Not Seeing Win7-styled Explorer from Web "Save As"

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Hi

I just purchased a new PC with Windows 8 and hated it after just 5 minutes!  I found Start8 and I LOVE it.

From the desktop, I have a Windows 7-like Explorer window, but if I right-click from Internet Explorer and select "save as", for example, I do not get a Windows 7-like Explorer window.  Rather, I get the Windows 8 file manager page, or whatever it's called.

Does Start8 have settings to fix this?  I can't seem to find anything, or possibly it may not be worded in a way that it's obvious.

Please let me know when you can.

Thanks!
Jim

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

It sounds like you might be using the modern UI (fullscreen) Internet explorer there.  The standard desktop one should have the usual save as dialog I would think.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm also using ModernMix on top of Start8.  Would I need to downgrade to a lower version of MSIE?  At work now on a Win7 box so I can't check what version of MSIE I have on the new PC. 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Internet explorer has two modes, fullscreen Win8 style and the desktop mode.  It picks it based on where it was launched from.  Launched from the Windows 8 Start menu it will be in fullscreen mode, launched from Start8 it should be in desktop mode.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I'll check when I get home to see how the 2 modes are different.  Thanks, Neil.