Ex7forW8

This program restores native Windows 7 start menu.
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  • License:
  • Freeware
  • Publisher Name:
  • Tihiy
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  • Operating Systems:
  • Windows 8/7
  • File Size:
  • 345.35KB

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Ex7forW8 Description

This program restores native Windows 7 start menu and desktop by bringing Windows 7 explorer.exe. Start menu retains full configurability you expect from Windows 7 start menu. This program includes sophisticated lightweight wrapper, install/uninstall/patch program. You can use it on Windows 8 or Windows Server 2012 RTM or RP versions, any edition, any language! PRECAUTIONS: This program does not modify system files and system protected registry entries. You can switch back to unaltered Windows 8 UI any time. Windows 7 shell is enabled only to users which switched to it. Other users can use Windows 8 shell without any problems. LIMITATIONS: * Metro (Modern) UI is not loaded into memory. As a bonus you save dozens MB of RAM. * Metro UI screens and programs are unavailable. * Toasts (like "You have new program to handle this stuff") won't show. You need to use Default programs to change associations. * You may get more UAC prompts. * No default language input indicator. Enable Language Bar via Control Panel->Language->Advanced Settings->Use desktop language bar. * No multi-monitor taskbars. Maybe more multimon issues. * No immersive Hotkeys (Win+X, Win+PrtScr too). INSTALLATION: Launch Ex7ForW8_setup.exe. Follow instructions. You'll need Windows 7 installation DVD or files ready; Keep in Mind that they should be same language and bitness. UNINSTALLATION: Uninstall program from Programs and Features. If you're using portable install, just switch shell to Windows 8 and delete folder. ALSO NOTE: All Programs shown in explorer7 has the same shortcuts that explorer8 shows on Start Screen. So the changes you do reflect here and there; better backup desktop.lnk from start menu. Explorer Ribbon is still there, it's not explorer.exe related! Using explorer.exe from Windows 8 DP or other Windows versions is not supported and won't be.


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