Enable "superbar" in 6801

[sharp65]

Rafael of withinwindows just posted a way to enable the new "superbar" in build 6801.

http://www.withinwindows.com/

I'm going to try it out a bit later and see if it works.

edit: Aero peek doesn't seem to work, but this trick does work.

Make sure your in the directory c:\windows when executing the commands or you may hit a .net error

If you have a space in your name, be sure to wrap it in quotes in the command line

Edited November 3, 2008 by sharp65

[panzaman]

Rafael of withinwindows just posted a way to enable the new "superbar" in build 6801.

http://www.withinwindows.com/

I'm going to try it out a bit later and see if it works.

I guess it does work if you look at Paul Thurrott's preview :

http://www.winsupersite.com/win7/win7_m3_install.asp

you can notice the supertaskbar on the last shot, the build number is clearly 6801.

[Roger H. Veteran]

hmm, nice nice... i'm gonna play with this too!

[tetrahedron]

nice find and thanks for sharing

[Riffz]

I am getting a .net error when running, anyone else?

[dcoaster]

It works.

[Ambroos]

Confirmed and works.

[sharp65]

I am getting a .net error when running, anyone else?

I got that error to. Make sure your into the C:\Windows directory when in the command prompt and not system32.

[tetrahedron]

screenshots? opinions?

[Ambroos]

* edit

Seems not to have all functionality as shown in 6933. The important parts are missing.

[Riffz]

I got that error to. Make sure your into the C:\Windows directory when in the command prompt and not system32.

Cool beans, thanks :)

[tetrahedron]

* edit

Seems not to have all functionality as shown in 6933. The important parts are missing.

care to elaborate specifically please

[freakyfriday]

it does not work for me :( i'm using x64

[sharp65]

Aero peek doesn't seem to work, but everything else appears to be working.

[winlonghorn]

nice find and thanks for sharing

Cool! I like it! It works, but no multicolor start button yet! What key combination is aero peek again? :)

[Digitalx]

working, cheers :)

[Ambroos]

care to elaborate specifically please

No aero peek

Has the old jump list arrow instead of rightclicking

Old startbutton

No jump lists in start menu

[JOHW]

@Ambros

you pretty much summed up the interesting parts about the superbar

[IceBreakerG]

I just tried it in my VM and it worked great, thanks for the link. Here's a screen shot of my VM.

[freakyfriday]

anyone get it to work in x64 ?

[sharp65]

It also doesn't seem to show more than two tabs for internet explorer.

[Roger H. Veteran]

aww man, i can't get it to work. Prolly cuz i have a space in my username. What's the value to lock it in?

Then when i do start unprotected....... it crashes anyways.

[sharp65]

Make sure your in the c:\windows directory and not c:\window\system32, it will crash with a .net error.

[JOHW]

It also doesn't seem to show more than two tabs for internet explorer.

Unless I misunderstood you, it shows 3 tabs?

You need to enable the "Use Desktop Preview" option in the Taskbar and Start Menu properties

[Ambroos]

I currently prefer using it with small icons and text, because Aero peek isn't there.

Another thing that hasn't been implemented yet are titles above thumbnails. They only appear after a while if you hover the thumbnails/items, like in Vista.

And for me, the thumbnails have to pop up faster to make them valuable window switchers.