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PeterRollar — Windows 8.1 RTM desktop replacement
Published: 2013-11-03 13:49:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 51504; Favourites: 47; Downloads: 13612
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Watch it in motion on Youtubewww.youtube.com/watch?v=od8AR5… Windows 8.1 RTM with alternative desktop
You can resize each and everything visible on the desktop.
You can easily add more icons (tiles).
You can drag and drop each icon.
You can adjust the transparency for each icon individually.
You can change the color of each icon in seconds.
Musicplayer
Play videos in your sidebar
Slideshow in your sidebar
Get information about CPU usage and RAM usage
Get an alarm clock
Connect to your FTP server
Get shutdown options on your desktop
Get weather and weather forecast for one week
Newsticker
Clock and date
Stock quotes
Battery charge
Notes
Mail notifier
HDD usage
Wi Fi strength and usage (Disabled by default to safe resources for not wireless users. Add it via controlpanel of Avedesk)
Search on the sidebar
Fullscreen slideshow added to sidebar
Fullscreen music player added to sidebar
Fullscreen weather forecast added to sidebar
Click on your userpicture to hide your desktop
The musicplayer needs additional software which you can get herecd-art-display.deviantart.com/
Work in progress.
All screenshots Windows 8.1 RTM
Can also be used on XP, Vista,Windows7 and Windows8. You have to change some directories for older OS. To do so rightclick the desklet, go to shortcut and add the path you need.
Almost all of the icons are designed and copyrighted by
You can find the complete set of the best "Metro" icons heredakirby309.deviantart.com/art/…
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Comments: 76
There is nothing that can be fixed. This file works great on some computers, and on some others it is almost impossible to get it to work. That's the reason why i don't do Avedesk stuff anymore.I switched to Samurize which is easier to handle and very stable.
Sorry i cannot help you.
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Thank you. Glad you like it.
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I still think this is probably the most inventive thing you've made yet! Would you be willing to offer a version with a darker color scheme? Something more in line with the start screen colors?
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There is no need for this. You can adjust the color of everything visible on the desktop. Simply rightclick on the item, go to the advanced tab, and choose whatever color you want to have. It is really easy.
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correct me if i'm wrong, but your tile colors seem much brighter than the one used in the omnimo suite: fediafedia.deviantart.com/art/…
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Honestly i have no clue. This has nothing to do with Omnimo. I made it for my personal likings.
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Thanx
Try to write : iconwin8plz : without spaces
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thanks bro..for that cool stuff...keep it up the hard work..
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Thank you for your nice comment.
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Looks really cool
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Yes it is a prog that's constantly running. It needs 10-15mb RAM, which isn't much for nowadays computers. It is Avedesk, something similar to Rainmeter or Samurize. This cannot give you a close Win8 experience. Better download a free trial of Win8.
Thanx for your nice comment. Have a nice weekend.
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Oh, alright! I didn't know that there was a free trial of Windows 8
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Great work my friend!
I like everything about it and the new weather app looks awesome
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Thank you for your very kind words Yacine.
I like the weather app too. Only i should make the fonts a little bit less bold. What do you mean?
Have a great weekend my friend
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Don't worry too much about the interest ,ponies and what they call "nude art" gets millions of views while some great pieces of art remain unnoticed ,the most important is the satisfaction you have after making an idea come true
You're right about the weather app
Have a great weekend too my friend
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I guess you are right.
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That's Good... but I uploaded the very initial preview of my own suite months ago and I am working on it so hard. Had this idea in my mind for myself. and it makes my work over done 
If you don't mind, is that a coincidence? :\ (mine is a Rainmeter Skin)
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I have no clue what you wanna tell me. This is nothing else than a variation of thispeterrollar.deviantart.com/art… which is more than two years old.
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Oh, i'm really sorry about that, i didn't read the full description and thought it was a rainmeter skin
Great great work you did there!
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That's it fawadd.deviantart.com/art/WInM…
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Looks nice. Cannot try it because i don't use Rainmeter.
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Looks awsome. 
But I have some 'Fehler' here... It says: gid.effectlet(29) error 8002801d:
What is it? What went wrong? Kannst Du mir helfen, bitte
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This means that one of the desklets failed to load while starting Avedesk. There are 130 desklets in this deviation. It is not possible to identify which one it is. You should restart Avedesk to see if the error returns.
Thanx for looking and commenting.
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Wooooooow this is so perfect what an amazing artist you are but does this slow the computer?
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It needs about 10-15 mb RAM. Shouldn't be a problem for nowadays computer. Thanx for your nice comment.
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Thanx for your nice comment Sagor. Glad you like it.
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