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Description METRO.SIMPLE.CLEAN & ANIMATED

UPDATE : Download it again for those who missed the x64 bit file!

Now For Windows 8 Consumer Preview - Beta x86 and x64 bit (8250 Build tag) :

- Many thx to WarrenClyde ([link] ) for sending me the x64 bit file from his system. I appreciate this!

Inspired and produced by :
andreascy([link] )

Check also older versions :

V.1 for Windows 7 x32bit and x64 bit (Non SP1, SP1) :

[link]

V.2 for Windows 8 M2 (7955 Build) :

[link]

V.3 for Windows 8 M3 (7989 Build) :

[link]

V.4 for Windows 8 Developers Preview :

[link]

1. Thank you :

First of all i want to thank all of those who inspire me, respect my work and give me the strength to continue what i do !! Thank you also to Vishal Gupta for featuring this work on ASKVG : [link] We featured also this work on our Blog [link] and on Instructables [link]

2. Important :

Don’t forget to make backups of your old files first !!!!

3. Instructions :

This is for the x32 and x64 bit System. Explorerframe.dll files that are provided are animated with 2 types of animations (rectangular and position), so select one of the two provided files and replace the old file in System32 folder of Windows directory. This can be done after taking ownership of the old file, renaming it to explorerframe.dll.bak and make the replace with the new file.

4. Taking ownership :

To take ownership of files and folders in Windows 8 Consumer Preview you can use the provided tweak that will give you the option to take ownership when you right click on a file or folder or drive.
When you use take ownership on a folder, it will take ownership of all the files and subfolders inside the folder too. So simply merge the .reg file provided in the specific folder. You can also remove it if you want using the other .reg file

After this you must refresh explorer :

(a) Run task manager, stop the process of windows explorer, make a
new task, write explorer and hit enter or go to run command and write "TSKILL EXPLORER"

Animations can be shown on the below things :

(a) Windows explorer icons (any preview type selected it has
a different animation style)

(b) Shell texts


5. Support - Testing - Bugs :

Fully tested by me and proved its stability on its fast animation speeds especially if your PC is well built and fast. Bugs not found and i believe this version will be stable too as previous builds like Developers Preview, Windows 7 etc..

6. Preview : [link]


Enjoy it and thx again for all this support guys

P.S : For any problems, questions etc. feel free to contact with me and tell me what went wrong.

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DONATION LINK : [link]
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Comments: 59

andreascy In reply to ??? [2013-08-11 13:57:00 +0000 UTC]

Nope, unfortunately not! This is the mod for Consumer Preview. Microsoft doesnt allow such modifications anymore in the windows files so the project stopped on preview stages. I made my tries with the RTM but no lack, the code is a mess.


If on the future i'll discover a loophole then i may update it.


Thanks for the interest!

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AtemYakkodori In reply to andreascy [2013-09-07 10:52:18 +0000 UTC]

maybe on windows 8.1

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andreascy In reply to AtemYakkodori [2013-09-07 12:43:02 +0000 UTC]

Unfortunately i can't do it for 8.1 buddy. Microsoft made major changes on explorer files since windows 8 rtm so i'm still on experimenting with 8.1.

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AtemYakkodori In reply to andreascy [2013-09-07 20:43:17 +0000 UTC]

okay dokay, good luck!

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andreascy In reply to AtemYakkodori [2013-09-07 20:53:09 +0000 UTC]

thx

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UnknownGuy10 [2013-08-07 17:51:49 +0000 UTC]

what if i install this on Window 7

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andreascy In reply to UnknownGuy10 [2013-08-07 18:38:01 +0000 UTC]

Not this one buddy. This is for Windows 8. If you are using Windows 7 then use V.1 >>Β andreascy.deviantart.com/art/A…

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UnknownGuy10 In reply to andreascy [2013-08-07 22:30:17 +0000 UTC]

I'm completely aware of that already but if I install this on Windows 7 what would happen

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andreascy In reply to UnknownGuy10 [2013-08-07 23:15:14 +0000 UTC]

it's not going to work and it's going to remove the frame from your explorer.exe or even worse it might crash your explorer so avoid using files from other OSs so sensitive to your OS. Just use the file provided for your OS. Win 8 is a different story with it's ribbon UI, shell changes etc.

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UnknownGuy10 In reply to andreascy [2013-08-07 23:42:29 +0000 UTC]

kk

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andreascy In reply to UnknownGuy10 [2013-08-10 07:11:27 +0000 UTC]

Thanks

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Tommyscy [2013-05-08 02:11:00 +0000 UTC]

One of the best customization works for Windows. Simply love it!!! I wish it worked also on Windows Pro

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andreascy In reply to Tommyscy [2013-05-08 02:25:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks! Well i made a try but unfortunately Microsoft made some changes on the UI that does not allow my mods. Will try more on the future so stay tuned..

