Vista Skinning

[painkilleryusuf 0]

hey guys,

I have a question. How do i change my vista theme without installing Windowblinds, i mean someone told me i can do that just by patching some stuff up. I dont want to mess up my windows. so can anybody tell me how can i do it. please.

[davidsword 0]

http://www.codegazer.com/vistaglazz.htm will patch what you need and has a restore feature. If your familiar its similar to UxTheme patch for XP

[painkilleryusuf 0]

and what about those skinns?.. where can i get thoose really good ones?

[davidsword 0]

deviantart

[jlee 0]

you can use vistaglazz or a uxtheme patcher to patch the files needed to use unsigned shell styles in vista.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=vista...G=Google+Search

http://www.msfn.org/board/Uxtheme_patch_Vi...RTM_t86972.html

[Bebi_Bulma 0]

i mean someone told me i can do that just by patching some stuff up. I dont want to mess up my windows.

Am I the only one that sees the irony in that statement?

I honestly don't understand this anti-Windowblinds (which doesn't touch any system files) attitude and then saying "I don't want to mess up windows...how do I hack it to apply themes?" :

Don't mind me...I just don't get it. *shrug*

[painkilleryusuf 0]

lol.. i din think abt that Bebi .. yea.. LoL.. anyways thanks you guys .. that was helpful..

deviantart

Consider me a dumb n00b. but please gimme a direct link to some theme. (nice one) atleast one.

[CubanPete 0]

http://sonicexcess.deviantart.com/art/Maxc...-Vista-56913057

Look around, they are everywhere

[painkilleryusuf 0]

Thanks CP... really kewl theme..

[ultimatsz 0]

Am I the only one that sees the irony in that statement?

I honestly don't understand this anti-Windowblinds (which doesn't touch any system files) attitude and then saying "I don't want to mess up windows...how do I hack it to apply themes?" :

Don't mind me...I just don't get it. *shrug*

i got it... you are not the only one.

[mikil 0]

I don't understand how to apply a theme or style...If I double click the .msstyles file the Windows Aero shows up in a window, not the style I've choosen...and the .theme doesn't work either :/

[zaimek 0]

If 'Windows Aero' shows up, than apply it.

[mikil 0]

If 'Windows Aero' shows up, than apply it.

I've tried that, but it doesn't work

[painkilleryusuf 0]

did you patch the UX theme patcher first?

[rjohnstone 0]

If you haven't patched UXTHEME.DLL, you will not be able to use third party themes/styles.

If all you're seeing is Windows Aero, your uxtheme.dll file is not patched.

[mikil 0]

I've patched uxtheme.dll...I'm not retarded

I installed WindowBlinds instead...

[shmengie 0]

on the other hand, i DO know how to apply themes. and this one just ain't showing up. i have several other themes installed, and yes, they all show up as 'windows aero.' this one just doesn't show.

edit: nvm. renaming the folder to match the msstyle name fixed it. btw, that's been one of my pet peeves for a while: guys releasing stuff that needs to be fudged before it'll work. mismatched msstyle/folder name is a common one. regardless, thx for this.