yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Single instance function is a bit difficult to handle when the program (for example google chrome) opens 3 processes with the same name, also, is difficult to determinate if the app is actually running on Dekstop mode or Immersive, but should not be so hard to fix the single instance function to work with chrome.

I'll see if what i can do to fix the problem :highfive:

Thanks for the feedback! :good:

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Amruth Pillai:
I created this with the help of OblyTile, so thanks to the developer and to Adobe Photoshop! :D It really is very helpful!

Check it out on deviantART here: http://fav.me/d5mlpcr
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] trashbytes:
Single instance works fine for me. But I can't remember if I turned on Single instance in chrome://flags

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] slyr114:
is it possible to create the long form versions of tiles instead of just the small squares? Thanks.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] seiggy:
win8tiles.com
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] joseamc91:
It's possible to create a tile from a ModernUI app?

I have installed Chess4All and I want to change the tile because I'll add to all games the green Xbox logo. :p

I found the folder where apps are installed, but it has not worked.

C:\Program Files\WindowsApps (hidden)
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Not yet

In this case you can just edit the picture of the application, you can find a tutorial

here

Hope this helps

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Ndaoud360:
Hey there is an app on the market called pin steam and it allows you to create short and long tiles for your steam games. Do you think that delving into the code of that app may help with making long tiles for OblyTile?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hi,

Sadly it can't help me, it is a Windows App, so it can use the normal function to make secondary tiles. (more infos here)

I want to keep OblyTile as desktop application, i don't want to pass through the immersive shell to run softwares.

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Androidmarketuser:
I've got a short question:

Why are the tiles resized to 120px instead of 150px?

I'm just interested in.

btw I really like your tool, works great and it is the ONLY reason why I bought Win8 :)

Maybe you could open the shortcut manager by default, so you don't have to click on the button first...
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hi,

I'm developing OblyTile on my desktop pc, and testing it on my Notebook (a very old notebook (1.60ghz, 512mb ram)), and i noticed that if i make tiles bigger than 120x120 the start screen/menu will slow down a lot, so i decided to make it 120x120 standard in case someone has the same problem, however i want to make a little "setting" menu for OblyTile, where the user can select the standard size for tiles (according to microsoft the standard sizes are few.) also, want to make the option to show or not the tile manager when you open OblyTile, if i make the tile manager opening "always" when you open OblyTile, some pc with old hardware (for example my notebook) would take a lot of time to load it.

Argony :highfive:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Androidmarketuser:
good thinking :)

thanks for your answer and for regarding low- and mid-end pcs.

I "measured" a tile and the pixel count is 120 always so now I don't understand why the height (and width) should be 150px :p

Edit: I think the best addition would be a backup option, so if you reinstall Windows (or a crash occurs) you can restore your tiles with paths and images. Or is there a way already?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] zenopzz:
OblyTile crashes when I open tile manager (any version I use crashes) - any ideas for a fix?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Will be done :highfive:

Can you copy/paste the error here? It will help me to find the issue :good:

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] zenopzz:
Windows just says OblyTile has stopped working and closes it.

http://i.imgur.com/PFoqw.png

It also crashes if I browse for a program/app icon location.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cracksmurf:
Found this app randomly on the web. Glad to see that it was created by an XDA member. My start screen is starting to actually look nice, instead of filled with crappy shortcut icons. Thanks so much.

Here's a preview of the work I've done. Still got a few applications and tons of game tiles to make. As you can see I'm taking a slightly different approach with the design of my tiles. Like to have them labelled, but absolutely hate the way they look when using the title overlay option. Perhaps you could built in a font option, and the ability to add a colored banner behind the text like I created in my tiles. Either way this is an amazing application.

Feel free to use what I've completed so far. I included a photoshop template file as well. Note that I did not create any of the art myself, just created the tiles/layout.

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/5702285/Filehost/Windows 8 Tiles.zip

Also, does anyone know if it's possible to modify the way tiles arrange? Currently it will place two tiles in a row then start a new one. Once it reaches max rows it will start a new column. This is a nightmare for those who wish to alphabetize their tiles. You can't alphabetize by row either horizontally or vertically due to this pairing of tiles per row.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
One more question, are your running OblyTile with a non-administrator account?

It could be a permission problem.

I would like to add an Overlay option for the tiles, but can't work on it right now :(

Thanks for sharing! :good:

Maybe this can help you. Rows Adjuster [URL="http://vhanla.deviantart.com/"]

by vhanla

[/URL]

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] cracksmurf:
Glad to see you have overlays in mind. I understand how it is with trying to find time to do side projects like these. I'm already grateful for the work you have put into OblyTile. Definitely looking forward to any future versions you may put out.

