I just could not believe this idea was being commercially exploited. One day, in my favorite PC magazine, I found out about Talisman. It did the same LS did, but easier, or so the creators of Talisman stated. Yeah right. I kept on using LS, but I kept Talisman in the back of my head. The screenshots in that magazine looked kind of nice. I started doubting already. Anyway, since I tend to experiment quite a lot on my computer, I bought Talisman and installed it, removing my LS.
And now I have been happily using Talisman for some months. I think it is time for a comparison between these two major shell replacements for Windows. The actual versions used were LiteStep Installer v2. Installing LS before the Installer distribution became available was kind of a hassle. You had to manually edit your system. With the arrival of the Installer that problem is in the past.
Installing LS is quite easy now. After this the Evars configuration is started. You can run this utility afterwards at any time, for example when you install a new mp3-player. This is very important, since many themes feature buttons linking to these applications, and they look up the executables by looking at the Evars configuration file.
This file is manually editable as well, obviously. Talisman is as easy to install as any other regular program. It is all automated, no configuration necessary. The only thing you have to specify is whether you want to run Talisman in application mode or in shell mode. I think these terms speak for themselves. You can switch between the two modes at any time.
I would advise, especially for the novice user, to start off with the application mode. This gives you the opportunity to explore the different possibilities Talisman offers you.
Talisman seems, without a doubt, easier to install, since you do not have to specify any default programs difficult for the beginner. So, at first glance, LS seems more hardcore, more expert-orientated than Talisman, but in the end they really do not differ that much from each other. I would say that configuring your default applications during install makes more sense than doing it manually for every single theme, even though it is quite easy to do say in Talisman. Giving a proper judgment about the looks of a theme is of course impossible; everybody has their own preferences when it comes to that.
Minimalistic, functional, beautiful, Aqua-like, Crystal-like and so on. Anyway, that is not what this paragraph is about. When it comes to LS themes, there are some things worth mentioning. For starters, LS is open source. This was really a giant leap forward for LS.
But, as with any open-source based software, there is more than one standard, but, OTS seems to be gaining the most appreciation by the LS community. This is something that sometimes annoys me. And then it is up to you: it might be a missing module, it might be a missing file, it might be the fact that Jupiter aligns with Neptune, it might be anything. Then you remember the solution: shortcuts! LS has shortcuts! You press your keys a hundred times, but nothing happens.
Oh yes, every theme has its own shortcuts. There is not much to be said here. Just hope for the best when selecting a new theme. As time progresses, though, and you become more of an expert at configuring LS by hand, you will be able to solve the problems new themes give you.
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Good luck! If you do not configure this key, you will not be able to use the Explorer File Manager. Otherwise simply log off. When you return to the desktop, LiteStep will be runnin as your shell if you managed to configure everything correctly. If you end up with a blank or otherwise non-functional desktop. The Windows Task Manager will open. Use the File menu to Run a New Task.
Launch your registry editor and use the previous instructions to set your system shell back to the default Explorer shell.
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