Windows 8.1

[OriginalGriff]

See post above...

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[Lost User]

ed welch wrote:

After getting rid of Metro

How did you do that?

[Forogar]

Yes, I am also VERY interested in getting rid of Metro. If I can do that I might actually re-install Windows 8.

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

[OriginalGriff]

Reinstalled Win7? :laugh:

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

That's easy.  Just use Start8[^].  I also use a few registry hacks to make my Win8 look like Win7.  Here's[^] what my Win8 task bar looks like. /ravi

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[ed welch]

Using taskbar properties, you can make it mostly disappear. You can't get rid of it completely though

[ed welch]

Windows 7 removed the copy and paste buttons, and in Windows 8.1 they are back.

[Ravi Bhavnani]

See this[^] post. :) /ravi

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[OriginalGriff]

...two buttons you don't really need is "a lot better"? :laugh:

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[ed welch]

Two buttons... which I use *all* the time, so yes they are important. But also, lots of other stuff, the ui just seems to be organised much better

[ed welch]

expensive though. You can get classic shell for free

[Ravi Bhavnani]

It's only $5.  Classic Shell is nice but doesn't give you everything that Start8 does. /ravi

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[Forogar]

Oooo! I am glad VS2010 still runs on it. I would hate to have to use VS2012 as well as W8!

- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.

[Jacques Loubser]

Have you heard of Crtl+C & Ctrl+V ??? Unless you have only one hand, You should not need buttons.

[OriginalGriff]

I don't surf one-handed...

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[Ravi Bhavnani]

Yes, VS2010 runs flawlessly on Win8.  It's still my favorite version of VS. :) /ravi

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[LloydA111]

You use buttons "all" the time when Ctrl + C/V is all you need?

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[Bill_Hallahan]

Lloyd Atkinson wrote:

You use buttons "all" the time when Ctrl + C/V is all you need?

True. And if he doesn't want to use his other hand, then after selecting files and/or folders, right-click and select the "Copy" menu item, followed by right-clicking in the destination location and selecting the "Paste" menu item. It only takes one hand and there is no need to navigate the mouse to a button location.

[bryce]

coarse or course? ahem. Bryce

MCAD ---

[ed welch]

you need two hands to activate the shortcut, so you have to take your hand off the mouse and that slows you down. Really there's no reason no to have a toolbar button. It's not like there's no room