On 6/19/2015 2:46 PM, NY wrote:
"philo" wrote in message
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On 06/19/2015 07:08 AM, Carpe Diem wrote:
schreef op 19/06/2015 om 7:55:
I'm having a new system built. Just to stay current, I bought Windows
8.1, full
version, as the O/S. But truth be told, I don't like Windows 8, I have
it on a
new laptop I picked up and I don't like the way it looks. Is there a
Windows 7
type interface, that will let me run it in a more user friendly (to
me) way? I
want to be able to go into Windows Explorer and work with my files and
set up
icons and folders the way I'm used to having them on my current
system. And
forgive me if this has been askeed before. I was just made aware of
this group.
Thanks.

A first step is to install ClassicShell :
http://www.classicshell.net/

+1

+1

Classic Shell (or other similar third party programs) turn a severely
crippled computer into a usable one: how the F are you supposed to start
a program if its installation has not placed an icon on the desktop, or
to copy a shortcut to such a program onto the desktop?

I didn't know about right-clicking on the Windows logo start button:
I'll try it and see how much of the functionality of the old XP/Vista/7
start menu it has. Probably programs but not Start | Run or access to
things like Control Panel.

First rule of software design: never remove or change functionality when
going from one version to another; just add additional alternative
functionality. That way you don't alienate all the people who have
learned the old way and do it automatically without having to think
about it.

If you have not pinned your program to the task bar, you can start it
from the new Start menu. This is the only time I access the computer
from the modern interface.

I have cleaned up this screen and it now contains only those programs
that I use infrequently. All of the garbage that Microsoft put on this
screen has been removed. When you remove a program from the Start Menu
it still is on the App menu, Those programs that I will never used, have
been uninstalled so they do not appear on the App menu either.

Personal, once cleaned I like the Start menu I can find the program I
wanted, much easier I find it is much easier than chasing pop up menus
across the screen.

I always hated MS pop up menus. It always took multiple attempts to get
the cursor on the menu of interest, without the cursor going over the
wrong area and the whole thing collapsing. Then you would have to start
over.