Clearscreen Themes for Vista

[Darrian]

That is simply fantastic, especially the Sharp theme. If it were out for Windows 7 I'd be using it. I hate to say it, but I almost wish you'd made it with Windowblinds :p

[-KJ]

Hi, thanks, I'm working on porting them over to Windows 7 :)

But Windows 7 is tougher than I imagined because of all the sharing of resources now. Lots of compromises I have to jump through, and I'm trying to take the best route with each problem. Just don't know when it'll be done.

[Darrian]

Hey, no worries man. Most of us here are patient, at least those of us who have been here a while. We're used to things taking time, and I think everybody would be happier with a quality skin than a rushed one. Now that you have my attention I'll be keeping an eye on this though :)

[Daedalus]

Very nice! Best theme I have seen for Vista. I'll give them a try on my Vista box and I look forward to seeing the Windows 7 versions.

[asim0]

Can't believe I haven't stumbled upon this before. Looks great, eagerly awaiting the Windows 7 version =]

[Mamoun]

That looks amazing, I can't wait for a windows 7 version! the basic version of the theme would replace the default basic theme of Aero on my computer forever. :D

[phot0nic]

I can't use these themes now because I use Windows 7, but these are the best third-party themes I have seen developed for Vista. Great job.

[buckboii]

very nice and simple. i like it.

[Ji@nBing]

Those look really awesome. As others have said, I'm eagerly awaiting the Win7 version.

[BetaAddict]

Usable themes with reasonable colors and styling are hard to come by. Great work. Would love to try out the Win7 version when you get time to port it. If you are looking for more downloads, consider submitting this over to LifeHacker. I am sure a lot of people would love this.

[Penrynz]

Can you make the round theme with transparent? :)

I really like it, but i think it will get better when have transparent. :)

[-KJ]

Can you make the round theme with transparent? :)

I really like it, but i think it will get better when have transparent. :)

Sure, I'm planning on having a frame patcher along with alternative caption buttons once I release the themes. :)

[KoL Veteran]

WOW awesome man, looks very nice.

One question if you are using Visual Style Builder. Where is the image you see in "A-H(185)"? The mouse over image?

[-KJ]

Thanks KoL :)

And yeah, I use Vista Style Builder.

You can find that image at "Lists, Menus & Tabs > ListView > GroupHeader" Just expand that part and you'll see <2>, <4>, and so on. You'll have to play around in that area to see which one gets affected upon clicking/hovering, etc.

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Now for Windows 7, it only uses the one above inside the File Properties menu and the Open/Save dialog, however, Windows 7 implemented another set of Group header images for explorer. Talk about redundancy :ermm:

For the group images in Windows 7 Explorer, go to "Windows 7 > Explorer & Shell > Explorer > List View > GroupHeader"

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The crappy part is that I can't add independent styling to the Group header text in explorer like I could in Vista. As if Windows Vista wasn't tough and picky enough to skin for, Windows 7 takes it up a notch by rewiring things around and sharing more properties that I can't seem to change as easily as I could in Vista! Gah!

/rant :p

[KoL Veteran]

Aaahhh there it is. Thanks a lot man.

Yeah Microsoft made Win 7 harder to skin. :angry: :angry: :angry:

[CrossCheck]

Aaahhh there it is. Thanks a lot man.

Yeah Microsoft made Win 7 harder to skin. :angry: :angry: :angry:

actually win 7 is very skinnable with the latest version of Windowblinds (WB ver 7 beta). and as with every further development of window blinds they always figure out ways to skin windows even more. WB 7 is easy on resources also

[KoL Veteran]

We are talking about msstyles not WindowBlinds.

[-KJ]

actually win 7 is very skinnable with the latest version of Windowblinds (WB ver 7 beta). and as with every further development of window blinds they always figure out ways to skin windows even more. WB 7 is easy on resources also

We're not relying on an application skinning program that outputs a 'proprietary' file that only WB users can use, though. We're directly editing the MSSTYLES.

I think WB has their own skinning system that allows compositing and sizing that would be impossible to do in an MSSTYLES file?

I may have to jump to WB for 7, but would like to avoid it as best as possible so anyone can use it regardless of whether or not they have WB.

[Panda X]

actually win 7 is very skinnable with the latest version of Windowblinds (WB ver 7 beta). and as with every further development of window blinds they always figure out ways to skin windows even more. WB 7 is easy on resources also

KoL and KJ are right. Also WB doesn't use Microsoft's whatever to theme. It overrides stuff.

[andy_rose]

Using the "take ownership" reg file you linked to in the readme, will not work with explorer.exe on my pc. It works for files tho. (x64)

[TGT]

Simply Stunning! First good looking style for Vista that i've seen in the longest while. Thanks!

[Kronir]

Very nice! If I were still using Vista, I'd certainly use one of them for a while. :)

[andy_rose]

Can you make the resources SP2 ready? The explorer.exe you are providing have the version nr 6.0.6001.18164 while a fully updated vista sp2 have the number 6.0.6002.18005.

[-KJ]

I would like to, but I don't have access to these files. Someone is supposed to send me the files that need updating on Vista SP2 x86/x64. I'll wait a few more days.

In the meanwhile, if you would like to have it done now, you can send me a PM with a link to the files that need updating and please tell me what architecture your OS is :).

Thank you.

[datacenter]

Hello,

I have been using your theme and I'm quite satisfied :) I have a rather annoying question... is there going to be a port for Windows 7 :unsure:

Thanks.