Replacing Windows Explorer |
 Fri, 13 Jun 2008 13:01:34 +0000
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 Hackling  Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:20:25 +0000 Member No.: 10,094  |
Hi there.
I recently decided to replace my XP laptops Explorer with the Xfce desktop environment, bbClean (a modification of BlackBox for Windows). I did it because I need my laptop to start up quick, and save on memory usage. I've been a fan of Xfce for a while now, my other laptop has Xubuntu installed. I also like minimalistic designs. So far I've been very impressed with it - its really doing the job very well! I even installed Rocketdock and Rainmeter with it to enhance the desktop controls, which work really nice with it. Heres a picture:  What I would like to know is - What do you guys use, if anything, to modify your Windows UI? Thanks, TwoTwenty -------------------- "Paranoia means having all the facts" - William S. Burroughs
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 09:40:49 +0000
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 vote4bush (sarcasm) aka Mark! Group: Active Members Posts: 260 Joined: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 19:04:49 +0000 From: Essex - United Kingdom Member No.: 8,144 |
i use Windows Blinds to modify my windows UI
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:23:49 +0000
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 Very boring person Group: Active Members Posts: 2,029 Joined: Wed, 08 Mar 2006 03:26:35 +0000 Member No.: 307 |
I just switch it to best performance. Windows is just a work tool, nothing more.
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Sat, 14 Jun 2008 14:15:02 +0000
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 Hak.5 Junkie Group: Members Posts: 335 Joined: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:38:19 +0000 From: Manitoba W00T Member No.: 9,487 |
i used a program called stylexp it was pretty cool
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Mon, 16 Jun 2008 07:08:47 +0000
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 Hak.5 Fan Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:24:32 +0000 From: Finland Member No.: 4,998 |
Personally, I don't do much UI tweaking. When I do want/need to change the Windows Explorer/shell, I go for Directory Opus, especially with Vista.
While it's an entire explorer/shell replacement, it mainly acts as a much improved file manager, althoug the features are pretty astonishing.  For themes, I just go with the Zune theme for XP, Black Vista for Vista. -------------------- /me = Dids in IRC
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Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:44:26 +0000
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 Hak.5 Fan Group: Members Posts: 31 Joined: Sun, 25 May 2008 08:13:44 +0000 From: Denmark Member No.: 9,998 |
If you want speed simply replace the explorer.exe with cmd.exe
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Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:34:08 +0000
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 Hak.5 Junkie Group: Members Posts: 2,778 Joined: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 14:04:14 +0000 From: 192.168.0.100 Member No.: 1,220 |
cmd.exe is fail bash ftw
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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:49:40 +0000
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 Hak.5 Pirate Group: Members Posts: 357 Joined: Sun, 29 Oct 2006 01:57:14 +0000 From: Belgium Member No.: 3,174 |
I would just run KDE under windows
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