strekship Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 Since a uxtheme patch for vista has been release, will we start seeing themes for Vista RTM soon? I have looked around but no one seems to have made one yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr White Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Soon I hope, not many here seem to be working on anything, but on a few other sites a couple of kind hearted folks are devoting their time to make this a reality. Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M118LR Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Vista uses msstyles. Is that what you are looking for ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 Vista uses msstyles. Is that what you are looking for ? Yes. I don't think that windows xp msstyles will work on Vista though. I will just wait for a while and see if some old favorits (watercolor lite) make their way to Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 There's a few visual styles made for pre-RTM builds in the Customizing Windows Vista forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech_Dude_5000 Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Yes. I don't think that windows xp msstyles will work on Vista though. I will just wait for a while and see if some old favorites (watercolor lite) make their way to Vista. I think they made the themes invista under a diferent file format. I tried to install the XP Royale theme on vista, added it to the corect path and everything, but it didn't show up in the theme selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Ultimate Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Since a uxtheme patch for vista has been released Huh? For Vista? Where? :unsure: Search gets no hits... Anyway, how do you edit the msstyles files in Vista? (x64) ResEdit 2.20 doesn't work, and neither does ResHack :crazy: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinCain Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 Vista uses XML Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted November 24, 2006 Author Share Posted November 24, 2006 Huh? For Vista? Where? :unsure: Search gets no hits... Anyway, how do you edit the msstyles files in Vista? (x64) ResEdit 2.20 doesn't work, and neither does ResHack :crazy: http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 If you guys want to use old .msstyles on Vista you can use Skinstudio to import them into Windowblinds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aero Ultimate Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search I know about the antitgtsoft one, but it's not a *patcher* which patches the files on your system, it just offers replacement files, and only for the English version on top of that, so it's useless for me. Also, no one knows how to edit the msstyles files in Vista? (x64) As I said, ResEdit 2.20 doesn't work, and neither does ResHack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paperless Posted November 25, 2006 Share Posted November 25, 2006 Id work on one if i knew how to make Vista themes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echilon Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Windowblinds is your best bet at the minute. There are plenty of themes available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco rossi Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 > a UXTHEME PATCH for VISTA has been released I too want to know where to find one, not a program. I patched (replaced) the original uxtheme.dll with a modified one (someone made) and applied my desired msstyle for my XP, and so have used it without installation of any additional program. I don't know if Vista uses a similar system for its desktop style (it may not be a file named "uxtheme.dll"), but I want to take the same way for Vista, only by replacing an original file(s) not using any extra program. Help would be fine. Thanx. Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Blue01 Posted November 26, 2006 Share Posted November 26, 2006 Anyway, how do you edit the msstyles files in Vista? (x64) ResEdit 2.20 doesn't work, and neither does ResHack :crazy: Its not possible to do it manually. There are no 64-bit resource hacking tools, they havn't been updated much in years. Eventually TGTsoft will develop a 64-bit version of StyleBuilder. Look at the works in progress and completed visual styles subforums! It is possible to make custom visual styles for Vista and apply them with a hacked uxtheme.dll, but I'm not sure if those will work in RTM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strekship Posted November 26, 2006 Author Share Posted November 26, 2006 http://www.google.com/search?client=firefo...G=Google+Search I too want to know where to find one, not a program. I patched (replaced) the original uxtheme.dll with a modified one (someone made) and applied my desired msstyle for my XP, and so have used it without installation of any additional program. I don't know if Vista uses a similar system for its desktop style (it may not be a file named "uxtheme.dll"), but I want to take the same way for Vista, only by replacing an original file(s) not using any extra program. Help would be fine. Thanx. Marco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rafael Posted December 24, 2006 Share Posted December 24, 2006 I know about the antitgtsoft one, but it's not a *patcher* which patches the files on your system, it just offers replacement files, and only for the English version on top of that, so it's useless for me. Also, no one knows how to edit the msstyles files in Vista? (x64) As I said, ResEdit 2.20 doesn't work, and neither does ResHack. Instead of whining, you *could* just email me the three files from your locale of Vista... {myusername}@anti-tgtsoft.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 26, 2006 Share Posted December 26, 2006 ResourceTuner works :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scriabin Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Any hope to have a multilanguage patcher? I don't have an english version of Vista...I think applying that uxtheme patch (EN) maybe is not a good idea ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kushan Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 The language of the OS shouldn't make a blind bit of difference (otherwise Microsoft would have to recode and recompile every single dll and exe in the entire OS for every region). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robgig1088 Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 why doesnt windows just .... allow themes to be installed without hacking? i dont get it :blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCobra Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 Any hope to have a multilanguage patcher? I don't have an english version of Vista...I think applying that uxtheme patch (EN) maybe is not a good idea ^^ Vista is localized for the various languages. The core binary files are the same in all versions. Look in your System32 folder to see the localization folder. EN-US for example. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ambroos Posted December 28, 2006 Share Posted December 28, 2006 So u are sure your english files won't harm my dutch system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted December 28, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 28, 2006 why doesnt windows just .... allow themes to be installed without hacking? i dont get it :blink: It can be dangerous...you could make a 100% unusable theme and distribute it as a virus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Examinus Posted December 30, 2006 Share Posted December 30, 2006 why doesnt windows just .... allow themes to be installed without hacking? i dont get it :blink: For support purposes, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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