https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065 DisplayFusion RSS: Classic Start Menu Sat, 23 May 2026 04:13:19 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#12 Fri, 23 Nov 2012 15:43:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#12 DisplayFusion Excellent, glad to hear it Dave! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#11 Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:12:35 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#11 DisplayFusion Seems to work great so far! And no config either - brilliant

PS. Congrats on the rapid release! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#10 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:17:30 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#10 DisplayFusion Indeed we are! 5.0 Beta 2 is actually available here: http://www.displayfusion.com/Download/Beta/

There are a few small bugs regarding the Classic Shell integration, but we're working to get them sorted out

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#9 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 13:51:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#9 DisplayFusion Ah - looks like you're already looking at a solution like this for v5 Beta 2!

http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/minor-weirdness-in-df-classic-shell-classic-menu-integration-on-windows-8/?ID=f7b61338-0f7f-4a07-bccf-820e86c94ffa

http://sourceforge.net/p/classicshell/discussion/1049755/thread/c392963e/

Looking forward to the next release ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#8 Tue, 20 Nov 2012 10:37:07 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#8 DisplayFusion Hello,

I was pleased to see this issue has been sorted, but after having a test, and a poke around, I think it could be solved better.

I see you've bundled Classic Shell with Display Fusion, but this doesn't seem to be a good idea for two reasons:

1) If you don't have Classic Shell installed, you get incongruities between your main start menu and your display fusion start menu
2) If you do have Classic Shell installed, the settings between menus are different, or if you have a different version of Classic Shell installed (2.83 vs 3.6) it can look completely different.

Also, one of the nice things about the stand-alone install is that you can edit the settings and see the results immediately updated in the Start Menu UI. With Display Fusion's implementation, you have to click OK in the CS settings dialog, then go back to the DF settings dialog and click Apply, then re-open the CS settings if you want to check out the effect a single change has. Far, far less intuitive, unfortunately.

Anyway - I think this (much needed!) feature could / should be implemented differently, linking to an existing install and settings, rather than bundling and composing Classic Shell for Display Fusion's own needs. This way, you install CS as you like, change settings (either on the main on DF start menus) and they are all replicated, as per the CS menu and settings.

There also seems to be a bug where when you set the Classic Start Menu look (Win XP / Vista / etc) for the first time, then you click on one of the new start buttons, it pops up the Settings dialog again, rather than your new start menu.

Fantastic product by the way, and I think you've got the balance right (from your perspective) by making users pay for the privilege of having a task bar on each screen. I see the 4x version didn't have this limitation, and there would have been no way I would have bothered upgrading to 5x if it hadn't have been for the Classic Start Menu issue. And what's 15 quid? Nothing, in the grand scheme of things!

Cheers for now,
Dave ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#7 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:30:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#7 DisplayFusion DisplayFusion 5.0 Beta 1 is available now, and you should be able to successfully change the Start button using the Classic Shell settings now ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#6 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:32:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#6 DisplayFusion Brother, everything is functioning great. I'm on beta updates, and so far, that's all that has affected me.

Keep up the good work!

Mark as complete. Thanks ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#5 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 16:03:58 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#5 DisplayFusion That's true, DisplayFusion uses it's own Start Button regardless of what you set in CSM. I completely missed that, I'll make a note to investigate this for the next version. Was the Start Button image the only issue you noticed? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#4 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:48:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#4 DisplayFusion I'm running 3.6.2.

When I use the settings button in DF, it doesn't bring up a "DF version" of CSM, it brings up the system version with all my settings intact. I can change the Windows Start Button with CSM, but the one on the DF taskbar won't change. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#3 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 14:22:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#3 DisplayFusion Hi Mark, sorry for the delay! What version of Classic Shell do you have installed? The Settings window should be applying the settings to the DF version and the installed version. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#2 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:40:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065#2 DisplayFusion Bump?? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065 Sun, 04 Nov 2012 13:30:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/classic-start-menu/?ID=0a4441ab-1699-4472-b4dc-b831d2344065 DisplayFusion I've been using Classic Start Menu for some time and prior to my installation of DF. When I click DF settings, and go to the taskbar, I see your new "Settings" button. When pushed, it appears to open the version of CSM I've had for some time not the one you've included, as all my settings are intact. My problem is, when I customize the start button, it changes it on the windows taskbar, but not the DF taskbar, even after boot, restart DF, etc. Am I missing something?

I'm running DF Pro 4.3.0 Beta 4 ]]>