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Version 1.1.0 for Vista!

Submitted by Steve on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 17:56

It's here. It's a little rough round the edges, but it's here. Ok, so it's not much different to the last version, but I've made extensive alterations to make it work with Vista. I've mainly concentrated on the system tray, which I have to say is getting pretty complicated these days (thanks Microsoft). Again, comments please.

I am making changes to the functioning of Michelle's GUI to make the code simpler, and to add functionality to Michelle which wasn't possible before. Here are a few changes I will implement for the next version:

Switching between shells

Submitted by Steve on Mon, 07/21/2008 - 17:34

Since this is a question that is raised frequently, I would like to take this opportunity to explain how it's done.
(This only works with version 1.1.0 or better)

Switching to Michelle:
This couldn't be easier. Simply run Michelle's executable and it asks you whether to use Michelle as the default desktop shell. Answer yes and logout. When you login, you will be using Michelle.

Switching back to Explorer:

Current position of development

Submitted by Steve on Fri, 04/25/2008 - 06:49

Michelle is the new name for DesktopLite Thingy. We felt a name change was in order to give it a more modern, professional sound.

Development is currently in progress, which will give better support for future versions of Windows, starting with Vista.

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