Re: Anyone tried JPlay?
Posted: Mon Aug 20, 2012 11:10 pm
Tony,
The files you need: http://jplay.eu/tc%20shell.7z
Instructions:
Shell replacement
Windows' default shell is explorer.exe. I've recently switched from explorer.exe to total commander 64bit and the results are fantastic. There is a big improvement in dynamics. Music has incredible ease (rise time is much better). Twice as much air around instruments.
All you need to do is copy totalcmd64.exe (for 64bit OS) to Windows\System32\ folder, add Shell_TC.reg to registry and reboot (to go back to standard windows shell, double-click on shell.reg and reboot). Here are the necessary files. WARNING: it is only for 64bit operating system and you apply the tweak on your own risk.
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Just double clicking on the "Shell_TC.reg" file adds it to the registry.
When you reboot, you'll have no desktop, and the screen looks black until total commander opens up. Then you can browse to your jplaymini.exe file and double click it in the normal way and it'll open up fine. All windows programs work as per normal, except you have no desktop shortcuts - you need to browse using total commander to C:\users\yourname\desktop and there you will find them all - double clicking means any program opens as normal. Click on the file (ctrl+click for multiple files) you want then hold the right mouse button until a menu appears and you can copy. Spacebar in jplay as normal then to play.
One slight side effect - I can scroll pages on my laptop pad by dragging on the RHS of the pad - that dissappears with TC.
As you can see above, going back to the standard desktop is easy. Just browse to the "Shell.reg" file in the download above and double click it, and then restart. You will need to use ctrl+alt+del to do this and then click restart on the red power button on the bottom right.
All sounds a bit TLDR, but its actually dead handy.
Next up is to try it with fideliser as well!!
Fran
The files you need: http://jplay.eu/tc%20shell.7z
Instructions:
Shell replacement
Windows' default shell is explorer.exe. I've recently switched from explorer.exe to total commander 64bit and the results are fantastic. There is a big improvement in dynamics. Music has incredible ease (rise time is much better). Twice as much air around instruments.
All you need to do is copy totalcmd64.exe (for 64bit OS) to Windows\System32\ folder, add Shell_TC.reg to registry and reboot (to go back to standard windows shell, double-click on shell.reg and reboot). Here are the necessary files. WARNING: it is only for 64bit operating system and you apply the tweak on your own risk.
*********************
Just double clicking on the "Shell_TC.reg" file adds it to the registry.
When you reboot, you'll have no desktop, and the screen looks black until total commander opens up. Then you can browse to your jplaymini.exe file and double click it in the normal way and it'll open up fine. All windows programs work as per normal, except you have no desktop shortcuts - you need to browse using total commander to C:\users\yourname\desktop and there you will find them all - double clicking means any program opens as normal. Click on the file (ctrl+click for multiple files) you want then hold the right mouse button until a menu appears and you can copy. Spacebar in jplay as normal then to play.
One slight side effect - I can scroll pages on my laptop pad by dragging on the RHS of the pad - that dissappears with TC.
As you can see above, going back to the standard desktop is easy. Just browse to the "Shell.reg" file in the download above and double click it, and then restart. You will need to use ctrl+alt+del to do this and then click restart on the red power button on the bottom right.
All sounds a bit TLDR, but its actually dead handy.
Next up is to try it with fideliser as well!!
Fran