Not too sure what I'm doing with customization

[SuperSayf]

Hi, really awesome project, but I can't figure out how to get it customized nicely.
I tried asking a fellow github user for their shl file, and when I tried it, it does not work, goes back to default classic windows
Link to users shl file

Here is my attempt of merging it with my shl file:

shell
{
    var
    {
        shift_pressed = @key.shift()
        elevated = @if(shift_pressed," Elevated",null)
    }

    default//settings
    {
        theme
        {
            name = "classic"
            dark = auto

            background
            {
                color = #57291b // or #2557291b or [#57291b, 25]
                opacity = 25

                // auto | none = 0 | transparent = 1 | blur = 2 | acrylic = 3 | mica = 4 | tabbed = 5
                effect = 5
                //effect = ["acrylic", #f9f9f9, 80] // ["acrylic effect" [, color] [, opacity]]

                gradient
                {
                    enabled=0
                    linear=[0, 100, 0, 0]
                    //radial=[100, 100, 150, 100, 100]
                    stop=[
                    [0.0, color.accent, 0],
                    [0.5, color.accent, 20],
                    [1.0, color.accent, 0]
                    ]
                }
            }
        }

        border
        {
            enabled=0
            size=2
            radius=2
            color=[color.accent, 100]
            //opacity=100
            padding = [4, 6]
        }

        shadow
        {
            enabled=1
            //color=#10000000
            //opacity=100
            //size=5
            //offset=2
        }

        item
        {
            text.normal=[color.accent_light3]
            text.select=[color.accent_light3]
            back
            {
                //normal = 0
                //normal-disabled = 0
                select = [#000000, 25]
                select-disabled = [#fff,10]
            }

            //border=[#000, 30]
            /*
            padding = [left, top, right, bottom]
            padding = [left+right, top+bottom]
            padding = all
            padding.left = 2
            padding.right = 2
            */
            padding.top = 4
            padding.bottom = 4
            /*
            margin = [left, top, right, bottom]
            margin = [left+right, top+bottom]
            margin = all
            */
            margin.left = 2
            margin.right = 2
            /*
            margin.top = 2
            margin.bottom = 2
            */
            radius=1
        }

        separator
        {
            //color=[#fff, 4]
            //opacity=100
            //size=1
        }

        layout
        {
            rtl=auto
            align=auto //Overlay Popups
        }

        glyph=[color.invert(color.accent_light3), color.accent]

        font
        {
            size=12
            //weight=5 // value from 1 to 9
            name="Segoe Script"
        }
    }

    // show image and check mark
    image.align = 1

    // enable/disable static items auto image and group
    static.auto = 1
    // enable/disable static items auto image
    static.auto.image = 1
    // enable/disable static items auto group
    static.auto.group = 1

    // enable/disable handle static items
    static = 1
    // enable/disable handle dynamic items
    dynamic = 1
    showdelay = 200
}

static
	{
		// Remove disabled items
		//item(where=this.disabled==true vis=remove)

		// Show the items only when pressing the Shift key
		item(where=this.id==id.format vis=@key.shift())

		item(where=this.id==id.open title=@this.title keys="Enter" image=@image.default)
		item(where=this.id==id.properties title=@this.title keys="Alt+Enter" pos=bottom sep=both)

		item(find=@id.undo.title image=@icon.undo)
		item(find=@id.redo.title image=@icon.redo)

		// Move items to sub menu "More options"
		// Move items whose title is more than 20 characters
		item(where=this.title.len > 20 tip=this.title parent=@id.more_options.title)

		// Move items by id.???
		item(where=this.id(id.copy_as_path, id.restore_previous_versions, id.include_in_library, id.give_access_to) parent=@id.more_options.title)

		// Move items by id.???.title
		item(find='@id.cast_to_device.title|@id.print.title' parent=@id.more_options.title)

		// Move items by title
		item(find='windows media player|create a new video|edit with photo|Windows Terminal|Open in Terminal' parent=@id.more_options.title)

		item(where=this.id==id.more_options image=@icon.more_options sep=both pos=bottom)
	}

	dynamic
	{
		menu(type='~taskbar' title="Terminal" tip=["Note\nHold Shift key to run " + this.title + ' as administrator', tip.warning, 0.2] sep=top image=\uE0D6) {
			item(title='Command Prompt@elevated' tip=["ELEVATED\nhold Shift key to run elevated", tip.danger] admin=@shift_pressed image cmd='cmd.exe' args='/K TITLE Command Prompt &ver& PUSHD "@sel.dir"')
			item(title='Windows PowerShell@elevated' admin=@shift_pressed image command='powershell.exe' arguments='-noexit -command Set-Location -Path "@sel.dir\."')
			item(where=sys.ver.major >= 10 title='@appx.name("WindowsTerminal")@elevated' admin=@shift_pressed image='@package.path("WindowsTerminal")\WindowsTerminal.exe' cmd='wt.exe' arg='-d "@sel.path\."')
		}

