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pandy |
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🌟Computer says no🌟 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,736 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 ![]() |
My computer has broken down. Yeah, again. I just bought a very slightly used one with a lot better components that I would otherwise afford.
It comes with Win 10 (Pro), I think. The guy hated it himself and recommended me to install 7 or 8 instead. 7 seems the least annoying, but support ends in less than 3 years. 8 seems pretty horrid too. So maybe I should just go with 10? I've read about the murder of the start menu, that updates are forced and that you have no control of what and when. Is it as bad as I've heard? |
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Christian J |
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Talking about uninstalling, if I get rid of the silly apps and programs I don't want, they will just push them on me again, right? Haven't checked actually. At least they stay away from the Start menu. It's perhaps a good idea to check settings after major updates, some say they can get reset. QUOTE Can you explain to me how I can have two desktop.ini side by side though? I don't even get one ini, despite showing hidden files (I recall Vista displayed them, though). Is it something that the Classic Start menu added? ![]() |
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🌟Computer says no🌟 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,736 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 ![]() |
Dunno. I found and installed that one right off. Have you tried it? I like it. If you Shift-click you get the normal windows 10 menu, both worlds.
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🌟Computer says no🌟 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,736 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 ![]() |
At least one of them is probably from the menu. But how can two identically named files exist in the same folder? Somthing must make each one unique but it isn't visible to us.
![]() CODE [.ShellClassInfo] LocalizedResourceName=@%SystemRoot%\system32\shell32.dll,-21769 CODE IconResource=%SystemRoot%\system32\imageres.dll,-183 [LocalizedFileNames] Internet Explorer.lnk=@%windir%\System32\ie4uinit.exe,-731 Well, thank you for your help. Tomorrow I'll get my old drives in and start sorting and installing. I decided not to rush this time. |
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I almost never use the Start menu myself, so it's just a minor issue to me.
But how can two identically named files exist in the same folder? Somthing must make each one unique but it isn't visible to us. ![]() No idea. Do they persist after rebooting? If not it might be a UI bug. Didn't understand the code you posted, where did you find it? ![]() QUOTE Tomorrow I'll get my old drives in and start sorting and installing. I decided not to rush this time. I'd use a HDD for music and videos, it's fast enough for them. Save the SSD space for the OS and programs. |
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🌟Computer says no🌟 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,736 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 ![]() |
Didn't understand the code you posted, where did you find it? ![]() Just the content of the ini files. QUOTE I'd use a HDD for music and videos, it's fast enough for them. Save the SSD space for the OS and programs. That's what I'm planning. Sadly I don't think the SSD is big enough for all programs. |
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Just the content of the ini files. I got curious, and found this: https://superuser.com/questions/463946/why-...ry-in-windows-7 QUOTE Sadly I don't think the SSD is big enough for all programs. I put most of my large programs (games) on the HDD too, only a few favorites go on the SSD. |
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🌟Computer says no🌟 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: WDG Moderators Posts: 20,736 Joined: 9-August 06 Member No.: 6 ![]() |
I don't fully understand what solved that guys problem, but it seems it was related to not showing known extensions and/or system files. I of course turned all that on first thing.
![]() Yeah. I don't play games. Well, solitaire... ![]() Sometimes I miss Win95 and the 1 GB HD I had back then. ![]() |
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