Presenting the Start Menu widget!
In an effort to try create widgets that will reduce the reliance of the original Start Menu, this is the final result. You can browse All Programs through this widget (as shown above, eg. Browsing Administrative Tools), and you can pin programs for easy access later (you can choose to unpin them too, however, you'll have to refresh the list to see it get fully removed).
Not only that, you can access almost all Control Panel options through this widget.
Let me know what you guys think, and whether there are bugs/room for improvement
In an effort to try create widgets that will reduce the reliance of the original Start Menu, this is the final result. You can browse All Programs through this widget (as shown above, eg. Browsing Administrative Tools), and you can pin programs for easy access later (you can choose to unpin them too, however, you'll have to refresh the list to see it get fully removed).
Not only that, you can access almost all Control Panel options through this widget.
Let me know what you guys think, and whether there are bugs/room for improvement
When I go in, it just black screen with "All Program" on the top...
Please solve this question, I have same question in my Picture and Games widgets.
I will include XP support for this widget in the next update
ps: "once copy/paste in app.folder, i should be able to enjoy your work."
Keep it up
2) As for the font color, shall I include a customization option for that, or shall I just go with a dark color?
I'll be working on 3 widgets concurrently after this, so the next release will probably be in a week or two. I'll be working on a Power Options widget, an improved music widget and the recycle bin widget; the only big one will be the music widget, the other 2 will be rather basic
Btw, this is absolutely marvelous!
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Just a couple of problems -
1) I don't see all my programs listed when I click All Programs. I see all the folders; but not all the other program shortcuts that are there when I hit All Programs from Start Menu. Likewise, when I click some of the folders (and this happens only to very few folders), some programs are seen; others are missing. E.g. when i click Microsoft Office folder, I can see programs like excel, access etc. But Word is missing. Similarly, when I click Asus folder (I have Asus laptop), not all the Asus utilities can be seen. There are 10 of them; but I can only 7 of them. So i guess this happens only with those folders that I have many files in it like 8 or 10 program files in it. But that's just my guess. Or is it related to windows 7 64 bit edition? As some programs are installed in C:\program files while others are in C:\program files(x86). But I don't think that should be problem.
2) Names of folders are in white font color over yellowish folder color, making it very hard to read. Can the font color be changed to black or something dark?
All other links are working fine. Control Panel options are working great. Pinning/unpinning is no problem. In fact everything looks just fine except the two problems I mentioned above.
Many many Thanks for this widget. What's next?
2) As for the font color, shall I include a customization option for that, or shall I just go with a dark color?
I'll be working on 3 widgets concurrently after this, so the next release will probably be in a week or two. I'll be working on a Power Options widget, an improved music widget and the recycle bin widget; the only big one will be the music widget, the other 2 will be rather basic