Thanks for the link. I've tried vhanla's applications. They don't do exactly what i'm looking for. That allows you to modify how many rows you have visible. My issue is that Microsoft forces pairs of icons to be grouped per column. Most likely due to the fact that two small tiles is the same width as one wide tile. Therefore, for ease of programming each column probably is coded for one wide tile with the ability to fit two small tiles into the space. The problem with that is if the user only wants to use small tiles and then alphabetize them, you end up with an awkward layout.

Current setup

AA BB

AA CC

AB CD

BB DD

BB DE

Adding a new tile in the first column will shift all tiles along the paired route. While it is possible to do a horizontal alphabetization with the current implementation. It would require completely reorganizing every single tile each time you add a new one. What I'm looking for is a modification that will allow the user the change how many tiles are paired per column. (either globally across the metro screen, or be able to specify settings for specific tile groups).

Preferred setup

AAAAAB

BBBBBB

CCCDDD

DE

Giving the user the ability to define how many tiles are grouped before a new row starts can result in the above layout. Moving from groupings of two to groupings of six. (or any other user defined number). Even just adding the ability to shrink it down to columns of one small tile vs one wide tile would fix this issue allowing for a vertical alphabetization scheme that isn't ruined by pairings.

I haven't been able to find any mods that have this capability yet. Heck, I'm not even sure it's possible until Microsoft expands upon the very limited functionality they included into the Metro UI. But I am definitely constantly on the lookout for ways to make this possible.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] dubsdj:
Something that would make it the ultimate

Brilliant application. Just one thing though..

is there any way you can re-program it to make the tile appear for "ALL USERS" ?

This would be amazing especially on a domain if all users could see the custom tiles not just the single user.

thanks
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Ikos:
Thank you for the amazing program but I have a little problem.

If I create the "Sleep" tile from the quick list it acts different from the Windows sleep. The second one if I turn on the pc it just starts without showing the bios and the Windows loading instead the OblyTile Sleep shows the bios screen and the Windows logo so it takes much than the normal Sleep. Any way to fix this?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] zenopzz:
I'm running on an admin account and I have even tried right clicking and running as administrator.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Microsoft and their choices..

We can't understand them, but if i will find any tip for this limitation, i'll let you know.

I may add this function on the next release of OblyTile

The sleep act more or less as the hibernation, seems that to make it works correctly, you must disable the hibernation itself, or, using external software to do it. (More infos here)

Hope to find a solution soon :good:

Thanks for your reply, will investigate on this.

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] jjtjp:
Great job

I just wanted to also add that I really like the app. Having no problems with it so far. Also wanted to add that I think it'd be great to be able to create large and small icons (rectangular and square) if possible. Keep up the great work!

--jayson
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] TheRealGreenVirus:
Hi man I really like your tool and it makes my windows 8 look better. I got one problem with it, Office 2013 is not listed in the Manager.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Super Octet:
Thank you very much, this is exactly the program I needed :)

Keep up the good work !
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] timvdhoorn:
i used this progra and i was very happy with it! but since this morning this is how my tiles look:

Before:

After:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Good idea, thanks for your suggestion. :highfive:

Can't be done, yet.

Some programs will not be recognized by the manager for many reasons, in this case, the shortcuts made by office does not have any "Target", so, the shortcut will not be listed on the manager.

I may add office and others "special" program, to the quicklist.

Thanks for your feedback. :highfive:

Be sure to use to use the latest version of OblyTile, open it, and press the "Rebuild Cache" button (the second on the upper part of OblyTile) this should solve the problem.

Let me know if it works :good:

Argony.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] FTMDan:
Is there any way of stopping it doing that thing where you create a tile i.e. Adobe Photoshop but then when I press the Windows key and type 'Photoshop', it shows the version with the custom tile and the regular one.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Deadeye*:
Thanks for this superb app :) Can you make in future release Control Panel shortcut so when clicked it will open control panel in "View by Small Icons"
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Otinademoniac:
Excuse me timvdhoorn, I feel noobish asking but how did you manage to fully change the background of your Start Page? I have a program that can change only the upper and lower part of it, never seen something like this!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] tenet420:
Objectdock has a program called "Decor8" that will do it for you.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] TheRealGreenVirus:
This is a part of my Desktop, thanks to your App it looks better

I think it's a shame that MS didn't add this feature by default. Seriously, the metro ui looks really bad with the default icons.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] scaryshark:
MS really screwed up the whole consistency of win 8. Hopefully win 9 or whatever it's called brings things together better.