		menu(type='file|dir|drive|namespace|back' mode=multiple title='File manage' image=\uE0F8)
		{
			menu(separator=after title='Copy Path' image=@icon.copy_path)
			{
				item(where=@sel.count > 1 title='Copy (@sel.count) items selected' cmd=@sys.copy(sel(false, "\n")))
				item(mode=single title="Full Path" tip=[sel.path, 0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.path))
				item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' where=@sel.short.len!=sel.path.len title="Short Path" tip=[sel.short, 0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.short))
				item(mode=single type='file' separator=before find='.lnk' title='open file location')
				separator
				item(mode=single where=@sel.parent.len>3 title="Parent" tip=[sel.parent,0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.parent))
				separator
				item(mode=single type='file|dir|back.dir' title="Name" tip=[sel.file.name,0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.file.name))
				item(mode=single type='file' where=@sel.file.len != @sel.file.title.len title="Title" tip=[sel.file.title,0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.file.title))
				item(mode=single type='file' where=@sel.file.ext.len>0 title="Extension" tip=["  " + sel.file.ext + "  ",0,0] cmd=@sys.copy(sel.file.ext))
			}
			separator
			item(type='file|dir|back.dir|drive' title='Take Ownership' image=@icon.shield admin
				cmd-line='/K takeown /f "@sel.path" @if(sel.type==1,null,"/r /d y") && icacls "@sel.path" /grant *S-1-5-32-544:F @if(sel.type==1,"/c /l","/t /c /l /q")')
			separator
			menu(title='Toggle Options' image=\uE1AC)
			{
				item(title='show/hide system files' image=\uE12E cmd='@sys.togglehidden')
				item(title='show/hide files extension' image=icon.show_file_extensions cmd='@sys.toggleext')
			}

			menu(type='file|dir|back.dir' mode=single title='Toggle Attributes')
			{
				var { atrr = io.attributes(sel.path) }
				item(title='Hidden' checked=@io.attribute.hidden(atrr)
					cmd args='/c ATTRIB @if(io.attribute.hidden(atrr),"-","+")H "@sel.path"' window=hidden)

				item(title='System' checked=@io.attribute.system(atrr)
					cmd args='/c ATTRIB @if(io.attribute.system(atrr),"-","+")S "@sel.path"' window=hidden)

				item(title='Read-Only' checked=@io.attribute.readonly(atrr)
					cmd args='/c ATTRIB @if(io.attribute.readonly(atrr),"-","+")R "@sel.path"' window=hidden)

				item(title='Archive' checked=@io.attribute.archive(atrr)
					cmd args='/c ATTRIB @if(io.attribute.archive(atrr),"-","+")A "@sel.path"' window=hidden)
				separator
				item(title="CREATED" keys=io.dt.created(sel.path, 'y/m/d') cmd=@io.dt.created(sel.path,2000,1,1))
				item(title="MODIFIED" keys=io.dt.modified(sel.path, 'y/m/d') cmd=@io.dt.modified(sel.path,2000,1,1))
				item(title="ACCESSED" keys=io.dt.accessed(sel.path, 'y/m/d') cmd=@io.dt.accessed(sel.path,2000,1,1))
			}

			menu(mode=single type='file' find='.dll|.ocx' separator=before title='Register Server' image=\uea86)
			{
				item(title='Register' admin cmd='regsvr32.exe' args='@sel.path.quote')
				item(title='Unregister' admin cmd='regsvr32.exe' args='/u @sel.path.quote')
			}

			menu(mode=single type='back')
			{
				menu(separator=before title='New Folder' image=\uE0E5)
				{
					item(title='DateTime' cmd=@io.dir.create(sys.datetime("ymdHMSs")))
					item(title='Guid' cmd=@io.dir.create(str.guid))
				}

				menu(title='New File' image=\uE108)
				{
					var { dt = sys.datetime("ymdHMSs")}
					item(title='TXT' cmd=@io.file.create('@(dt).txt', 'Hello World!'))
					item(title='XML' cmd=@io.file.create('@(dt).xml', '<root>Hello World!</root>'))
					item(title='JSON' cmd=@io.file.create('@(dt).json', '[]'))
					item(title='HTML' cmd=@io.file.create('@(dt).html', "<html>\n\t<head>\n\t</head>\n\t<body>Hello World!\n\t</body>\n</html>"))
				}
			}
		}

		menu(type='~taskbar' mode=multiple title='&Develop' sep=bottom image=\uE26E)
		{
			menu(mode=single title='editors' image=\uE17A)
			{
				item(title='vscode' image=[\uE272, #22A7F2] cmd='code.exe' args='"@sel.path"')
				separator
				item(type='file' title='notepad3' image cmd='notepad3.exe' args='"@sel.path"')
				item(type='file' mode=single title='Windows notepad' image cmd='@sys.bin\notepad.exe' args='"@sel.path"')
			}

