on SE's web page). It will make you able to use only fingers for a lot of tasks including those you listed.
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Try the SPB Mobile Shell panel (It's on SE's web page). It will make you able to use only fingers for a lot of tasks including those you listed.
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Yeh dont like it. Too much crap on it. Ive already got the start menu to change all the options etc.
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Yeh dont like it. Too much crap on it. Ive already got the start menu to change all the options etc.
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Try http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=430190
I have searched around the net and watched almost all youtube videos about the HD2. I still need to know about how the phone handles multitasking... I am quite sure it does multitask though..
Android: Long press on the home-menu button to bring up latest apps. + Task manager apps to kill running apps.
Nokia/Maemo: Big element of core design. Screen with live feed windows. Each window can be shot down seperatly.
iPhone: No multitasking
HD2: ?? Anything like a task manager here??
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I have searched around the net and watched almost all youtube videos about the HD2. I still need to know about how the phone handles multitasking... I am quite sure it does multitask though..
Android: Long press on the home-menu button to bring up latest apps. + Task manager apps to kill running apps.
Nokia/Maemo: Big element of core design. Screen with live feed windows. Each window can be shot down seperatly.
iPhone: No multitasking
HD2: ?? Anything like a task manager here??
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thats a stupid question all ppc's can multitask, infact win mob comes with its own task/processes manager lol
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thats a stupid question all ppc's can multitask, infact win mob comes with its own task/processes manager lol
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There's no such thing as a stupid question.
In this case there's only a "narrowminded, pissed off and angry with his live"-kinda question.
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I still need to know about how the phone handles multitasking... I am quite sure it does multitask though..
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When I saw it a week ago, the presenter pressed a small button on right side of the screen while in home display to bring up the list of applications running. So in a sense, quite similar to N900, except that it was a list, not thumbnails.
What I would be interested to know if there's a way to remap a hardware key to bring up the task manager. Personally I would think this would be more useful for me that the start-key.
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When I saw it a week ago, the presenter pressed a small button on right side of the screen while in home display to bring up the list of applications running. So in a sense, quite similar to N900, except that it was a list, not thumbnails.
What I would be interested to know if there's a way to remap a hardware key to bring up the task manager. Personally I would think this would be more useful for me that the start-key.
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There are a few other nice solutions:
WkTask shows the running apps as small icons on the taskbar - kinda like in Windows on the desktop computer. By tapping on the icons, you can easily switch between different runningapps with as outreturning to the homescreen in between. Its freeware, although donations are surely appreciated by the creator...
AEButtonsPlus can display a listf running apps following a hardware button press, so you can switch by tapping on a listed item.
dnt forget we can use the xperia panels now, that works as a nice visual task manager
Thanks, those solutions look quite interesting and probably will be what I'm looking for. I'll have to give them a try when I'll get the device.
Heres some pics so you know what were on about
1) xperia panels (You can get that free here)
2) Htc Task Manager (You Get That with every htc device)
3) Showcase (You also can get that free here)
3) Showcase (You also can get that free here)
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I just found the Showcase myself too. It seems really brilliant application.. simple and finger friendly.
Just need to figure out how I can remap a hardware button (like start button) to start this instead. But as far as I understand, that shouldn't be big issue.
But I guess that should be what I was after with this: easily accessable task manager so I can switch applications quick.
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I just found the Showcase myself too. It seems really brilliant application.. simple and finger friendly.
Just need to figure out how I can remap a hardware button (like start button) to start this instead. But as far as I understand, that shouldn't be big issue.
But I guess that should be what I was after with this: easily accessable task manager so I can switch applications quick.
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Showcases default setting is set to open when you press and hold the start button
Showcases default setting is set to open when you press and hold the start button
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Now if I only could get it without holding it, but just pressing...
But thanks, that alone should be enough too. And I'll probably manage to find out how to modify it before I'll get my phone, if it's possible.
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Now if I only could get it without holding it, but just pressing...
But thanks, that alone should be enough too. And I'll probably manage to find out how to modify it before I'll get my phone, if it's possible.
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if you set it to just a press, how would you get to the start menu lol
if you set it to just a press, how would you get to the start menu lol
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If I've understood correct, it should be accessible through home-screen, just pressing the start from top-left corner? This should be enough for me if I have 9 shortcuts in home screen anyway. Probably don't need that fast access to rest of aplications.
Just a personal preference, but I'd like to be able to access task manager fast. Just so I can juggle between browser, ssh terminal (irssi) etc easily.Currently with my Nokia E71 I can access it by pressing home-button for a second and would prefer a dedicated button for this.
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If I've understood correct, it should be accessible through home-screen, just pressing the start from top-left corner? This should be enough for me if I have 9 shortcuts in home screen anyway. Probably don't need that fast access to rest of aplications.
Just a personal preference, but I'd like to be able to access task manager fast. Just so I can juggle between browser, ssh terminal (irssi) etc easily.Currently with my Nokia E71 I can access it by pressing home-button for a second and would prefer a dedicated button for this.
