~Johnny Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 I've never played with manipulating Windows before, but is it at all possible to change the DPI a Window renders at? The start screen chooses how many rows / columns is has based on your resolution & physical screen size, so I was trying to think of ways to get around that and let you add more / less rows & columns regardless. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595168747 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtefere Posted September 13, 2012 Share Posted September 13, 2012 PLEEEAAAASE SVN custom start screen height?!?! PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595171549 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted September 14, 2012 Author Share Posted September 14, 2012 PLEEEAAAASE SVN custom start screen height?!?! PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!! Will do in the next release :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595174855 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtefere Posted September 15, 2012 Share Posted September 15, 2012 I love you. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595177025 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 SM Modifier v1.1 is out: http://www.diablocrafts.com/uploads/SMModifier1.1.zip This update allows you to choose a custom height for the start screen (360px default). devHead and riceBox 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595179365 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ashtefere Posted September 16, 2012 Share Posted September 16, 2012 Thank you so, so much! You have no idea what you have done... EDIT: One more request if I may... is there a way to also change the height for the fullscreen metro apps in the same way as you have done with the start screen? Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595179555 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpo Posted November 30, 2012 Share Posted November 30, 2012 Just wanted to say great job with this program it's just what I was looking for. It does not seem to be saving my settings when I restart.. I always have to apply them again. Any ideas how to get my settings to stay when I reboot? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595359164 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted December 1, 2012 Author Share Posted December 1, 2012 Working on that should have an update by Monday. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595361606 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted December 4, 2012 Author Share Posted December 4, 2012 The latest update can be found here - http://www.diablocra...Modifier1.2.zip Features: * "Fill screen, show taskbar" added as a position * Ability to close app after settings are applied on startup * Alternatively, you can use the -close param as a launch argument to have the app close automatically after settings are applied Bug fixes: * Task tray icon now closes gracefully with the app * App now applies config at startup subcld 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595366838 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blimpo Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thanks for this. Working great so far :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595368584 Share on other sites More sharing options...
patseguin Global Moderator Posted December 4, 2012 Global Moderator Share Posted December 4, 2012 I was about to start typing a message bitching about people who complain about the start menu but this is pretty darned cool. Gonna check it out... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595368596 Share on other sites More sharing options...
PDNagilum Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Any chance of you posting the source to this app? Would love to take a look at it :) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595400420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
subcld Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 Cool app thank you Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595400570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xbbdc Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 svnO.o, thanks for the app, but can you please edit the first post to always include the newest version? thanks again! Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595401734 Share on other sites More sharing options...
svnO.o Posted December 25, 2012 Author Share Posted December 25, 2012 svnO.o, thanks for the app, but can you please edit the first post to always include the newest version? thanks again! I would but the posts in this forum are non-editable for whatever reason. I appreciate the feedback. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595413762 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin McGregor Posted December 25, 2012 Share Posted December 25, 2012 I love how all the apps I am seeing right now for Windows 8 are Start menu apps. Some people see going backwards as progression. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595413784 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madevil Posted December 27, 2012 Share Posted December 27, 2012 I can't get it to work on either pro or enterprise version, any idea of the cause? I've just found out this is running under 64 bit only... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595417384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrw45 Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 This is great. Now for my biggest annoyance; which is the fact that the Start Screen disappears every time I go to a monitor that has the Desktop UI. Think you can find a way of pinning it to a screen so it does not disappear every time you engage a monitor that has the desktop UI. There has been a lot of discussion concerning this issue on the MS forums of late and it looks like you may be close to solution here. Great work so far! Thanks mrw Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595442982 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums4everyth Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 just wondering. how do u stop this thing from working? just, "pre-opening this file" state, not changing its settings to make it look like its not there er anything. lol I couldn't figure it out :p sry for the criticism: I like this a lot! but id rather wait til everything possible can get customized (the background image, opacity of tiles, opacity of the start screen itself, custom solid colored tiles, naming tiles, tiles stack in a more customizable way). im lovin the taskbar combo! the tiles are different, but still stuck on an annoying grid. the dock is sweet (although I was hoping that when I went to 200px that maybe id cut off the 'Start' and 'Account Name' out, but it wiped the tiles lol). I really enjoy it, its just not full-fledged yet. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595491640 Share on other sites More sharing options...
drums4everyth Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I just realized.... is this thing not 3rd party? this is just utilizing the tools windows hides? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595491664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfirth Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I just realized.... is this thing not 3rd party? this is just utilizing the tools windows hides? It's 3rd party. It's using the win32 api to manipulate the start screen. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595491684 Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted January 31, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted January 31, 2013 It's 3rd party. It's using the win32 api to manipulate the start screen. Which is interesting because it makes you wonder what types of changes we might get later on, either from MS listening to users or from tools like this. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595491904 Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryenus Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Thank you for this nice app! I just encountered a small glitch, when it's started via Launchy (64-bit), I always get the following unhandled exception: ************** Exception Text **************System.InvalidOperationException: Operation is not valid due to the current state of the object. at SMModifier.frmSMModifier.Taskbar..ctor() at SMModifier.frmSMModifier.applyConfig(Boolean resetConfig) at SMModifier.frmSMModifier.getSettings(Int32 primaryMonitor) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmShowWindow(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.Form.WndProc(Message& m) at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)[/CODE] Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595500526 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davo Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 I'm admittedly being quite dumb but what does this do exactly? I couldn't figure it out from the screenshots. Is this basically using the new style Start Screen like the legacy Start Menu? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595500556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisbax Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Despite this useful program is intended to be for both x86 and x64 versions of Windows 8, it doesn't run for the 32 bit versions of Windows. Is it possible to fix it? Thanks Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1104241-windows-8-start-menu-modifier/page/2/#findComment-595518984 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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