For those stuck working on Windows at work

**bigtomrodney** · 12-09-2005

Black Box for Windows

Download is 240k zipped, you can run it from the directory or install it permanently with either a batch file or from inside the envionment. There are a lot of menu entries for windows apps there by default, you may need to edit these out from the menu.rc file. The start menu items are accessible through 'windows' > 'Start Menu' and 'Start Menu (all)' on the menu.

I like it! If only I could change desktop with my mousewheel...

**a12ctic** · 12-09-2005

i used to use it, im not a big fan of vanila blackbox though

**jaboua** · 12-09-2005

I think there has been more threads on this... However, some questions, is it faster than normal windows? Is it stable?

**geese** · 12-12-2005

looks good, I'm downloading it now.

**psic** · 12-12-2005

Originally Posted by jaboua

I think there has been more threads on this... However, some questions, is it faster than normal windows? Is it stable?

I second that. I'd like to maybe try it out on an older machine which currently dual boots between win 98 and DSL.

**bigtomrodney** · 12-13-2005

It still relies on explorer.exe to draw windows etc, really I think it just mutes the taskbar. However it is much more responsive than explorer menu wise, it's just a shame that you still need to draw windows the slower explorer way. I could probably convince a few regular users to have a look at this,but I think the two start menus would need to be merged for normal users as they are in Windows. I like it though.

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