Ps Argony, have you thought about submitting it to the windows store as a desktop app? You can probably get a lot more exposure that way and maybe even make a little on the side from ad revenue!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] trojanz:
Maybe this issue has popped out before (and apologies if it has), it seems that the browser tiles (firefox and chrome) i create with OT does not make the tile pop back up again whenever i click on the tile, if the program is already running and minimized.

Is this a known issue? or is in my settings? :confused:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
The easy way is to pick Photoshop from the Shortcut List on the Tile Manager of OblyTile, and clicking the checkbox "Delete Shortcuts after conversion"

Example Picture:

Yes, can be done :good:

I suggest Windows 8 Start Screen Customizer by vhanla. (I love free apps)

Thanks for sharing with us :highfive:

I think the same.

I still hope to see an official api for this.

I think Microsoft will never accept OblyTile on Windows Store. :(

First time this issue happens (as far as i know), i have personally tested OblyTile in various machines, never happened before, maybe you have some software that goes in conflict with OblyTile, for example, the program SageThumbs goes in conflict with the tiles made by OblyTile.

Hope this helps

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] trojanz:
Thanks for the reply Argony.

I'm not sure if one of my programs is effecting it but i don't have sagethumbs installed on my pc.

This only happens for browsers such as firefox and chrome (where i have to tick the single instance box), otherwise it will keep on opening new windows when i click on the tile. Other programs work fine such as thunderbird, notepad etc. It's only when i have to use the single instance feature i guess.

Again it's only a small annoyance but i can live with the firefox/chrome browser not popping up (when minimized in desktop) whenever i click on the tile. However, i would still prefer using the cool looking OblyTile than the default win8 ones lol. :angel:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] lohyitchun:
Really nice piece app... now can make desktop app icon look more metro!

thanks man! like it!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] luizmeme:
please add support for wide and live tiles! the only features missing in your program.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Deadeye*:
I think you should release a final version with more futures, and stable, backup future and so on and charge for it, i would definitely buy it.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] emilitingo:
hi Argony-OT

Thanks for the program. I would like to ask some questions:

1. Does your program modifies some system file? I mean ...any .dll or similar? In that case, if I uninstall the program, how the file will be restored?

2. If I uninstall the program, Do changes made ​​in the tiles are kept?

thanks again
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
I'll attempt a fix with the next version.

I would like to, but i haven't find any way to do it without external service and O.S changes. I hope to find a solution.

OblyTile will stay free, i don't like that people must pay for such a basic function like this.

No, OblyTile does not patch any file, or replace system files.

The only thing that changes is a regkey.

Yes. (In most of the cases)

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] emilitingo:
Hi Argony

thanks for answering :cowboy:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hi emilitingo,

you are welcome! :highfive:

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] raziel024:
Explorer Problem

I want to create a tile to Games Folder, so I put into "Program Path" the addres to explorer.exe, and as arguments "shell:Games", is working, but there's two explorer.exe process (explorer.exe open twice). If a put into Program Path just shell:Games, it works also, but now there's a message that "shell:Games can't be found".

Any solution?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hello

Thanks to your feedback i noticed that on some configurations, for example on my notebook, a new instance of explorer being open, but on my desktop pc this does not happens. I will fix this on the next version.

The time is playing with me in those days, so, i don't know when i'll be able to work on OblyTile, hopefully will be soon.

Thanks again for your feedback. :good:

Argony.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] dubsdj:
Something I spotted

Just thought I would point something out.

recently I ran a spybot and a ccleaner on my pc.

since then the obly tiles have turned into the run command icon.

So I have to recreate them.

just might be worth mentioning.

thanks
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
The rebuild cache button should make the tiles show up again.

(Second button on top of OblyTile)

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] dubsdj:
I'm afraid not. I looked in tile manager and all my tiles have magically disappeared.

perhaps ccleaner thinks they are trash or something.

Maybe I can set ccleaner to ignore that folder.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
I'm really sorry for this, i don't know why this happened. I'm a Ccleaner "abuser", i use it everytime i shutdown the pc (a little script to run ccleaner with argumetents and then execute the shutdown command), this issue never happened to me, i'm using the version v3.22.1800 with default settings.

I'll test with other versions.

Thanks a lot for your feedback! :highfive:

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] dubsdj:
its fine, I think its a great app! It might not be ccleaner, I also used Spybot at the same time.

anyway app is great, just thought I should let you know the problem I found that's all.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Narathan:
Just wanted to pop in and give my thanks. I l really enjoy this app!

