[REL] Longhorn Beta 1

By -Hiroshi-
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Right click the files, choose properties.

Click the security tab, then click advance. Click the Owner tab. Click Edit highlight your name and click Ok, it'll give you a prompt.

Click ok untill you get back the the original security tab in the file properties.

Highlight your name and click edit, in the new window, highlight your name and then click full control in the lower box, click ok.

Do this for all the files and you wont get an "access denied' error.

The patch by Rafael should be compatible with other languages too, but Im not totally sure but it SHOULD work.

Thanks for the help all done now!!!

Has anyone got a mod of this theme but with the orb start button??? (like the standard aero theme)

I prefer the orb start button!! Nice theme though!

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-Hiroshi-

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I actually got off my ass and did it myself.

I'm hoping -Hiroshi- doesn't mind but I'll attach my mod (Longhorn B1 + Orb Start Button)

Download: Aero_Glass.zip

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Nah I dont mind at all, I had a version sitting around on my PC, but I didn't want or need to release it.

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Okay I'm having a problem...

It will not let me replace aero.msstyle for some reason. It says I need permission?

Follow these steps:

- First switch to Windows Classic (the classic Win9x interface that looks like utter crap in Vista) via Windows Color and Appearance > Open classic appearance properties...

- Before continuing, make a backup of Aero.msstyle.

- In the Aero folder, right click Aero.msstyle, click Properties. Click the Security tab.

- Click Advanced. Go to the Owner tab, click Edit, select your user name, and click OK. Dismiss all dialog boxes. You should be back in the Aero folder.

- Open up the Properties dialog box for Aero.msstyle again. Go back to the Security tab, and click Edit. Click Add. Type in your user name, and click Check Names. It should change the text to <<COMPUTERNAME>>\<<USERNAME>>.

- Select your username, and tick Full Control. Click OK.

Once done, try overwriting the file.

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DigitalE

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Follow these steps:

- First switch to Windows Classic (the classic Win9x interface that looks like utter crap in Vista) via Windows Color and Appearance > Open classic appearance properties...

- Before continuing, make a backup of Aero.msstyle.

- In the Aero folder, right click Aero.msstyle, click Properties. Click the Security tab.

- Click Advanced. Go to the Owner tab, click Edit, select your user name, and click OK. Dismiss all dialog boxes. You should be back in the Aero folder.

- Open up the Properties dialog box for Aero.msstyle again. Go back to the Security tab, and click Edit. Click Add. Type in your user name, and click Check Names. It should change the text to <<COMPUTERNAME>>\<<USERNAME>>.

- Select your username, and tick Full Control. Click OK.

Once done, try overwriting the file.

Okay.. That worked, and I replaced aero.msstyle, but when I apply the modded theme it doesn't work. All I get is something that looks like Classic with a thick border around it...

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Okay.. That worked, and I replaced aero.msstyle, but when I apply the modded theme it doesn't work. All I get is something that looks like Classic with a thick border around it...

You need to hack your uxtheme.dll file. Here's the file for x86 and x64. Before replacing files, remember to stop the Themes service.

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Well, that didn't work at all :(

Tried that Uxtheme Patch thingy, and it messed up so badly. I had to run my computer in safe mode with commant prompt (because everything, litterally, wouldn't work) so I could delete the new (Uxtheme patched) files, and rename the old (**.old.dll) files back to their original names so that my computer would work again.

I think I need help still... lol, Cause that did not work at all :(

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Well, that didn't work at all :(

Tried that Uxtheme Patch thingy, and it messed up so badly. I had to run my computer in safe mode with commant prompt (because everything, litterally, wouldn't work) so I could delete the new (Uxtheme patched) files, and rename the old (**.old.dll) files back to their original names so that my computer would work again.

I think I need help still... lol, Cause that did not work at all :(

What version of Vista are you running (As in Beta/RC or final RTM)? The UxTheme patch is designed for the final RTM version of Vista.

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