Longhorn PDC - Slate

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OldeCrow

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Excellent, thank you much.  Still wondering.....Go to the first page and notice the screen shot.  Look below the Explorer bar, there is a large grey are with "Picture Tasks" on the far right, "Files & Folders tasks", and "Other Places"  in the area.  HOW DO I GET THAT?  This is all i wanna know and I will be a happy man.  Thanks.

WinsowsX's theme comes with two different styles

Slate XP = normal vertical taskpane

Slate PDC = new cool horizontal taskpane at the top of the window

You are running Slate XP, You need to change to Slate PDC and it will look just like the screenshot in the first post :D

Sometimes you just have to print in ALL CAPS before people understand what you mean :p

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itsnotabigtruck

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WinsowsX's theme comes with two different styles

Slate XP = normal vertical taskpane

Slate PDC = new cool horizontal taskpane at the top of the window

You are running Slate XP, You need to change to Slate PDC and it will look just like the screenshot in the first post :D

Sometimes you just have to print in ALL CAPS before people understand what you mean :p

Actually, in the 1.0 refresh the horizontal task pane was changed to the Slate XP style. Get the original here (hosted by me).

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OldeCrow

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I am using PDC with Thin taskbar. Still not there. Thats what the screenshot was taken in. Slate PDC "Thin taskbar"

well youve got something setup wrong or your running an older version ..

cuz this is a slate PDC screenshot and you cant get the taskpane wrong without haveing the worng shellstyle in the wrong folder..

slatepic.jpg

Grand Master

itsnotabigtruck

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well youve got something setup wrong or your running an older version ..

cuz this is a slate PDC screenshot and you cant get the taskpane wrong without haveing the worng shellstyle in the wrong folder..

http://www.crescent-pc.com/eyecandyXP/myde...sk/slatepic.jpg

See my above post. Windows X changed the Slate PDC shellstyle to the Slate XP one before posting to ThemeXP because of the resizing problems with the horizontal bar. :) :( :p

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czarneckitg

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Kudos to WindowsX.

I love Slate and TP 3.0, but the most recent Windows XP Hotfix KB826939 is an IE rollup that overwrites some of the TP files. Some of the items revert to the original XP stuff, such as the boot screen, and some of the icons.

The wallpaper stays unaffected and overall, the Slate theme is intact. The main problem is unless you accept the full installation of this Hotfix, it will continue to show up when you do a Windows Update.

Has anyone noticed this, and if so, do you know of a workaround?

It's pretty cool seeing Longhorn Professional show up at boot, and the icons in IE and Explorer are sharp with that unselected light blue look.

Mentor

freakyfriday

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Windows X: If you like my sidebar when it is finished, could you include it in LTP 4.1? It is supposed to be authentic to the original as much as possible, with just one change: each module has a title section.

What I need to do is:

1. Add Preferences... and Add/Remove Modules... functionality

2. Allow user to disable modules and enable them

3. Add Host commands for persisting settings

4. Add lots more modules

5. Add hands to the clock

Here's how it's coming so far:

could you add WMP9, quick launch and classic tray and also when you hover over the top button can you add the options like in the real longhorn?

Neowinian

aperifan

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Good news, Longhorn SideBar 3.0 will launch tonight (from 8:00 PM in here) Dunno who will use my Sidebar but I wanna put this first.

I 'm sure I'll use it!!! You do an exceptional work, I've downloaded all your stuff from your website!

(question: is "Longhorn Sidebar 3.0" going to be html based, or is it going to be an application like 'smartbar xp'?)

Grand Master

itsnotabigtruck

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Classic on Windows Media Player 8 to people asking for the skin.

Grand Master

itsnotabigtruck

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Kudos to WindowsX.

I love Slate and TP 3.0, but the most recent Windows XP Hotfix KB826939 is an IE rollup that overwrites some of the TP files. Some of the items revert to the original XP stuff, such as the boot screen, and some of the icons.

The wallpaper stays unaffected and overall, the Slate theme is intact. The main problem is unless you accept the full installation of this Hotfix, it will continue to show up when you do a Windows Update.

Has anyone noticed this, and if so, do you know of a workaround?

It's pretty cool seeing Longhorn Professional show up at boot, and the icons in IE and Explorer are sharp with that unselected light blue look.

That's why someone coded Y'z Toolbar!

Neowinian

aperifan

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I 'm sure I'll use it!!! You do an exceptional work, I've downloaded all your stuff from your website!

(question: is "Longhorn Sidebar 3.0" going to be html based, or is it going to be an application like 'smartbar xp'?)

HTML.

Is there a way to get rid of the backround colour of the desktop icon letters, when using Longhorn Sidebar 3.0 ???

Grand Master

itsnotabigtruck

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I 'm sure I'll use it!!! You do an exceptional work, I've downloaded all your stuff from your website!

(question: is "Longhorn Sidebar 3.0" going to be html based, or is it going to be an application like 'smartbar xp'?)

HTML.

Is there a way to get rid of the backround colour of the desktop icon letters, when using Longhorn Sidebar 3.0 ???

No. There will always be color behind the letters of desktop icons if Active Desktop is on. If you turn Active Desktop off the background icon color will disappear but so will the sidebar.

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czarneckitg

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Kudos to WindowsX.

I love Slate and TP 3.0, but the most recent Windows XP Hotfix KB826939 is an IE rollup that overwrites some of the TP files.  Some of the items revert to the original XP stuff, such as the boot screen, and some of the icons.

The wallpaper stays unaffected and overall, the Slate theme is intact.  The main problem is unless you accept the full installation of this Hotfix, it will continue to show up when you do a Windows Update.

Has anyone noticed this, and if so, do you know of a workaround?

It's pretty cool seeing Longhorn Professional show up at boot, and the icons in IE and Explorer are sharp with that unselected light blue look.

That's why someone coded Y'z Toolbar!

I am a complete newbie to themes. I tried Y'zs toolbar, but the button themes are no substitute for the nice ones that the Transformation Pack adds. If I could back up just those files for the toolbar icons I'm sure the rest of the critical update would be fine. If anyone knows how to keep those cool blue icons please help. I hope this made sense.

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