YAFVC3 Rebuild 1.2 Standard

[CeL_dAmAgE]

I DID NOT MAKE THIS THEME! I AM SIMPLY SHOWING EVERYONE HERE ABOUT MY FAVORITE VISTA MSSTYLE

Credits go out to RoTKiv, at deviantART.

Simply put, this is an amazing theme, and very, VERY damn close to be a Vista clone for visual styles, as opposed to WindowBlinds 5 dominating the Vista themes section. This package also includes the VistaStart 1.3, in which the button popping out of the task bar is imitated, and IMO, it's imitated very well. It includes a multitude of colors for anyone to choose.

The link is here: http://www.deviantart.com/view/30846175/

AFVC3 (Rebuild 1.2) Unmodiified Explorer.exe Version Start buttons hidden in Start Menu Search bar for users who do not wish to replace their explorer.exe file

For those who prefer to replace explorer.exe in order to achieve working Vista style shutdown buttons YAFVC3 (Rebuild 1.2) Modiified Explorer.exe Version

has been updated today as well - http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/30669573/

New Window frames color matched to Vista 5380 (transparency disabled).

New Caption Buttons color matched.

Color matched taskbars

Bug fixes and more...

Six colors: Aero, Frost, Smoke, Heart, Seafoam, Sky

VistaStart 1.3 for true vista start button

Styler Toolbar and Application

Transbar for transparent taskbar

Calibre Fonts

Please read install instuctions as window boarder settings need to be changed.

Finder Bar - http://www.toms-stuff.net/finderbar

Edited to add the newest link

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/32493649/

Edited June 26, 2006 by Pink Floyd

[nomis_nehc]

for a msstyle, this is rather impressive!

[Draconian Guppy]

Very good indeed, heck I had given up on vista msstyles and this one i'm keeping :D

[Cyranthus]

impressive.

[breakfastclub]

Fantastic VS - thanks 4 share :woot:

[willywonka]

Pretty nice once you run all the extras that comewith it.

I have a problem with finder bar though. I think it installs but I dont have the program?

[Felinix_Devotion]

Wow that is truely amazing work someone pm the guy on deviant art, he deserves a beer from me :D

[caerma]

impressive.

:yes:

[marco13185]

This theme is just amazing, RoTKiv, you are to theming as chocolate is to sweets.

[Slimy]

Very nice, too bad it's unusable unless you run all those extra applicatoins.

[Slimy]

Argh, double post. If a mod finds this topic, please remove.

[CeL_dAmAgE]

^^ Not really. All you need is the patched Uxtheme.dll, A styler toolbar (for that fancy toolbar) and some nice icon applying program for Vista icons, which in total is only 3 things, which doesn't happen to be much. I wouldn't exactly recommend using the Finder Toolbar thing with this, because, well, it just looks silly.

[willywonka]

run vista transformation pack 3 to install shells/icons, etc

then install this theme over that. I'm running styler toolbar, vista start button thing, transparent taskbar, so thats 3 things to make it look good

[MasterC]

I have a problem with finder bar though. I think it installs but I dont have the program?

Third post on this page by ja450n

Aqua-soft.org

What's the big deal about it? It looks like any other Vista theme out there... :sleep:

[Slimy]

^^ Not really. All you need is the patched Uxtheme.dll, A styler toolbar (for that fancy toolbar) and some nice icon applying program for Vista icons, which in total is only 3 things, which doesn't happen to be much. I wouldn't exactly recommend using the Finder Toolbar thing with this, because, well, it just looks silly.

Well, for me, the startmenu is overlapping everywhere and looks like crap and the explorer options at the bottom are also all over the place.

[techbeck]

*barf* another vista theme...looks like the dude put a lot of work in it tho

[Razorwing]

uhhh guys you realize you have to replace your explorer.exe? lol.. that something I don't want to do.

[CeL_dAmAgE]

No you don't. There's 2 versions, one that you have to replace it, and one that you dont.

[lawtai]

Definitely very nice, although I like thinner task bars.

[Denis W. Veteran]

It would be a nice VS to use if the Start Menu supported 48x48 icons. :(

[M118LR]

There is a newer version out now 1.3

[gahbmwM5]

CeL_dAmAgE,

Thanks for the heads-up on a very nice clean VS! I am completely enamoured with GUI of MS's next OS, and my present laptop's integrated Vidcard can't handle WB5...So I have been constantly reviewing_applying various Vista_styled msstyles, but this one caught my eye.

I don't use Styler (so no heavy use of resources here), to my pleasent surprise the VistaStart 1.3.exe, works nicely thus far after moving my Taskbar to the bottom after utilizing it @top position for a long time...lol

Resource usage here is comparable to running LH styled systray clock app, so not bad at all for those who might have a dated or entry_level laptop with maxed out sdram of 320MB like moi.

The Vista styled StartMenu is quite nice and tight, as I chose the modded explorer.exe @48 x 48 size...no issues at all, and most importantly the Turn off computer, Log On_Off Buttons work and look good!

The shellstyle obviously took a lot of coding work so my hats off to RoTKiv for the efforts...It takes a little while to get use to having it on the bottom of windows, but I'll get more comfortable with it in time, and having used stefanKa's nice thin horizontal shellstyles, the size will also get a little time to get use to.

Overall, as you mentioned this is really a fine effort and my only issue is with the 'selected item' colour being a touch light as its values are:

Red: 210

Green: 233

Blue: 255--------------------->which I thought may be the common cause of this selected folder, icon getting the yellowish colour:

I even opened up the msstyle file within ResEdit and edited these values, as you see in the 'ss' but the yellowish colour remains...:(

Do any of our knowledgeable themers within our vast collective membership have a solution to rectify this?

Thanks...

P.S. This shows on the Noir (Black-substyle colour) as I would assume that this is an issue within all the colours as I haven't checked (in depth yet) if the yellowish colour on selected items happens within all the colours ...em3 had this similar issue with LE5.x, but it was rectified in LE5.05, so I'll head over there to his thread to investigate, but it's not a thrill exploring over 100+ Pges...lol

Edited March 31, 2006 by gahbmwM5

[gahbmwM5]

Ok, fixed the above issue as I utilized the values that emil (em3) has for LE5.05 'Selected item' in his Black substyle colour....Perfect

I did notice that the VistaStart.exe puts various folders with my %temp% directory, as I delete them but was wondering:

{3xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxxxx-xxxx}

VistaStart.exe

\SDPlugins----------->dxstart.dll

I followed the various ReadMe files within the main directory, but was wondering...would love to get-in-touch with RoTKiv, but I'm not a member @DeviantArt..?

[bcool]

I am numb with mouth ajar. This is a beautiful VS and I'm already looking over my shoulder to see when MS will request that it be taken down. Good work! Thank you.

[virgo89]

This is truly an amazing theme, someone should tell the author that.

I have a problem with the search thing that is built into the start panel. When i hover the start thing the Log Off and Shut Down button appear out of no where in the spot of the search thing.