[VS] Pastelish for Vista

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AbandonedTrolley

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You don't need a .theme file. A .theme file tells Windows everything from visual style to sounds to mouse cursors. All you need is the VS folder, which is in the zip, to be put in the C:\Windows\Resources\Themes folder, and then you choose it yourself in the classic appearance properties window.

Ah thank you, never knew of that :) it's placed in the right folder, just wondered how I was supposed to apply it :)

Edit: Still not sure how I get it working tbh, I look in the Appearance tab for Classic and there are just the usual Vita Aero options then CLassic / HIgh Contrast etc. This is the first thing on Vista that has baffled me :s :rofl:

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Ah thank you, never knew of that :) it's placed in the right folder, just wondered how I was supposed to apply it :)

Edit: Still not sure how I get it working tbh, I look in the Appearance tab for Classic and there are just the usual Vita Aero options then CLassic / HIgh Contrast etc. This is the first thing on Vista that has baffled me :s :rofl:

In Appearance Settings, under Color Scheme choose the first or second Windows Aero. Themes you install are under that name so you have to try each and see.

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In Appearance Settings, under Color Scheme choose the first or second Windows Aero. Themes you install are under that name so you have to try each and see.

Ther?s a fix for this problem...Let?s say you have several VS on your theme folder, when you change VS you have to search in appearace settings for it and since all VS are displayed with the name aero you will have to try evey single one to find the right one..this will fix the issue and the right name of the VS will be displayed...as an alternative you can allways save your current theme under theme settings and applying it later.

VS update : fixed the bug on the progress bar for x86 systems.

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Denis W. Veteran

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Thanks again for fixing the progress bar bug. (Y)

Also for any custom Vista VS user, definitely install DeskHack. Takes the guesswork out of figuring out which VS is which.

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i like the theme alot. the only problem i have with it is when the windows are maximized, the taskbar isnt transparent anymore. Thats something i wish it had

I actually like that about this theme. I never knew I would tho...never thought about it. Didn't even notice until you mentioned it.

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ProiektHat

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Update : when you download the zip file, now you will see two folders : one is "Pastelish" no full transparency, and the other "Pastelish FTrans" with full transparency. For those who prefer transparent maximized windows just download again the file and apply "Pastelish FTrans"... And thanks neowinians for the warm feed-back this VS has been receiving :)

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Denis W. Veteran

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Not really nitpicking here, but I think there's one progress bar image that was left untouched. This 'static' non animating progress bar used by Firefox, Thunderbird, and Opera - all applications using non-native widgets to draw Windows controls - still has a green progress bar.

See screenshot below as an example.

I don't mind the green progress bar being there, but if you were looking for a close to flawless theme, this would be one point to consider. (As an example, try another theme such as ProjectX 2 and notice that the progressbar in that VS does show up properly in these applications.)

Keep up the good work though. I like how your theme finally softened the window shadows that looked horrid on white backgrounds. (Y)

edit: Didn't notice your post above. Thanks for being open to constructive criticism and feedback!

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Thanks for the great theme. I only have one bug and one suggestion.

About dialogs that only use the close button look a bit strange as seen below:

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My request/suggestion would be to change up the control panel sidepanel background to something similar to this:

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I think it looks really awesome being blue like that and I think it would make Pastelish even better.

Thanks! :D

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ProiektHat

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Not really nitpicking here, but I think there's one progress bar image that was left untouched. This 'static' non animating progress bar used by Firefox, Thunderbird, and Opera - all applications using non-native widgets to draw Windows controls - still has a green progress bar.

See screenshot below as an example.

I don't mind the green progress bar being there, but if you were looking for a close to flawless theme, this would be one point to consider. (As an example, try another theme such as ProjectX 2 and notice that the progressbar in that VS does show up properly in these applications.)

Keep up the good work though. I like how your theme finally softened the window shadows that looked horrid on white backgrounds. (Y)

edit: Didn't notice your post above. Thanks for being open to constructive criticism and feedback!

Sometimes nitpicking is a good thing :) ,but you are right those bars weren?t skinned (if i was i firefox user i certainly have noticed that) and that breaks the overall look.

I have updated the VS...you can download again and thanks.

Thanks for the great theme. I only have one bug and one suggestion.

About dialogs that only use the close button look a bit strange as seen below:

My request/suggestion would be to change up the control panel sidepanel background to something similar to this:

I think it looks really awesome being blue like that and I think it would make Pastelish even better.

Thanks!:DD

About the close button: if it wasn?t that way the close button would have look stranger because it would look out of place and cut in the middle.

To change The control panel sidebar you must edit the shellstyle...maybe in a near future i will consider that...Thanks

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wow, this theme is awesome, i'm impressed with all the changes, i appreciate the 2 versions and all the improvements, this is really usable. (Y)

if its not too much would you look into intergrating the progress bars' colour with the default blue scheme like that of the explorer toolbar, this would look good aswell :)

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Denis W. Veteran

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any chance someone can help me with my FF favicon moving away from the edge, for some reason custom vs's with glasser on FF makes the favicon + info square tab show a random line going down?

Favicon fix is available in the Glasser thread. You'll need the Stylish extension, or you can edit userchrome.css. See here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...amp;p=589484210

There's no fix for that random line bug AFAIK. Firefox uses the menu image when it detects a non-stock Aero VS in Vista. When it detects stock Aero it italicizes the Search field and uses the tooltip image for the dropdown box.

@sisiphus: thanks again for the update.

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Knife Party

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Favicon fix is available in the Glasser thread. You'll need the Stylish extension, or you can edit userchrome.css. See here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?show...amp;p=589484210

There's no fix for that random line bug AFAIK. Firefox uses the menu image when it detects a non-stock Aero VS in Vista. When it detects stock Aero it italicizes the Search field and uses the tooltip image for the dropdown box.

cheers for the help, btw, what stylish script is that on the page with the flat tabs you have in the screenshot?

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Denis W. Veteran

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^^ They show up like that if you're using the HilledSE VS.

edit: Oops, looks like there's a small mistake. Normal non-FTrans has the bluish left pane for Control Panel, but FTrans has the normal blue-green pane. :p

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