And hopefully you can support the wide tiles eventually. But honestly can't complain, love the program. Don't understand why MS didn't implement this kind of option at the start!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] kennethso168:
Hey that's just awesome. Thank you so much!! :)

But you should tell me earlier that your program has a manager with pre-set tiles in the Quick List section...:p

Anyway you may also like to add this to the Quick List

All apps/Search
C:\Windows\explorer.exe shell:::{2559a1f8-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}

That will save people from right clicking while on the start menu.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Merry Christmas to you all

Well, the most plausible is to keep the Desktop Applications "different" from Windows Store Apps, to easily identify those, in part is a good thing, but, they would have put this based on the User choice.

Sorry :o

Will be done with next version (no eta) :highfive:

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] darkfanar:
i have problem

i want tiles to be created on standard user account Oblytile create tiles on admin start screen how to make it create tiles in standard user startscreen ?
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Rav23:
Please makes tiles can created on standart user

-windows 8 profesional
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hello

To create tiles on standard users follow those steps:

1)Create a folder called OblyTile inside the Program Files folder.

2)Set full control on the OblyTile folder (search on google how to do it)

3)Enjoy

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Bec07:
Could you make it so that it takes us to All Apps without search? I can't find a way to do it without search.

Also could you implement a way to export settings, so If I were to re-install or get a new pc I could one-click restore the shortcuts Microsoft forgot about.

Thanks for this great app!:good:
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] trashbytes:
+1 for exporting tiles!

Maybe something like a zip file with .obly as ending where all the images and .lnks and .vbss are stored.

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] kennethso168:
It may be very tough though. The shortcut for all apps with search was accidentally discovered by some guys playing with the Windows+X menu. Unless we can discover the correct shortcut by luck or try out the correct code with brute force, there's no way to make a shortcut to all apps without search.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] criticalfungus:
First of all thanks for the great app.

Was just wondering if its possible to add a random background colour tick box?

Most of the tiles I've made use a full size PNG background but when I zoom out they're typically all blue backgrounds, I can obviously change it each time but was hoping it might be easy to implement.

Cheers :)

Dale
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Jonny9797:
Hopefully I am missing something pretty easy, but I can't seem to get the tiles to show the images. Everything just shows the run command icon. Rebuilding the cache doesn't help, and neither does rebooting. I have tried both custom tiles with images and some of the built-in ones. I have searched around and haven't found anything that helped me. Any suggestions? Thanks!
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
It may be hard to do, i will give it a try.

By now the export function will create some .xml files and image folder, to import, you must select a folder that contains the xml files and image folder, all tiles of that folder will be imported.

I will add this function on the next release. Thanks for the suggestion :good:

Try this Possible Fix

Argony
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] fredphoesh:
Generic tiles / icons all the time now??

Hello guys

EDIT

it works to make IE default browser then go back to Chrome... but its quite wierd, when you are in chrome and choose to make it default again, Win8 pops up a requester asking do you want to KEEP opening this kind of file with IE or Firefox - no option for Chrome. Odd. I just escaped and now things seem normal, I hope...

Tx

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ORIGINAL POST:

I just made a youtube video to show newbies how to use OblyTile, but now I have messed something up and ALL my new tiles look like the generic icon.

I had moved the OblyTile folder from c:/program files to the desktop so I could show users how to install it into the Program Files folder... but now this seems to have messed things up a lot, even after putting it back! I think it was because I had created some new Tiles when in the new installation, then when I copied the old folder back it corrupted things.

Is there a way to clean it up so I can start again? Is it a matter of cleaning out the registry of OblyTile references, and if so, do you know what exactly I should be deleting?

Thanks again for the great app, ironic I spent 6 hours today making the video and now have buggered my tiles ;)

Tx

Mark

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[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Jonny9797:
That fixed it! Thank you very much.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] naossoan:
Can someone please tell me how to make a shortcut for Task Manager, the Run box....

There were other things too but I can't remember. System related stuff like going right to the "System" window from Control Panel. That kind of stuff.

Thanks
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] fredphoesh:
new tiles are blank colours, no png or Tile Name

Hi guys, sorry if this issue has been dealt with, but Ive searched the forum and cant find "blank tile" issues...

I am now creating coloured tiles without the PNG image... only the background colour shows, and the fix for the "run command icon" problem does not work.

Is there anything else I can try?

Cheers,

Mark.
[Windows 8 Development and Hacking] Argony-OT:
Hello,

I'm glad the problem is solved, and i'm also sorry for this.

There is still a lot of work to do on OblyTile to make it works with all configurations.

Another user had the same problem, in his case was caused by a program called SageThumbs.

Maybe you have a similar software installed on your pc.

Hope this helps

Argony