Windows 10 - Tweaks & Ideas

New OS Name -- LastMarbles or LostMarbles

 

It would be a ballsy move, indeed.

I like 5, and 10 because I like sunlight shining on things. "Sunshine... on my ... makes me happy..." -- John Denver

 

~ Marble Universe ~

I like the idea of this one

 

Also the middle effect you have in marbles looks pretty cool without any limitations from a glass orb.

 

Hey, the top is one of my fav walls, it's supposed to be a micro view (artistic atoms, etc.)!

 

How about this mod of it? a little more personalized to our use.

 

I found a really high res version without any JPG artifacts and then I noticed the Yin-yang looks better smaller than the orb, so I re did it using Lightroom to apply the same color alterations - the original can be found:

http://www.wallpapermania.eu/images/data/2013-03/4513_Solar-system-in-3D-Artistic-HD-wallpaper.jpg

 

Just added some 0,ShadowDistance to make the outline more equal (it's still bad but I can't get it any better), I also made the default size of the Label box bigger, just in case it still has issues with C0de's clipping bug (I am out of practice programming).

I also made Docket run Setup.exe /Unattend:X:\AutoUnattend.xml instead of just setup.exe as when your installing from ISO it works, but from USB it doesn't use it by default. (it will detect X:\ as the CDDrive AKA Install media)

My install went good apart from some residual effects, such as Desktop in Quick Access is pointing to the wrong location when I set it with my Settings app to D:\Documents

 

Oops, forgot to add /unattend: to the command line

 

Updated Last10 Tweaks to physically remove the WU - Hide Updates from the System section in the context menu as it only works with Enterprise (We think), I may change it back to not included, but thought Trouba should know that I am cleaning up anyone who has already used the tweaks and wants to re-apply to fix their context to only working items.

I also updated the hosts file and edited Autoruns and MyUninstaller to run as administrator only.

 

Code:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

;33 is confirmation to delete something, 37 is NO asking to delete (requires explorer restart)
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer]
"ShellState"=hex:24,00,00,00,33,28,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,\
  01,00,00,00,13,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,62,00,00,00

I think we should add this in to the default tweaks, if you don't agree Trouba let me know and I'll add it as a post tweak. I just bumped my delete key and saw a file go away without any question, which is not ok most of the time, it's easier to disable the message if your working on a large number of files, else the safety is more important IMO.

 

I don't know about T, but I sure agree. I would much rather have the default behavior to be to ask for confirmation.

 

I haven't done a fresh test to see if the zone fix will work, but I added 3 different methods from various sources, so I assume it will just grab the latest Last10 Tweaks from the repository to try it out, I also update the hosts and mention it in the description so others will remember to include the changed hosts entries - I still will stick with 127.0.0.1 as it's the one I know works for me.

I also uploaded a x64 Calc.exe that will replace the default Modern app version that is include with Windows 10, As I didn't have a version of Windows 8.1 x86 calc.exe laying around at the moment.

 

SetupS is ignoring me and not making the shortcut to run calc.exe no matter what I do, not sure why yet, I may have to force it another way.

-EDIT-

Seems SetupS can not make a link to a file inside System32, dunno why, but I just made it use %ProgramFiles%\Calc instead... Maybe Freezer can remember why we limited SetupS like this, but the Modern app version is stored in the C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\ folder, meaning the .exe links to that much like how Notepad2 jumps to it's .exe when you pick notepad. So if anyone else finds a better way to handle replacing this, let me know

 

Well the Windows 10 PE now supports SysWOW64 and ssWPI, it actually works better than the Windows 8.1 PE did.

Download the WinBuilder PE from here if your interested in making it:
http://win10se.cwcodes.net/Compressed/

 

I've got a glitch where it's not offering me the option to install from a .esd within a SavePE, so I may have to revert back to a non LivePE, or I am currently just making sure it's working with an install.wim, else the problem may be bigger than I thought and people would need to use WinNTSetup3 if using a LivePE (where it did work fine still)

 

Probably because it's still defined that way in "MenuDefaults.ini" (which itself was captured shortcuts from fresh OS installs). And that file is obviously outdated for Windows 10. I've got the kludge to capture those default shortcuts if anyone would like to volunteer themselves to the task for Pro/Home & x86/x64 editions. (I just haven't had the time lately even though upgrading retail demo models to Windows 10 was about all I did this summer -- you'd think I would've thought to do that then when I had the chance LOL)

 

Wait, is that because Win10 moved Calculator to %ProgramFiles% now? ... or is there a new restriction in Win10 now preventing shortcuts to files in System32/Syswow64? Maybe it's not just SetupS then?

 

No it's not moved, it's in both places but the one in System32 is just a caller stub to get to the modern app one in the %Prog% folder.

I am able to manually make links to my C:\Windows\System32\calc.exe but when I tried to use SetupS and set the AppPath to C:\Windows\System32 it also refused to create a ssApp.app in there (of course) and I attempted to make it go in C:\Windows\System32\Calc and it still refused to make a shortcut (but copied the ssApp.app etc) - so I am not sure if it's SetupS or Windows 10 restriction causing this issue. Although if I do a menu resort it didn't make a link to Calculator in - Office either, meaning I think it is a limitation of some kind and not a processing issue.

 

I think you're right. We would've seen this issue in Windows 8 and I just checked, Calculator shortcut is okay (in its Office folder).

What about changing the def in "MenuDefaults.ini" to have it create the shortcut to %ProgramFiles% instead? If that works, then we definitely need to update that file.

 

The year, yeah, but look at that Sept 2019 post about Win8... You could say it's the forum database messing up but I think it's proof time-travel is real