			menu(mode=multiple title='dotnet' image=\uE143)
			{
				item(title='run' cmd-line='/K dotnet run' image=\uE149)
				item(title='watch' cmd-line='/K dotnet watch')
				item(title='clean' image=\uE0CE cmd-line='/K dotnet clean')
				separator
				item(title='build debug' cmd-line='/K dotnet build')
				item(title='build release' cmd-line='/K dotnet build -c release /p:DebugType=None')

				menu(mode=multiple sep=both title='publish' image=\ue11f)
				{
					var { publish='dotnet publish -r win-x64 -c release --output "@sel.parent\publish" /p:CopyOutputSymbolsToPublishDirectory=false' }
					item(title='publish sinale file' separator=after cmd-line='/K @publish -p:PublishSingleFile=true --self-contained false')
					item(title='framework-dependent deployment' cmd-line='/K @publish')
					item(title='framework-dependent executable' cmd-line='/K @publish --self-contained false')
					item(title='self-contained deployment' cmd-line='/K @publish --self-contained true')
					item(title='single-file' cmd-line='/K @publish /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:PublishTrimmed=false')
					item(title='single-file-trimmed' cmd-line='/K @publish /p:PublishSingleFile=true /p:PublishTrimmed=true')
				}

				item(title='ef migrations add InitialCreate' cmd-line='/K dotnet ef migrations add InitialCreate')
				item(title='ef database update' cmd-line='/K dotnet ef database update')
				separator
				item(title='help' image=\uE136 cmd-line='/k dotnet -h')
				item(title='version' cmd-line='/k dotnet --info')
			}
		}

		// portable start menu for window 11
		menu(where=@(sys.is11 && this.count == 0) type='taskbar' image=id.settings.icon)
		{
			item(title="OS build\t"+@sys.ver vis=label image=\uE1B8)
			item(title="Nilesoft Shell\t"+@app.ver vis=label image=[\uE249, #0ee])
			item(vis=static)
			item(title=id.settings.title image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:')
			item(title=id.taskbar_Settings.title image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:taskbar')
			item(title=id.task_manager.title image cmd='taskmgr.exe')
			item(title=id.run.title image='imageres.dll,-100' cmd='shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}')
			item(title=id.file_explorer.title image=\uE0D0 cmd='explorer.exe')
			item(vis=@key.shift() title=id.exit_explorer.title cmd=sys.restartExplorer)
			item(vis=static)
			menu(title=id.control_panel.title image='imageres.dll,-27' )
			{
				item(title='All Items' cmd='shell:::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}')
				item(title='Applications' cmd='shell:::{4234d49b-0245-4df3-b780-3893943456e1}')
				item(title='All Tasks' cmd='shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}')
			}

			menu(title='Folders' image=\uE0E7)
			{
				item(title='Downloads' image=inherit cmd=@user.downloads)
				item(title='Pictures' image=inherit cmd=@user.pictures)
				item(title='Home' image=inherit cmd=@user.directory)
				item(title='Windows' image=inherit cmd=@sys.directory)
				item(title='Program files' image=inherit cmd=@sys.prog)
			}

			item(vis=static)
			menu(title='Power' image=\uE12F)
			{
				item(title='Sleep' image=\uE11C cmd='rundll32.exe' arg='powrprof.dll, SetSuspendState Sleep')
				item(title='Hibernate' image=\uE126 cmd='shutdown' arg='/h')
				item(title='Shut down' image=inherit cmd='shutdown' arg='/s')
				item(title='Restart' image=\uE025 cmd='shutdown' arg='/r')
			}
			item(vis=static)
			item(title='Apps' vis=label col)
			menu(title="Terminal" sep=both image=\uE218)
			{
				item(title='Command Prompt@elevated' admin=@shift_pressed image cmd='cmd.exe' args='/K TITLE Command Prompt &ver& PUSHD "@sel.dir"')
				item(title='Windows PowerShell@elevated' admin=@shift_pressed image command='powershell.exe' arguments='-noexit -command Set-Location -Path "@user.desktop\."')
				item(title='@appx.name("WindowsTerminal")@elevated' admin=@shift_pressed image='@package.path("WindowsTerminal")\WindowsTerminal.exe' cmd='wt.exe' arg='-d "@sel.path\."')
			}

			item(title='Paint' image=\uE116 cmd='mspaint')
			item(title='Edge' image cmd='@sys.prog32\Microsoft\Edge\Application\msedge.exe')
			item(title='Calculator' image=\ue1e7 cmd='calc.exe')
			item(title=@str.res('regedit.exe,-16') image cmd='regedit.exe')
			item(title='Notepad' image='notepad.exe' cmd='notepad.exe')
			item(title='WinSCP' image cmd='D:\config\Programs\network\WinSCP\WinSCP.exe' dir)
			item(title='Visual Studio Code' image=[\uE272, #22A7F2] cmd='code.exe')
		}

