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PeterRollar β€” Another Windows8 startscreen V2.0

Published: 2011-11-19 20:20:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 18728; Favourites: 36; Downloads: 2649
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Description Another Windows8 startscreen for

XP tested by me
Vista tested by
Windows7 tested by me.

Why?
1. Why not
2.No need for actual NET frameworks.
3.Never uses more than 10mb RAM
4. Each desklet can be fully customised and scaled individually
5.Free choice of the systray icon you wanna use.
6.If you are a little bit familiar with Javascript you can do nearly everything with this.

How to use:
First of all download Avedesk 1.3 here[link]
Install it and run the proggy one times to get rid of the intro.
Than copy and paste the Avedesk exe to the main folder of this deviation.
Click on the exe and it should run.
If not the controlpanel of Avedesk will appear and you have to load the theme manually.

To start the slideshow click on the picstream icon.

If you like this deviation give it a try. If you face any problems, just ask me.

Wallpaper with and without scrollbar included.

Left bottom startmenu can be found here[link]

!!Warning. This is no "One click job". Some basic knowledge about customisation recommended.!!

Totally remake
November19 2011
Changelog:
See changelog and get the video how to use here[link]

Musicplayer needs additional software which can be found here for free[link]
Preconfigured tiles for most shortcuts if your Windows is on C:
Preconfigured position of tiles for 1024x768 or similar low resolutions.
If you use high res you can manually add all tiles you want to one screen.Remove the scrollbars by clicking on them and press delete.
Easy change between the two screens by mouseover userpicture or "Start" text.
Nearly all images remade.
How to use RSS feed and Tile puzzle:

Mouseover the tiles on the right bottom corner brings up the backside to configure them.
You have to install the included font Segoe WP to use the News feed.

Visual nearly 100 per cent similar to the original
Mouseover the "Start" text or the userpicture to switch between the screens.

Watch it in action on youtube[link]

Preview of Version 3.0 on Youtube[link]

Have fun

No redistribution in Transformationpacks/Skinpacks allowed!
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Comments: 31

prata101 [2014-01-09 13:28:45 +0000 UTC]

LOL, where is the file for download...
I already istalled avedesk and ran it, where is the link to download the awesome looking deviant file???

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PeterRollar In reply to prata101 [2014-01-11 13:04:10 +0000 UTC]

This versionpeterrollar.deviantart.com/art…
Newer versionpeterrollar.deviantart.com/art…
Newest versionpeterrollar.deviantart.com/art… (Only preview, no download yet)

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SBM2 [2012-11-30 10:21:18 +0000 UTC]

Avedesk shows error.

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PeterRollar In reply to SBM2 [2012-12-01 09:00:19 +0000 UTC]

How does it comes that things are working for thousands of people but not for you?

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trickstime [2012-03-09 07:27:39 +0000 UTC]

Great! buddy!
You find the full tutorial on this.here

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PeterRollar In reply to trickstime [2012-03-09 20:29:31 +0000 UTC]

Thank you

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trickstime In reply to PeterRollar [2012-03-10 13:16:17 +0000 UTC]

It's my pleasure buddy!
My site

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acheronfallen [2011-11-29 05:44:28 +0000 UTC]

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PeterRollar In reply to acheronfallen [2011-11-30 20:51:30 +0000 UTC]

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Drudger [2011-11-25 00:00:59 +0000 UTC]

Looks great, look forward to V.3.

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PeterRollar In reply to Drudger [2011-11-25 20:47:43 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Jim. I'm just working on it. Working Lockscreen added meanwhile.

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sagorpirbd [2011-11-24 18:09:49 +0000 UTC]

Gonna try this, nice job Peter.

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PeterRollar In reply to sagorpirbd [2011-11-24 21:52:36 +0000 UTC]

Thank you Sagor
This version is outdated meanwhile. Just working on Version 3.0. I have lots of ideas to add.

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ArtofPrincessM [2011-11-22 19:17:07 +0000 UTC]

wow this is interesting! its cool tho good work

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PeterRollar In reply to ArtofPrincessM [2011-11-22 20:36:13 +0000 UTC]

Thanx for your very kind words.

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SaMUnhigh [2011-11-22 14:34:50 +0000 UTC]

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PeterRollar In reply to SaMUnhigh [2011-11-22 20:37:06 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much

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Snow-katt [2011-11-22 09:37:33 +0000 UTC]

how very ...touch screen
i can already see 8 wont be for me
i dislike the way win 7 does the taskbar and start menu let alone this

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PeterRollar In reply to Snow-katt [2011-11-22 20:38:28 +0000 UTC]

I'm sure you're not the only one who dislikes it.Hopefully MS makes some changes til the release.

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Snow-katt In reply to PeterRollar [2011-11-22 20:56:38 +0000 UTC]

im of the old school win 9x user base
win 9x task bar and start menu for me please
vista does that fine so i like vista win 7 doesnt do that so i dont like win 7 ( i dont really like most of the UI of win 7 )

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PeterRollar In reply to Snow-katt [2011-11-24 21:54:02 +0000 UTC]

You can use "Classic mode" on Win7. This should fit your likings.

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Snow-katt In reply to PeterRollar [2011-11-24 22:16:33 +0000 UTC]

but the start menu would stil be the "new" version ( i know its nto that new but i have always used the win 9x version of the start menu even in xp )

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bigcyco1 [2011-11-20 13:40:51 +0000 UTC]

very nice looking Peter

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PeterRollar In reply to bigcyco1 [2011-11-20 15:51:01 +0000 UTC]

Thank you BigC
Did you watch the video?

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bigcyco1 In reply to PeterRollar [2011-11-20 16:04:11 +0000 UTC]

Yes i did very cool Peter

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FrankenBerries [2011-11-19 21:41:15 +0000 UTC]

güzel olmuş.

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PeterRollar In reply to FrankenBerries [2011-11-19 21:49:19 +0000 UTC]

Teşekkür ederim

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andreascy [2011-11-19 21:09:31 +0000 UTC]

Excellent work Peter, i was waiting for yr release !!!!!!

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PeterRollar In reply to andreascy [2011-11-19 21:15:05 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much my friend. If you face any problems to use it, please tell me.

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andreascy In reply to PeterRollar [2011-11-19 21:16:28 +0000 UTC]

of course here we r to see what happens with all these goodies hiding in yr gallery hehe

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PeterRollar In reply to andreascy [2011-11-19 21:27:00 +0000 UTC]

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