Getting classic look in Windows explorer

August 26th, 2011 - 08:29 pm ET by Jim | Report spam
I love the look and feel of the classic look in XP/98 etc so having made
the move to 7 first thing was to tweak Windows Explorer (WE) was to get
it looking and feeling the way i like, however i also like the look of 7
using the aero effects (glass bit at the top etc) so can i make WE look
and feel like the classic look without making the whole of windows take
up the classic look.

Right now i have Classic Shell installed and been working with that and
have come up with this so far

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-image...lorer.jpg/

however this is how i'd like to make WE look

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-image...lorer.jpg/

I know there is not much to choose but enough for me to keep looking for
the right answer, any suggestions?

TIA
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#1 J. P. Gilliver (John)
August 27th, 2011 - 05:48 am ET | Report spam
In message <4e583a81$0$2046$c3e8da3$, Jim
writes:
I love the look and feel of the classic look in XP/98 etc so having
made the move to 7 first thing was to tweak Windows Explorer (WE) was
to get it looking and feeling the way i like, however i also like the
look of 7 using the aero effects (glass bit at the top etc) so can i



Me too.

make WE look and feel like the classic look without making the whole of
windows take up the classic look.

Right now i have Classic Shell installed and been working with that and
have come up with this so far

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-image...lorer.jpg/

however this is how i'd like to make WE look

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-image...lorer.jpg/

I know there is not much to choose but enough for me to keep looking
for the right answer, any suggestions?

TIA



The main difference I see between the two is that you have details (file
type, size, and date) showing in the one you've got so far, and not in
the one you want - is that the main change you want (if so, I _think_
it's just one of the options under View - I'm not on the 7 machine ATM),
or is it something more subtle (some of the bars are different between
your two)?
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May 1999.)

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