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Anonymous
2012-08-19
2012-10-29
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2012-08-19

    Hello,

    Just installed Classic Shell and choose "Vista" start menu type and I can not
    see Computer icon on right side. It's not also available in settings either.
    Any ideas?

     
  • Ivo Beltchev

    Ivo Beltchev - 2012-08-19

    You need to edit the menu items. Go to the Customize Start Menu tab in the
    settings. If you don't see such tab, click on All Settings at the bottom.

     
  • xpclient

    xpclient - 2012-08-19

    Well just to make it easier for users, the right column by default should have
    Computer, My Music and Default Programs, the three items which are missing
    right now IMHO.

     
  • Ivo Beltchev

    Ivo Beltchev - 2012-08-19

    But then it would need a setting for each - to show as a menu, show as a link,
    or not at all. And then those settings won't work for the Classic style
    because such items won't exist. It will become messy.

     
  • xpclient

    xpclient - 2012-08-20

    You could have those items added as default settings of original Start Menu,
    have "Don't expand" checked for whichever are not shown as menu by default.

     
  • Ivo Beltchev

    Ivo Beltchev - 2012-08-20

    Sorry, I don't understand what you are suggesting.

    Either way, I don't think Computer or Default Programs is that useful in the
    Windows Start menu. Computer only opens one level to show the drives, and do
    you really change the default programs that often to stick it on the main
    menu?

     
  • xpclient

    xpclient - 2012-08-20

    I am suggesting that Computer, Default Programs and Music should be added by
    default because they are in the Windows 7 menu but as a link, not menu. With
    Windows 8, Default Programs is needed because they removed programmatic file
    associations completely so after every program you install, you need to set it
    as default, and Computer is needed because many people right click on it to
    access System Properties and Computer Management. Also, My Documents and My
    Pictures need to be just "Documents" and "Pictures".

     
  • Ivo Beltchev

    Ivo Beltchev - 2012-08-20

    And I'm saying that if I do that I will need to add a setting in the Special
    Items tab for each one of these folders (because otherwise people will start
    asking how to remove them, or how to make them expandable).

    And if I do that I will need to add them to the default layout of the classic
    menu (because otherwise those settings will do nothing for the classic menu).

    And if I do that the classic menu will become too big.

    So bottom line is because we have multiple default styles, for consistency
    they will need to contain the same elements. There needs to be a balance
    between "how much crap can we fit in the two columns of the vista style" vs.
    "how much of it will fit in the single column of the classic style".

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2012-08-20

    There is no Computer available in customize start screen. See screenshot
    below.

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2012-08-20
     
  • Ivo Beltchev

    Ivo Beltchev - 2012-08-20

    Use the Custom Command. Then open its properties and select "Computer" for the
    Link property. No need to set the Label or Icon (unless you want to customize
    them).

     
  • Anonymous

    Anonymous - 2012-08-21

    Thanks, It worked. Not sure why Computer is not included. I frequently use it
    to go to root of hard drives and as well as right click properties of
    computer.

     

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