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chrysis83 [2013-05-07 06:14:57 +0000 UTC]

Perfect, thank you so much for this express reply, good luck and thx again

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andreascy In reply to chrysis83 [2013-05-07 16:18:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you buddy too!!

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chrysis83 [2013-05-06 23:49:50 +0000 UTC]

Hello, i love your Animated ExplorerFrame, I dream to have the same in my Windows 8 Pro X64, maybe one day...

Good job

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andreascy In reply to chrysis83 [2013-05-07 00:04:14 +0000 UTC]

Hello Chrysis. Thank you buddy!

Well actually i begun the project to update it for Windows 8 RP and Pro but Microsoft changed the code and i cannot edit it anymore. I tried with different alternatives but its not working.

It's converted to hexadecimal and it's a mess. I'm afraid Microsoft is locking any available ways for editing so we just have to forget it. If i'll discover any way on the future i might update it.

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sirual92 [2012-06-11 20:00:31 +0000 UTC]

Im running windows 8 release preview but this is for the Windows 8 Consumer Preview
I would love to try your work but Im not sure if its compatible to release preview

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andreascy In reply to sirual92 [2012-06-11 21:05:16 +0000 UTC]

hey buddy no its not compatible..unfortunately i have to make it for RP i was just lot of busy lately and i havent made it..i also havent installed the rp OS so i dont have the files to modify them..if you ll send me the system 32 file i could modify it for you

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eelektro [2012-05-31 17:59:02 +0000 UTC]

Im using w7 x64 .. and there is the question ... is it possible to disable animation when scrolling, its soo annoying, when im marking the icons I cant hit on the right one because its all moving and twitching. but otherwise the animations are SUPER

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andreascy In reply to eelektro [2012-05-31 19:09:08 +0000 UTC]

hey buddy..well i understand what you mean..the solution to this is to use a different animation that wont disturbing you while you scroll..this animation slides horizontally than vertically as the one you are using so here you are..[link] i just made it for your OS..let me know if its ok now

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eelektro In reply to andreascy [2012-05-31 20:29:34 +0000 UTC]

or maybe more faster times to show that animation .. whichever is possible

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andreascy In reply to eelektro [2012-05-31 22:23:09 +0000 UTC]

well look my friend..the animation from the scrolling cannot be removed its part of the overall mod..actually its the different animation which slides when you scroll vertically or horizontally..there is also another effect (alpha) which fades out the items so you may want to try that one to see if its better for you..actually those are the available animations we can get by modifying explorerframe.dll and im pretty sure if you ll get used to it you may like it..its just matter of time i think..eventhough i respect the annoying feeling you may have so the solution is to send you the other effect with the possibility to not like it..also you' re interested on changing the speed and see what best suits to you.. this means i have to modify the file with the possibility again to not like it..its easy but i have a reason im keeping the default speed of the animations on "fast"..this means its the most suitable for usability while slow, very slow and very fast speed settings are not so good for the user..anyway..the point is that there is a program that works differently than my modifications but achieves the same result..the good of this program is that you can adjust the speed of the animations as you want on slow, very slow, fast and very fast and the transparency of the alpha-fade out effect..i know the way which this program works as i talked with the creator on the past and its safe..just be careful because lately they were reported some bugs on this and the creator updated the log file. Here is the link : [link] Good luck, i hope you ll adjust the effects as you prefer them..check also this link on askvg which adds animations on the details pane of win 7 : [link]

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eelektro In reply to andreascy [2012-05-31 23:03:40 +0000 UTC]

huh tried that program - wont try it again
corrupted my explorer and gave error 00xc0000022 or smth like that.

ok lets RES something

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andreascy In reply to eelektro [2012-06-01 05:13:35 +0000 UTC]

ohh ok then..try this alpha effect and tell me if its better for you :

[link]

this wont crush your OS if you still want to change the speed i ll change them but again i just suggest not to..as effect maybe its cool but its not usable..personally im using the rectanglev effect the one which slides vertically and annoys you for more than 2 years and lately i just changed it to the rectangleh which slides horizontally just to use this with my win 8..i can only tell you if you still like them to give them a small chance of time to get used to them..also a small tip is when you are searching for something and you need to scroll on big lists its not so necessary to scroll all this list to find one thing..i think its easier to just know from before what are you searching for and simply click its first letter..it will take you with alphabetical order to a smaller area and directly to what are you searching for..i work fast and this is the first thing i do..i dont scroll so much because i have huge lists everywhere..so you wont have that confusing feeling..im saying this because i can understand how it may seems to you..but give it a small chance..

