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Zinc Visual Style

Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:39:07 PST

_{Just another Mac inspired visual style!

The vs is not 100% ready yet. You'll see that there's no explorerframe.dll so far and the taskbar works only on the bottom currently. I hope I can add this soon.

Nothing left to say, anything else can be found in the .zip.

Useful critique welcome!

Wall: [link]}

Blend 2.0 for Windows 7

Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:50:55 PST

Theme UPDATED!!! NOW INCLUDES SERVICE PACK 1 explorerframe.dlls for both 64bit and 32bit

Theme UPDATED!!! the bug fix is in!

PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY:

Ive been working on this theme from about 3 months. I want to Specially thank some ppl from Neowin.net And dA. I hope i dont miss anyone. If i do i apologise. I wish to name all of you guys because it helped me in one way or the other.

Neowin:
PandaX
Minifig
SkyDX
+Decaytion
NeoPimp
C1PR1ONE
mike45

dA:
AP-GRAPHIK
K-Johnson
Alexander-GG
MikaDesign
RajTheeban95

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In the preview:

StartORB by me
Icons by me
Wallpaper is in my favorites called grapefruit
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Instructions:

1. Download Universal Theme Patcher. Run in it Administrative mode (right-click > "Run as administrator"),

UAC must be turned off.
After patch, restart the computer to take effect.

2. Select the theme according to where you place your superbar.

3. Extract contents (Win7-Blend 2.0.theme & Win7-Blend 2.0 folder) into C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
and double-click on Win7-Blend 2.0.theme
Then restart to make sure everything works properly.

5. Take ownership of explorerframe.dll in System32 folder and copy the appropriate explorerframe.dll replacing the original!. Make sure to make a backup of the original in case of instability. (i dont know how to take permission manually, but i search for a software on google)

6. Restart computer and you are done

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darwin

Thu, 28 Jul 2011 09:55:31 PDT

_{Finally I'm ready with my Darwin Visual Style!

Inspired by Resonance and Lifted by Aaron

The files includes the Theme, Bitmaps for Explorer and Exporerframe and the file shell32.dll for a better explorer view (thanks to seahorsepip)

Wall in the preview is Fable by iResult

Thanks for visiting!}

Soft7 2.0

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 11:10:18 PDT

FINAL

2 System files included (SP1 compatible)
4 Wallpapers included

32bits and 64bits compatible
Taskbar on Bottom, Top and Left compatible
Window Color available (It's supposed to be without. Apply the theme again if it appears blue. Corners may have problems if you use it !)

INSTALL :

1) FIRST, DOWNLOAD AND RUN THIS Universal Theme Patcher IN ADMINISTRATOR MODE (right-clic > "Run as administrator"), UAC must be turned off
After patch, restart computer to take effect.

2) extract content ("Soft7 2.0.theme" & "Soft7 2.0" folder) into C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
and double-click on Soft7 2.0.theme
Then restart Windows in order that everything take effect ! (or only the explorer.exe if you know how to do it)

To change the navigation buttons you have to change your ExplorerFrame.dll :
Windows Theme Installer by Kishan-Bagaria
(Works only for the explorerframe.dll in "System32", so perfect for Windows 7 32bits. However, for Windows 7 64bits you'll also have to change the second explorerframe.dll (32bits) manually in the folder written below)

For 32bits Windows 7 :
Explorerframe.dll 32bits > "C:\WindowsSystem32"

For 64bits Windows 7 :
Explorerframe.dll 64bits > "C:\WindowsSystem32"
Explorerframe.dll 32bits > "C:\WindowsSysWOW64"

Yes, these are the right folders ! 64/32 and 32/64

I use [link] for a small shadow above the superbar
Icons in the superbar : Token by ~brsev
Start orb : steelOrb 2 by me

Icons in the Explorer : Zvend by Henri Liriani & Pry Frente by Jonas Rask

Wallpaper : eCO by ~lassekongo83

Sonye Theme for Win7 v2

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 15:05:07 PST

Hello everyone!

UPDATE 12-03-2010

Green Version Included!!!
Blue Version Included!!!
Soft Version Included!!!
Fixed some bugs with soft and blue versions
... plus some other minor fixes.

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So the big wait it over and here is a more clear and complete
version of Sonye Theme for Windows 7!

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Also i would like to say that i'll include blue color of the theme and more colors ro come until then you can still use the previous version of Sonye with multiple color choices [link] .

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Big Thanks to:

sunbeem2000 for helping me with WSB use [link]
ka-la for helping me with some mods in WSB [link]
Alkhan [link]
Doom1468 sor the x86 system files [link]
and vajlent for helping me with x86 conversion [link]

Also i have to thank all those who tested the Theme and sent me suggestions and bug reports.

