Problems with Link Files - Any assistance from future X2?
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RightPaddock
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You're right the icon overlays are OK in the 64 bit versions. But - there's always a but - and when I saw it I nearly fell out with the cat.
The Shelltoys coexistence problem with menus - is absent in the 32 bit version (Pro & Ult), but its present in the 64bit version (Pro and Ult) - and for the record its absent in Lite
So to get the coloured icon overlays I need the 64 bit version, but then I have to put up with the Shelltoys/X2 menu annoyance - which essentially leaves where I am and $30 out of pocket - why would I do that
Or I can forego the coloured icon overlays and say goodbye to the Shelltoys/X2 menu annoyance - which essentially takes me one step forward and two steps back and $30 out of pocket - why would I do that.
Maybe I can install a 32bit Shelltoys alongside 64bit X2 and get both - no more menu clobbering annoyance and coloured icon overlays. I'll look into that over the next couple of days.
And I'll have a look for an alternative for Context Menu Customising - there's a couple out there - then I can turn the one in Shelltoys off. Mmm+ was good but it died. This could be the best way out of this Catch 22.
I have gut feeling that one of the reasons I upgraded from X2-Lite to Pro back in 2005/6 was icon overlay support
RP
The Shelltoys coexistence problem with menus - is absent in the 32 bit version (Pro & Ult), but its present in the 64bit version (Pro and Ult) - and for the record its absent in Lite
So to get the coloured icon overlays I need the 64 bit version, but then I have to put up with the Shelltoys/X2 menu annoyance - which essentially leaves where I am and $30 out of pocket - why would I do that
Or I can forego the coloured icon overlays and say goodbye to the Shelltoys/X2 menu annoyance - which essentially takes me one step forward and two steps back and $30 out of pocket - why would I do that.
Maybe I can install a 32bit Shelltoys alongside 64bit X2 and get both - no more menu clobbering annoyance and coloured icon overlays. I'll look into that over the next couple of days.
And I'll have a look for an alternative for Context Menu Customising - there's a couple out there - then I can turn the one in Shelltoys off. Mmm+ was good but it died. This could be the best way out of this Catch 22.
I have gut feeling that one of the reasons I upgraded from X2-Lite to Pro back in 2005/6 was icon overlay support
RP
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RightPaddock
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Well, the reason the 32bit X2 menu bar doesn't get clobbered by Shelltoys Menu Customisation is because 32bit X2 does clobber Shelltoys Menu Customisation 
Windows Explorer Context Menu - the 5 flyouts - Rarely Used...Search and Scan - are 'folders' that I define in Shelltoys into which I put context menu items that I don't want on the main context menu.
32bit X2 Context Menu - note that the 5 flyouts have gone AWOL
64bit X2 Context Menu - note that the 5 flyouts are back. But look at X2's menu bar - bit of a mess - yes.
If you're thinking - why haven't you said/done anything about this before. Know that I do not seek Utopia (which is why I refuse to live in the RUFIES Dystopia). As GBS did say, "Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child...", then he went on to hastily add "...but take courage: it can be delightful!". But by then most people had stopped listening
I'll have a look at Glary Utilities menu customisation and any others I can find - it would be nice to have a fully functional X2 menu bar
BTW as well as running interference on 64bit X2's menubar, I think Shelltoys is doing the same on X2's Context Menu Organise function. I'll need to wind up 32bit X2 bit version to check it out.
RP
<rant>
RUFIES - Recalcitrant Union of Former Independent European States.
The more common EUSSR has become a bit passe - as well as showing a total lack of imagination.
RUFIES is urban slang for Rufinol (aka as Rohypnol) often referred to as the Date Rape Drug - which is what the EU is doing to its member states - in spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts.
</rant>
Windows Explorer Context Menu - the 5 flyouts - Rarely Used...Search and Scan - are 'folders' that I define in Shelltoys into which I put context menu items that I don't want on the main context menu.
32bit X2 Context Menu - note that the 5 flyouts have gone AWOL
64bit X2 Context Menu - note that the 5 flyouts are back. But look at X2's menu bar - bit of a mess - yes.
If you're thinking - why haven't you said/done anything about this before. Know that I do not seek Utopia (which is why I refuse to live in the RUFIES Dystopia). As GBS did say, "Life wasn't meant to be easy, my child...", then he went on to hastily add "...but take courage: it can be delightful!". But by then most people had stopped listening
I'll have a look at Glary Utilities menu customisation and any others I can find - it would be nice to have a fully functional X2 menu bar
BTW as well as running interference on 64bit X2's menubar, I think Shelltoys is doing the same on X2's Context Menu Organise function. I'll need to wind up 32bit X2 bit version to check it out.
RP
<rant>
RUFIES - Recalcitrant Union of Former Independent European States.
The more common EUSSR has become a bit passe - as well as showing a total lack of imagination.
RUFIES is urban slang for Rufinol (aka as Rohypnol) often referred to as the Date Rape Drug - which is what the EU is doing to its member states - in spades, clubs, diamonds and hearts.
</rant>
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FrizzleFry
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I like FileMenu Tools...
http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html
http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html
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RightPaddock
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Me too - and if you look you will see it in the piccies of my context menuFrizzleFry wrote:I like FileMenu Tools...
http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html
But I don't think it provides the means to hide things such as "Open <folder> as Notebook in One Note" in a sub menu - And yes I have the latest version.
That's what Shell Toys does - it shows the current context menu and allows items to be moved from the main context menu to user defined flyout sub menus - and back again if you change you mind. Its similar to Mmm+ but its dead and no workee with Vista...
Except Shelltoys interferes with X2's 64bit, and X2 32bit interferes with Shelltoys - only X2 - Windows Explorer and XYPlorer are blissfully unaware of Shelltoys - as is Office, Open Office, Irfan View, Gimp, even ancient proggies from NT 3.5 that I converted from OS/2 Presentation Damager.
I found three context menu config gadgets, will check 'em out tomorra
RP
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RightPaddock
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Two were function clones of FileMenuTools - more about adding custom items and removing - but what I want is an organiser so I can hide things and group things.RightPaddock wrote: I found three context menu config gadgets, will check 'em out tomorra
RP
I found something that looked as if it might be perfect - M0ooo. But it will only play in the Windows Explorer playground. Does not work at all with xplorer2 or XYplorer and a couple of others that I checked for good measure. I don't like the chances that it ever will, but I have written to ask.
So I am back to the same dilemma - why would I upgrade to X2 V2.
RP
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