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eelektro In reply to andreascy [2012-05-31 20:26:08 +0000 UTC]

EH now its not shaking its just fading away
its doing that while selecting and scrolling at the same time .. and now I need to stop, to see where to end selecting ... :/ before that its just was shaking too fast, but wasn't good anyway..

does the animation for scrolling is separate from others maybe could just remove it, (I have no idea how its built...)

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CreativeZombic [2012-05-20 13:49:36 +0000 UTC]

cool .. have to give a try !!!

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andreascy In reply to CreativeZombic [2012-05-20 14:38:15 +0000 UTC]

Thanks bro! If you have any issue let me know!

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CreativeZombic In reply to andreascy [2012-05-20 16:58:21 +0000 UTC]

ofcourse

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Domingo4 [2012-04-14 11:51:51 +0000 UTC]

Awsome...thank you very much

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andreascy In reply to Domingo4 [2012-04-14 13:58:03 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy anytime!!

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swapnil36fg [2012-03-12 09:47:10 +0000 UTC]

Awesome work bro....

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andreascy In reply to swapnil36fg [2012-03-12 09:51:01 +0000 UTC]

thanks bro !!

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charush [2012-03-12 09:25:25 +0000 UTC]

good job man....

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andreascy In reply to charush [2012-03-12 09:50:49 +0000 UTC]

Thanks buddy !!

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charush [2012-03-12 09:24:59 +0000 UTC]

good job ,man.....

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PeterRollar [2012-03-01 22:16:47 +0000 UTC]

Awesome job Andreas

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andreascy In reply to PeterRollar [2012-03-01 22:46:57 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much Peter !!

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VentiCe [2012-03-01 20:56:09 +0000 UTC]

Good work (as always )
tip: try to make gifs/videos so everyone can understand what really this explorerframe does.

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andreascy In reply to VentiCe [2012-03-01 21:47:51 +0000 UTC]

thx ventice.. good tip..actually i thought people already know what this is..there are also on youtube some videos..maybe i ll do some.. !!

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WarrenClyde [2012-03-01 02:36:03 +0000 UTC]

"- For the X64 bit systems i need someone who can send me the original explorerframe.dll file from the system 32 of that 64 bit system so i can modify it and include it on this pack!"

Sure thing, Here's my ExplorerFrame. I'm on Windows 8 Consumer Preview 64-Bit. Your welcome.

[link]

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andreascy In reply to WarrenClyde [2012-03-01 05:57:26 +0000 UTC]

Updated budddy..now you can try it and tell me if it works..good luck and enjoy it!

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andreascy In reply to WarrenClyde [2012-03-01 05:26:13 +0000 UTC]

Awesome!!!!!!! thank you so much my friend for your response..i'llupdate soon the pack !!

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MAkhdar [2012-03-01 00:29:23 +0000 UTC]

Not bad Good work! So are you liking the Consumer Preview?

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andreascy In reply to MAkhdar [2012-03-01 00:35:55 +0000 UTC]

thx buddy ..well i like it..ive used it a couple of hours to check how it goes..first thing u notice is the speed..its so fast..browsers, windows, anything is fast..i love the metro colours..so bright and clean..startui has some good changes on it, i like the tricks with zoom in zoom out of the metro screen, the charmsbar etc..i made also some updates, i printed with my printer and generally drivers and devices seem to work..also task manager works..my weather app wasnt working so i suppose they ll fix it for my country too..how was yrs? if its 64 bit i need that explorerframe.dll file

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MAkhdar In reply to andreascy [2012-03-01 22:59:21 +0000 UTC]

So far it is great to use and I also like the great speed! It kind of makes me happy to use it because of the bright and vibrant colors I really like the Xbox integration and it works very well. Currently I am running it virtual and will probably be installing it on my desktop (64 bit), I'll make sure to send it as soon possible!

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andreascy In reply to MAkhdar [2012-03-02 04:52:18 +0000 UTC]

same feelings here too man..ignore the message before cz i already installed i found the 64 bit file..eventhough i installed the 64 bit on my laptop..it seems that for laptops its a bit difficult to find for now all the drivers. Also thats why its beta cz its not compatible with programs lets say ecurity essentials..ignoring all this the overall system seems veeeryy good i like it !!

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Grimmdev [2012-02-29 23:36:12 +0000 UTC]

wait till windows 8 actually comes out!

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andreascy In reply to Grimmdev [2012-02-29 23:46:01 +0000 UTC]

lol..it came out already

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ioannouevo6 [2012-02-29 22:42:42 +0000 UTC]

Awesome friend

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