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Not on the newer windows mobile 6.5.1 roms, microsoft moved the start button from the top to the bottom, suppose to make it more like windows by the way you can set showcase up so it opens if you tap the top right hand corner where the clock is
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Showcases default setting is set to open when you press and hold the start button
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Does not work this way on the HD2, and also a no-go with pressing and holding the Windows hardware button.
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Does not work this way on the HD2, and also a no-go with pressing and holding the Windows hardware button.
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How come it's a no-go to do that?XD
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How come it's a no-go to do that?XD
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Also, X button enhancement does not work perfectly. On the capacitive screen I can't slide my finger to the left to activate different functions of Showcase. Only the one to the right can be used. It works fine when operating through a PC with Remote Controller, so I am sure this is due to the different screen technology.
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Also, X button enhancement does not work perfectly. On the capacitive screen I can't slide my finger to the left to activate different functions of Showcase. Only the one to the right can be used. It works fine when operating through a PC with Remote Controller, so I am sure this is due to the different screen technology.
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Yeah, for some reason HD2 renders the X button enhancement useless. So, is there actually any way to access Showcase (or any similar task manager for that matter) by long pressing any of the hard keys? I really wish there was more convenient ways to switch between applications.
Kinda funny how Apple's ineptitude has people thinking, all over again, asif Multitasking is something special.
Any windows version since way back when does multitasking.
You know what the funny part is, the iPhone can actually multi task, but Apple won't allow it for some reason Steve Jobs' mind spewed out and only he can understand.
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You know what the funny part is, the iPhone can actually multi task, but Apple won't allow it for some reason Steve Jobs' mind spewed out and only he can understand.
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They can activate it later and sell a new wave of $600 phones.
Remember when they released video? It was very exciting for a lot of people. I recall video recording the festivities on my three year old Windows Mobile phone at the time.
Hi Folks,
since years I am looking for the right Home Screen. using Touch Flo, Manila, SPB Shell and countless others I didnt found the right one for me.
When 6.5 with reworked Start menu was launched I was wondering that I always use it for launching apps.
Has anyone a hint for me how to disable "Home Screen" and use Start menu instead of that?
Thynks in advance!
push push push push
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push push push push
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I can't answer your question exactly, but I have a couple of workarounds.
Use a key mapper to change all buttons/home button to launch the startmenu, or just use a today screen with all the links on the front, such as today launcher / spb pocket plus etc...
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I can't answer your question exactly, but I have a couple of workarounds.
Use a key mapper to change all buttons/home button to launch the startmenu, or just use a today screen with all the links on the front, such as today launcher / spb pocket plus etc...
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not bad idea !
Why are you not using iphone today or even todayx plugin(a WP7 like home screen) ?
Well, Wisbar Advance is the only app I can think of which actually gives the ability of a cascading start menu, or you can just opt for windows 7 (if only!)
Well I found a way to get back classic start button and start menu in Windows 8.
Download the freeware utility called ViStart from here.
Once downloaded install it, and it will bring back the start button and classic start menu in Windows 8.
That’s all. You will now have the start button and classic start menu in your Windows 8 consumer preview. Cheers!
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Thanks for sharing!!
Anyway, I've started a new Thread with a petition for Microsoft, to let us decide whether or not we want Metro.
Check it out, and sign it, please.
FORUM THREAD
Not working for me. The start button gets placed on the upper right corner of my desktop and when I press it the start menu is only partly visible in the lower right corner. (where it's supposed to be)
Also not appreciating the Babylon search crap and regcleaner pro program that gets installed when running the installer for the search button. I get prompted for installation of the babylon search bar and even with all the boxes unchecked Babylon installs.
Works, but is bundled with toolbars and crapware. Also has overlay problems with IE icon.
http://windows8beta.com/2012/03/enable-start-orb-and-start-menu-on-windows-8-consumer-preview
That is a dirty hack if I've ever seen one.
Jepp , installed it and I must say it`s a real bad Implementation.
Orb hides sometimes right mousebutton hast noch function anderes so On.
Its Not a hack , it ist an complete replacement ....
Gesendet von meinem GT-I9001 mit Tapatalk
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Thank you for posting this link. It looks like people need to read the instructions so they don't install the crapware. Worked fine for me. Nice guide there too.
i tried This method
http://windows8beta.com/2012/03/enable-start-orb-and-start-menu-on-windows-8-consumer-preview
and Has succeeded .
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Well I found a way to get back classic start button and start menu in Windows 8.
Download the freeware utility called ViStart from here.
Once downloaded install it, and it will bring back the start button and classic start menu in Windows 8.
That’s all. You will now have the start button and classic start menu in your Windows 8 consumer preview. Cheers!
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Try this:
http://windows8beta.com/2012/03/start8-app-for-windows-8-start-menu-released
Why would you bother installing Windows 8 if you're going to put back the old Start Button and neglect Metro? The desktop "App" is completely identical to Windows 7, the only thing you've gained is incompatability for some drivers and a new task manager.