Dot Matrix Posted September 18, 2012 Share Posted September 18, 2012 Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595187899 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Windows Server 2012 Standard One thing though you can't have start screen BG.... I'm sure someone will add it soon though..... Server Manager: Task manager: Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595188891 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Himanshu- Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I really started to like the start-screen once I de-fullscreened it^^ And I might not have much use for the Metro apps themselves but in a small information dock they are great! :) ... How did you manage to resize the start screen? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189537 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted September 19, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 19, 2012 Apparently, that's been fixed. I still don't like how they look. They still have the "non-Metro-style" old icons and no tile colour. I wish Microsoft had let us modify the tiles of Desktop apps (the ability to change the colour and add our own "Metro-style" icons would have been nice, in my opinion). As it stands, I can't pin any Desktop apps to my Start screen and still enjoy the user experience, due to how inconsistent those tiles look. remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189571 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 You can change them... go to the right folder and change the icons there! I did it: should be C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs change the icons by the usual right click>properties method... this also changes your taskbar icon as well.... if you add to start, then pin it.... Calum 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189583 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerax Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Run dialog is completely depreciated and redundant. Not sure why it's still there. I agree with everything you say, apart from this. I always use it to launch things. (regedit, msinfo32, notepad, mspaint, write, taskmgr, etc). FiB3R 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189593 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 I agree with everything you say, apart from this. I always use it to launch things. (regedit, msinfo32, notepad, mspaint, write, taskmgr, etc). You can do that from Search now. Even on Windows 7, you can input run dialog commands, and even folder paths into Search and it'll go. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189635 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calum Veteran Posted September 19, 2012 Veteran Share Posted September 19, 2012 You can change them... go to the right folder and change the icons there! I did it: should be C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs change the icons by the usual right click>properties method... this also changes your taskbar icon as well.... if you add to start, then pin it.... Thanks :) I'm more concerned with the tile not being coloured and the icon still being smaller than the icons on most "Metro" tiles, though, unfortunately. But at least your suggestion would help somewhat :) remixedcat 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189713 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 Thanks :) I'm more concerned with the tile not being coloured and the icon still being smaller than the icons on most "Metro" tiles, though, unfortunately. But at least your suggestion would help somewhat :) No problem... and that was bothering me as well... I like windows 7 to have all windows 7 feel and all windows server 2012 to have all it's feel.... not a mixmash of crap.... http://dakirby309.deviantart.com/art/Metro-UI-Dock-Icon-Set-RELEASED-678-Icons-280724102 is the icon set I used..... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerax Posted September 19, 2012 Share Posted September 19, 2012 You can do that from Search now. Even on Windows 7, you can input run dialog commands, and even folder paths into Search and it'll go. Oh, I know. I guess it's just a habbit ;x. It also looks a lot more l337 when done in-front of bitches, bitches love l337. remixedcat and FiB3R 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595189803 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDX Posted September 20, 2012 Share Posted September 20, 2012 How did you manage to resize the start screen? I did it with a tool called StartMenuModifier made by a Neowin member^^ Here is the original thread for it :) https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/ -Himanshu- 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595192077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Himanshu- Posted September 21, 2012 Share Posted September 21, 2012 I did it with a tool called StartMenuModifier made by a Neowin member^^ Here is the original thread for it :) http://www.neowin.ne...-menu-modifier/ Thanks! Looks good. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595193991 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyDX Posted September 22, 2012 Share Posted September 22, 2012 Thanks! Looks good. Yeah I agree, it certainly opens up way more options^^ Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595196739 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dot Matrix Posted September 23, 2012 Share Posted September 23, 2012 Multi-tasking in Windows 8 is phenomenal. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595199627 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ... Brandon H, FiB3R and Dot Matrix 3 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595201515 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 ... Is that the Custom tile creator (can't remember the name :p ) app? Looks great for those who doesn't use the start screen as their launchers :) Off topic: I really hope that the TrackSeries dev fix the 1/1/1 bug. It kind of triggers OCD in a way :p Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595201533 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active. Posted September 24, 2012 Share Posted September 24, 2012 Is that the Custom tile creator (can't remember the name :p ) app? Looks great for those who doesn't use the start screen as their launchers :) Yeah, it's the 'Custom Tiles Maker'. Works a lot better than the MetroTiles trial version I used before. :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595201555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 << snip >> I'm running Windows Server 2012 as well... How did you manage to change the desktop? I can't change mine at all from the standard baby blue window chrome. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595224065 Share on other sites More sharing options...
grayscale Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 http://dakirby309.de...Icons-280724102 is the icon set I used Thanks :) I'm more concerned with the tile not being coloured and the icon still being smaller than the icons on most "Metro" tiles, though, unfortunately. But at least your suggestion would help somewhat :) You guys should check this (buried :p ) thread. It's OblyTile which allows us to have the Metro icons on Desktop applications. Kitty, you can use those PNGs as well. Just needs a bit of resizing. *by buried I mean, most people seem to want consistency on the start screen and this tiny app surely solves that one and yet it was left unnoticed :p. subcld and Max Norris 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595224077 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted October 4, 2012 Share Posted October 4, 2012 I'm running Windows Server 2012 as well... How did you manage to change the desktop? I can't change mine at all from the standard baby blue window chrome. windows server 2012 workstation converter enable the desktop and .net services on page 1: enable audio,themes,and network discovery on this page: after that you should be able to select the theme you need. also I have it set to auto change based on the slideshow color.... (Nice feature!) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595224193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mozy Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 subcld 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595228165 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Active. Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 http://dakirby309.de...Icons-280724102 is the icon set I used..... Those icons are kind of fun. Thanks for that! Dot Matrix 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595228175 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Norris Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 You guys should check this (buried :p ) thread. It's OblyTile which allows us to have the Metro icons on Desktop applications. Kitty, you can use those PNGs as well. Just needs a bit of resizing. Good call on that program.. a little touchy at times, fairly time consuming when you want to do a bajillion of them, but definitely liking the results so far. grayscale and Jan 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595228179 Share on other sites More sharing options...
remixedcat Posted October 5, 2012 Share Posted October 5, 2012 Those icons are kind of fun. Thanks for that! No problem-o! ;-) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595228213 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted October 11, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted October 11, 2012 Good call on that program.. a little touchy at times, fairly time consuming when you want to do a bajillion of them, but definitely liking the results so far. That looks pretty cool. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1025948-flaunt-your-windows-8-screenshots-here/page/16/#findComment-595239733 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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