For anybody else using Directory Opus with the same problem you have to select "Don't replace Explorer" in the Preferences menu - none of the other options allow Control Panel to work. I tried the fourth option "Replace Explorer for all but the following folders" and adding Control Panel folders as exceptions but it still didn't work.
I uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, rebooted - still the same problem. I think it's got something to do with a Windows Explorer/File Explorer/explorer.exe replacement I'm using: Directory Opus - see image showing error message about Directory Opus when I try to open, eg Network and Sharing Centre, from th
Start11 v.1.25 on Dell Inspiron 5379, 8.00Gb RAM, Intel core i5, Windows 10 Home, version 21H2OS, build 19044.1889. I have added Control Panel to the quick access side shortcuts in the right hand panel. When added as a menu, it will only open about half of the items - eg Date and Time, Keyboard, Taskbar and Navigation - can provide a full list of 20 items if necessary. The remaining c.20 items will not open through the menu. When Control Panel is added as a link, it w
[quote who="Neil Banfield" reply="3" id="3408672"]Could it be that the OS simply wants a reboot after a lockscreen change to slideshow mode? (uninstalling Decor8 would require a reboot)[/quote] Maybe - anyway it's working how I want it to so I'm not going to tinker any more.
Ok so I uninstalled Decor8, restarted, set slideshow on Windows 8.1 PC settings, which worked. Then reinstalled Decor8 and lock screen slideshow still worked. Then reset lock screen image on Decor8 settings, and lock screen image was displayed. Then again set slideshow on Windows 8.1 PC settings - locks screen slideshow did not work - lock screen used image previously set on Decor8 appeared on lock screen. So it looks to me that Deco8 setting in this case super
Windows 8.1 Decor8 1.06 I am able to set a lock screen picture of my choice successfully using Decor8 and Windows 8.1 PC settings. However, I have recently tried to use Windows 8.1 PC settings to set a slide show for the lock screen. The settings are completed successfully, but no slide show is generated on the lock screen. Is this because Decor8 settings supersede the Windows 8.1 settings?