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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. |
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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 |
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"philo" wrote in message
... 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. |
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On 6/19/2015 2:46 PM, NY wrote:
"philo" wrote in message ... 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. |
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On 6/19/2015 4:47 PM, Keith Nuttle wrote:
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. Since a program can be pinned to your task bar and to the Start menu, this is a "both/and" rather than "either/or" situation. That makes it easier to access the apps that you need regardless of whether they're classic or "modern". -- Best regards, Neil |
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On 6/19/2015 2:46 PM, NY wrote:
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. This "First rule" of yours has *never* been followed any more closely than it is with Windows and Mac OSes. Apps are even less concerned about the user's previous experience, since with many of them there has been very little in the way of "additional alternative functionality" for a couple of decades. Developers shuffle the app's UI so that people have to waste a good deal of time re-learning how to do what they did with the previous version. I suspect that this is because many apps are already way beyond what most users need, so a new "look" becomes one of very few selling points. -- Best regards, Neil |
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Pfsszxt wrote on 6/19/2015 9:39 AM:
On 6/19/2015 12:55 AM, wrote: 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. Yes ---"Start Eight" is one Startisback is another http://www.startisback.com/ I think there is about 5 or so out there. Worst one is about $5 maybe, and Classic shell is free as said before. All get you the classic start button menu and some will allow you to still hit the windows key and get to that metro start screen. I myself don't mind it, I just don't want to go there first. |
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In article , rfdjr1
@optonline.net says... 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. Hi Have a look at : http://www.pcworld.com/article/2927609/ how-to-find-the-secret-start-menu-built-into-windows-81.html Regards Reinhard |
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