Indeed. I replaced the default menu for the Windows button with this one, which is unused and the bitmap. The buttons can't be removed according to my knowledge, unless if you put 81's CAB32.exe in 73g, but that would void the purpose of the hidden menu.The Distractor wrote:This looks more like playing with resources than anything else, which is why the other two buttons are still there.
EDIT: having checked, it seems that there is no code that loads the start menu resources in 73g's cab32.exe..
As i have never used chicago and never plan to i may as well ask: what are the "st" and "art" buttons for?DeFacto wrote:This is a pretty simple solution, all you have to do is:
1. Have a working copy of build 73g installed in Virtual PC or some other hypervisor.
NOTE: Download this VHD if you're having issues installing this build. There is no password set.
2. Mount the VHD or use MS-DOS to replace C:\CHICAGO\CAB32.EXE with this one.
NOTE: Replace C:\CHICAGO with your installation directory. If you mounted the VHD in Windows 7, make sure to reboot first before starting the VM to properly eject the VHD.
3. Start the virtual machine and watch the magic.
It's not the most beautifull thing, as I'm yet to find a way to remove the other two buttons, but at least you get the new menu later seen in build 81.
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St and art are caused by the texture loaded for the modded start menu. The St and art buttons you see are there as they were in the original, unmodded build without the odd textures.starcraft wrote:As i have never used chicago and never plan to i may as well ask: what are the "st" and "art" buttons for?DeFacto wrote:This is a pretty simple solution, all you have to do is:
1. Have a working copy of build 73g installed in Virtual PC or some other hypervisor.
NOTE: Download this VHD if you're having issues installing this build. There is no password set.
2. Mount the VHD or use MS-DOS to replace C:\CHICAGO\CAB32.EXE with this one.
NOTE: Replace C:\CHICAGO with your installation directory. If you mounted the VHD in Windows 7, make sure to reboot first before starting the VM to properly eject the VHD.
3. Start the virtual machine and watch the magic.
It's not the most beautifull thing, as I'm yet to find a way to remove the other two buttons, but at least you get the new menu later seen in build 81.
They're the old taskbar buttons leftovers.starcraft wrote:As i have never used chicago and never plan to i may as well ask: what are the "st" and "art" buttons for?
Yes, it was there but not enabled/used. Wack0/Distractor found it recently and I took a look, attempted to enable it with reshacking and these are the results. Every part of this menu is already included in the original CAB32, I just replaced the old menu and image with the hidden ones. The "St" and "art" are part of the image (same as the one used in build 81), but because there's no way to remove those two buttons, the image splits accross all three, causing this not-so-eye-friendly glitch. Originally, there were three buttons for three sepparate menus (Windows, search and help). The hidden menu is only used with the first button, so when I replaced the original menu, the other two buttons became obsolete.WinPC wrote:So basically, it was being developed this early, but it was simply never enabled (as your post seems to imply), or was it just a fan-made hack?
k, done.DeFacto wrote:Hounsell is supposedly working on a fix to remove the two useless buttons (which were unintentionally made useless by me).
Not quite. Some menu items are disabled/not implemented yet and the start button image is slightly different. But otherwise it's very simmilar...TheCollector1988 wrote:nice one hounsell, now it looks exactly like 81.
Time + IDA + Hex Editor.DeFacto wrote:Works very well hounsell, but how did you do it?
No, if you would actually read the topic, you would see that hounsell did some hex editing to remove the other two buttons and menus. So it's not just a sticker, it's an actual "hack"/fix/whatever to use the new start button and menu, which were otherwise first available by default in build 81.flicktrace75 wrote:This is basically just a sticker on 73g's start buttons. If you want a Start menu that actually works, use a newer Chicago beta.
It would still have to be earlier than Build 81, though, since Build 81 had the new Close, Minimize, and Maximize/Restore buttons.DeFacto wrote:I'm guessing that's already in the 8X range...
Looks rather like a mockup to me.WinPC wrote:Most likely, it was already added in but made only available to certain people at Microsoft and possibly several other companies also, since they likely had it disabled for the PDC 1993 release.
Here is another screenshot, this time, of what appears to be a similar build (extracted directly from the Chicago Beta 1 Reviewer's Guide, meaning that it obviously came directly from Microsoft itself):
Not sure where you pulled 78 from, since all this is clearly labeled as 73g.LangsamSpieler wrote:I will say, it's maybe the real Chicago 78 or it's a painted Chicago 73 with the new Startmenu.
Probably is, given the odd borders on the taskbar and all.AlphaBeta wrote:Looks rather like a mockup to me.