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I WILL NOT ALLOW ANY MODIFICATIONS OF MY THEME!!!

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If you really like my Deviation then just it.

Clearscreen Sharp for Windows7

Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:51:16 PDT

^{Note: For current news regarding Clearscreen Sharp for Windows 7, please view: [link]}
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Hi all,

Here is the Clearscreen port for Windows 7. Much has been polished and much had to be redone, thus some things have been changed -- some compromises here as Windows 7 shares even more resources between different parts of the theme. So expect some details to be lost (like the etched look on the group sorting headers -- Windows 7 ignores the property and only allows a 1px height for the seperator), or the unique "New Application" button state for the Start Menu (that image is shared and grossly distorted in another area), amongst other things.

You may be wondering where the navigation buttons and other resources are -- I am having trouble replacing my resources in System32. Replacing Explorer.exe works fine, but as soon as I replace a .dll file, things go to crap. I had to repair my OS 8 times yesterday and don't feel like having another go for a while. I'm taking the same steps as I had on Vista x64, and I had no problem on Vista, so this is very strange. Any help is appreciated

^{I am working on Clearscreen Round, which shouldn't take as long, as the base that these two themes share is now complete. Won't give an ETA; it'll be done when it's done.}

Known Bugs / Limitations:
^{Because of the nonstandard frame and padding size (both set to 1) of this theme, you may see the frames distort in some areas... unfortunately, there's not much I can do there as Vista's default Aero also has problems when scaling it down to this size; fidelity of the edges and corners are lost. [limitation]

Aero Wizard dialog uses the bodytext color property (which is set to black in my theme) for the titlebar text for whatever reason (coding laziness?) -- basically, black text on black shadow == difficult to read... [limitation]

Volume mixer line goes a few pixels too far -- this is because the padding size is low, which allows for more vertical and horizontal space, allowing the vertical seperator to come into view and cross the horizontal volume mixer line. [limitation]

Resource Monitor accordion text color is white and sits on a light gray background. [limitation]

Start Menu may show up blurless near the top when you first open it, but it fixes afterwards. This is because DWM assumes that there is a solid graphic there like in the default Aero, so it doesn't blur it. Unfortunately, there is an intentional gap up there to fit the style, and I don't want to change it. It's not a big problem, but a minor annoyance for some.}

Updates

v3.2

^{Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)...again.}

v3.1

Bug fixes & Polishing

^{Fixed Start Menu's Userpic in Top Superbar orientation.

Revisted the Superbar Thumbnails section, still not sure about it, but I think it looks better than it did.

Improved Start Menu blurless area limitation (seen when you first open it, DWM fixes it afterwards) by expanding the white area (Programslist) horizontally to cover it. I can't fix the top part, unfortunately, or that would mean that there will be no gap up there, and I like the gap

Removed Fading Animation in Explorer Documents section/template. It was an experimentation that I forgot to remove.

Fixed Vertical taskbar graphics to stretch proportionately}

^{Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)

Fixed SIZINGMARGIN property for progress bar left and right edge -- edge retains fidelity when progress bar is stretched or shrunken.}

v2.5

^{Fixed Treeview bug (Seen in CCleaner, Regedit)

Fixed Start Menu panels from distorting in Large Icons mode

Fixed Shadowless frames (left and right) to match top and bottom frames

Optimized frames for current padding/sizing border (1)

Added a bit more contrast to highlighted text (highlighted text now set to #000000; highlight fill = #CDCDCD)

Fixed Disabled SplitButton Dropdown graphic}

^{Updated Explorer.exe to current version [6.1.7600.16404] (x86 & x64) -- thanks to ~drake04!

Fixed Large Icons view in Start Menu from distorting the menu panels.}

^{FAQ

Q: Where can I get the green wallpaper in the preview?
A: Sorry, that isn't a wallpaper. It is a background made for presentation purposes. Maybe when I have the time I can create a wallpaper like it.

Q: What about the ones in Explorer? Where can I get those wallpapers?
A: I do not remember where I got them from, so out of respect to the authors I won't share them.
I think the ones in the preview came from Flickr. You may be able to find them in some of my favorite photographers galleries and shrink them down to your resolution yourself:

[link]
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Q: Are you going to make a large triangular Start button?
A: Sure, when I get the time. The reason for its current absence is because the triangular Start button is shared in all four Superbar orientations.

Q: Help! I can't make out the text in X program!
A: Programs that rely on their own graphics or font colors along with resources from the theme (colors, font, images) for their GUI will often have usability issues (black font on black background, for example). This is unfortunately out of my hands. Programmers design their program around the default Aero theme as that's what the overwhelming majority would use.}