Windows 10TP build 10074 impressions..

Mystere · 01 May 2015

whs said:

Big deal. Who cares about the MS apps. There are a gezillion apps on the web that will work.

I didn't say anything about MS apps. I said, by that time, most apps will likely not run on anything but the latest OS.

whs · 01 May 2015

As long as W7 is over 50% of the market, they will run.

Edwin · 02 May 2015

tracit99 said:

Open Control Panel and in Search Control Panel type Color. In the Personalization section choose Change the color of your taskbar and windows borders and then pick your color and finally click Show Color Mixer down-arrow. Hope this helps.

Excellent tip! Thank you for pointing that out.
This led me to realize that these individual settings can be found in GodMode so I've created the shortcuts, (along with other 'pain to access' ones), and put them in a 'New Toolbar' folder for immediate accessibility.

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Thanks again! :)

Perhaps it's only for the time being but it's strange they would hide the feature from Control Panel, even though it still works, and not show it anywhere else. A work in progress I guess.

f14tomcat · 02 May 2015

Edwin said:

Excellent tip! Thank you for pointing that out.
This led me to realize that these individual settings can be found in GodMode so I've created the shortcuts, (along with other 'pain to access' ones), and put them in a 'New Toolbar' folder for immediate accessibility.

Thanks again! :)

Perhaps it's only for the time being but it's strange they would hide the feature from Control Panel, even though it still works, and not show it anywhere else. A work in progress I guess.

God Mode is an overlooked option. It is extremely handy for finding those "where did it go?" options. Plus, ability to create shortcuts! I'm including the .REG file here for anyone who may want it. Adds God Mode to desktop context menu.Add God Mode in Desktop Context Menu.reg

Question on the colors... do you have any idea why the Title Bars in 10074 are just grey, not the color chosen? Love to be able to fix it. Looks drab!

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Edwin · 02 May 2015

f14tomcat said:

Question on the colors... do you have any idea why the Title Bars in 10074 are just grey, not the color chosen? Love to be able to fix it. Looks drab!

I'd love to be able to 'fix' it too!
I think they're moving toward inification with Phones - light or dark theme, period!
Only way I've given application headers color natively is using a High Contrast theme. Other than that you have to run a 3rd party theme and possibly a Patcher. ;(

Edwin · 02 May 2015

Explorer with a simple modified theme, (NOT patched)

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Modern Apps won't have a colored header without using High Contrast

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f14tomcat · 02 May 2015

Edwin said:

I'd love to be able to 'fix' it too!
I think they're moving toward inification with Phones - light or dark theme, period!
Only way I've given application headers color natively is using a High Contrast theme. Other than that you have to run a 3rd party theme and possibly a Patcher. ;(

My desktop is NOT a phone! Where did I put my hex editor......

LittleJay · 02 May 2015

f14tomcat said:

God Mode is an overlooked option. It is extremely handy for finding those "where did it go?" options. Plus, ability to create shortcuts! I'm including the .REG file here for anyone who may want it. Adds God Mode to desktop context menu.

Thanks for reminding me of this function. It does come in very handy indeed!!

Wynona · 02 May 2015

Kari said:

In my case, every single time I need to open the All Apps view I first click the Power Options link. In my opinion it is in a wrong place, it should be at top right as it was in previous builds.

I liked it at the top right of Start. All the way over on the right as in 8.1 is too far to slide. :)

whs · 02 May 2015

I loved my explorer settings in high contrast. But with 10074 they mucked it up - you cannot set any colors any more. Fortunately I saved a couple from the previous builds.