ViStart v8.1.5258

ViStart v8.1.5258

• Removed broken fix for bug 2] in "No programs match the search criteria" is never displayed lee-soft#10 as it caused issues
• Removed start_button.png depency in FileCheck, now can be loaded skins without start_button.png
• Added new option to select custom Rollover, place _rollover directory near _skins and put your favourites rollovers inside
• Updated Language files with latest strings
• Updated default settings.xml
• Added support to display "Search" option in Start Menu
• Increased settings.xml items limit to 18
• Added various Start Orbs collected over internet

ViStart v8.1.5257

• Fixed "Files" string translation doesn't work lee-soft#8 - lee-soft#8
• Fixed Bug 2] "No programs match the search criteria" is never displayed lee-soft#10 - from lee-soft#10, Bug 1] still remains [BROKEN and removed in 5258]
• Fixed incorrect translation loading on ViStart Control Panel for "strStartViStart" and "strStartWinMenu"
• Improved "Pinned programs" loading from settings.xml, non existent items are not displayed
• Improved "Navigation pane" limit again. 17 items are choosable and are parsed from settings.xml, now in Each Skin's layout.xml can be specified limit which should hide items that can't be displayed. For example user preconfigure 15 items to be displayed in Start Menu "Navigation Pane" in settings.xml. But I have specified in My Skin layout.xml which will hide 4 last incompatible items when is performed Skin change. User can always break this rule when manually selecting Start Menu default items visibility. This tweak is here to improved initial skin load to avoid buttons overlap
• Realigned almost all items in Control Panel to make UI more clear
• Changed various English labels according to UI polishing
• Added option to disable Splash Screen
• Added Turkish + Polish translation created from old various finds
• Updated all languages with all needed strings
• Added Windows XP Luna Blue Skin, Windows XP Luna Olive Skin, Added Windows XP Luna Silver, WIndows XP EMbedded, Windows XP Zune, Windows XP Royale, Windows 8 Beta Concept, Windows Vista, Windows Vista 5270 Skin - Start buttons needs to be created, feel free to improve these Skins I'm not graphics guy. In many Skins are correct credits. For some themes I don't know from where was found original images that was touched when adapting for ViStart 8.1!
• Added fixed connect.png to Windows 7 Start Menu roolover instead of Homegroup icon
• Added PNGs for Printers, Downloads, Libraries and Userfolder rollover to Windows 7 Start Menu

Some screenshots of mentioned changes

Currently included Skins

Windows 7 Start Menu

Windows Vista

Windows Vista 5270

Windows XP Luna Blue

Windows XP Luna Olive

Windows XP Luna Silver

Windows XP Royale

Windows XP Zune

Windows XP Emebdded

Windows 8 Beta Concept

ViStart v8.1.5256

ViStart v8.1.5256

• Removed "Recent" word from Skins/Windows 7 Start Menu/startmenu_expanded.png
• Removed ViStart.manifest
• Added ViStart.exe.manifest
• Updated application icon with older better one from v1.6 era
• Improved "Frequent programs" loading from settings.xml, non existent items are not displayed
• Increased limit from 12 to 17 items in Start Menu "Navigation pane"
• Added Libraries, Downloads, Printers and Faxes, Set Program Access and Defaults support for settings.xml
• Added new default settings.xml into main directory and RES
  - Windows XP related options are defaults
  - Added Downloads folder support (Downloads folder must be placed in CLSID {450D8FBA-AD25-11D0-98A8-0800361B1103} know as My Documents , so this is dynamic for all languages when you create Downloads folder
  - Added Games folder support which points to %ALLUSERSPROFILE%\Start Menu\Programs\Games - this is not dynamic and on each XP language you need to manually fix this path in settings.xml if would like to use this option
  - Fixed Help and support option
  - Windows Vista / 7 options Libraries, Downloads, Games, Help are commented out, you need manually fix settings.xml on other systems than XP / 2003
• Added all needed strings to all language files. Fully translated in only Czech.xml until translators finish other languages

This release contains 2 new unfinished Skins - Windows XP Luna Blue and Windows XP Luna Olive - these themes are still under construction

Windows XP Luna Blue

Windows XP Luna Olive

NOTE: You can add all 17 unique option into Start Menu. For example default Windows 7 Start Menu skin can display 12 items (Upcoming Windows XP / Vista skins can display 14 items instead). So you need to decide which ones you would like to use

Various screenshots of mentioned changes

Known bugs:

1. When using Start search "Files" string can't be translated right now, I can't find correct place to replace this string with Language related string saved as "StrFiles" in Language.xml
2. When using Right click on "Run..." StartMenu keeps open and Run dialogbox is not on correct place
3. Start Search doesn't work correctly after changing Skin, solution: change Skin, Exit ViStart and relaunch it

ViStart v8.1.5255

ViStart v8.1.5255

• Improved translations, every visible element under Windows XP host can be now translated using Language.xml
• Added new translatable elements into all available languages
• Added Czech.xml
• Added new context menu in NavigationPane on custom items - Open, Rename and Hide
• Added new context menu to "Computer" - Manage, Search
• Added new context menu to "Computer" / "Network" / "Control Panel" - Show on desktop / Hide from desktop
• Added new context menu "Explore" when browsing All programs to be able open whole folder
• Added Windows XP Luna Blue theme
• Removed ViPad context menu when ViPad is not running or not installed. No more "online" feature in context menu
• Removed More themes and More Orbs online buttons. No more "online" features from Settings
• Realigned buttons on Style configuration page
• Realigned elemens on About page and added current build visibility
• Updated settings.xml with new defaults
• Fixed "No skins available", if doesn't exist %APPDATA%\ViStart use current EXE dir if _skins folder exist there

Known bugs:

1. When using Start search "Files" string can't be translated right now, I can't find correct place to replace this string with Language related string saved as "StrFiles" in Language.xml
2. When using Right click on "Run..." StartMenu keeps open and Run dialogbox is not on correct place