		menu(mode=multiple title='Goto' separator=both image=\uE14A)
        {
			menu(title='Folder' image=\uE1F4)
            {
				item(title='Windows' image=inherit cmd=@sys.dir)
				item(title='System' image=inherit cmd=@sys.bin)
				item(title='Program Files' image=inherit cmd=@sys.prog)
				item(title='Program Files x86' image=inherit cmd=@sys.prog32)
				item(title='ProgramData' image=inherit cmd=@sys.programdata)
				item(title='Applications' image=inherit cmd='shell:appsfolder')
				item(title='Users' image=inherit cmd=@sys.users)
				separator
				//item(title='@user.name@@@sys.name' vis=label)
				item(title='Desktop' image=inherit cmd=@user.desktop)
				item(title='Downloads' image=inherit cmd=@user.downloads)
				item(title='Pictures' image=inherit cmd=@user.pictures)
				item(title='Documents' image=inherit cmd=@user.documents)
				item(title='Startmenu' image=inherit cmd=@user.startmenu)
				item(title='Profile' image=inherit cmd=@user.dir)
				item(title='AppData' image=inherit cmd=@user.appdata)
				item(title='Temp' image=inherit cmd=@user.temp)
            }
            item(title=id.control_panel.title image=\uE0F3 cmd='shell:::{5399E694-6CE5-4D6C-8FCE-1D8870FDCBA0}')
            item(title='All Control Panel Items' image=\uE0F3 cmd='shell:::{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}')
            item(title=id.run.title image=\uE14B cmd='shell:::{2559a1f3-21d7-11d4-bdaf-00c04f60b9f0}')
            menu(title=id.settings.title separator=before image=id.settings.icon)
            {
                // https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/launch-resume/launch-settings-app
                item(title='system' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:')
                item(title='about' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:about')
                item(title='your-info' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:yourinfo')
                item(title='system-info' image=inherit cmd-line='/K systeminfo')
                item(title='search' cmd='search-ms:' image=inherit)
                item(title='usb' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:usb')
                item(title='windows-update' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:windowsupdate')
                item(title='windows-defender' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:windowsdefender')
                menu(title='apps' image=inherit)
                {
					item(title='apps-features' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:appsfeatures')
					item(title='default-apps' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:defaultapps')
					item(title='optional-features' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:optionalfeatures')
					item(title='startup' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:startup')
				}
                menu(title='personalization' image=inherit)
                {
					item(title='personalization' image=id.settings.icon cmd='ms-settings:personalization')
					item(title='lockscreen' image=id.settings.icon cmd='ms-settings:lockscreen')
					item(title='background' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:personalization-background')
					item(title='colors' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:colors')
					item(title='themes' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:themes')
					item(title='start' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:personalization-start')
					item(title='taskbar' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:taskbar')
				}
				menu(title='network' image=inherit)
                {
					item(title='status' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:network-status')
					item(title='ethernet' image=inherit cmd='ms-settings:network-ethernet')
					item(title='connections' image=inherit cmd='shell:::{7007ACC7-3202-11D1-AAD2-00805FC1270E}')
				}
            }
        }
	}
}

Here is the shl file if needed
shell.zip

[moudey]

Hi @SuperSayf

Delete close curly bracket } in line 37

[SuperSayf]

default classic windows

Hey @moudey, thanks for the fast response, I have tried deleting the curly bracket on line 37, but the issue still persists, does it work on your side?

[moudey]

does it work on your side?
Yes it works after deleting line 37

Did you reload the settings by pressing Ctrl + right click Or restart Explorer from Shell window?

shell.zip

[SuperSayf]

does it work on your side?
Yes it works after deleting line 37

Did you reload the settings by pressing Ctrl + right click Or restart Explorer from Shell window?

shell.zip

@moudey Yes I did restart the Explorer from Shell, I also tried deleting my Shell.shl file and using the one you sent now, and it still does not work. Am I supposed to have more shl files, or is it just Shell.shl? I'm not too sure what could be going wrong, is there a way to generate an error log?

[SuperSayf]

does it work on your side?
Yes it works after deleting line 37

Did you reload the settings by pressing Ctrl + right click Or restart Explorer from Shell window?

shell.zip

Ok, so interesting thing, I restarted my laptop, and with that Shell.shl file, the context menu does not even show up anymore, once I launched the Shell application and restarted Explorer, it started showing when I used right-click, but the same old windows context menu

[moudey]

please use version 1.8 beta

[SuperSayf]

please use version 1.8 beta

Ah yesss, that was the problem, working perfectly now. many thanks, and once again, really awesome project