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yea.. for everybody asking for start orb.. ive provided links.. and its better to mod the explorer.exe then to replace it.

do that urself its easy :)

and about the DLL.. which DLL?? :s

u just have to paste my theme in the folder and double click it.. obviously after running the Universal Theme Patcher...

dont tell me u wana run theme without it.. because it is not possible :p

yea.. for everybody asking for start orb.. ive provided links.. and its better to mod the explorer.exe then to replace it.

do that urself its easy :)

and about the DLL.. which DLL?? :s

u just have to paste my theme in the folder and double click it.. obviously after running the Universal Theme Patcher...

dont tell me u wana run theme without it.. because it is not possible :p

I'd say people should stop recommending the UXTheme patcher. It's a lot easier to use UxStyle by Rafael. All it does is adds a service called "Unsigned Themes" and no patching/rebooting required, so the bold part is wrong. :p

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wow..

i know about UxStyle.. but i thought it too does change some files..

:)

but to be honest i am using universal theme patcher because UxStyle didnt work for me.

Well I remember having to reboot 3 times before it worked. :p And if you used it before 13th July then try it again, because I remember there was a problem with it after reboot. :p

well it is.. but its not that hard..

the problem is that i am not editing the shadows now..

its tooooooooooooo much work.. ask someone here..

:p

it is just tooo difficult to make them look uniform around the round edges.. but i made this theme with dark walls in mind.. :) and one more thing..

if u turn down the transparency it will make it easier to c the difference.. :)

well it is.. but its not that hard..

the problem is that i am not editing the shadows now..

its tooooooooooooo much work.. ask someone here..

:p

it is just tooo difficult to make them look uniform around the round edges.. but i made this theme with dark walls in mind.. :) and one more thing..

if u turn down the transparency it will make it easier to c the difference.. :)

Ah well I keep my themes at full transparency. :p

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it took me 20 or more times to make it again and again tweak it.. and apply to check.. and after all the hardwork i just put on a light wallpaper to find out that its completely .. Ugly.!! gotta make it again from top..

i just dont understand the weird grey tone thing in WIN7 pngs.. i mean..

why cant white b white grey b grey and black b black??

When I spoke about the difference between active and inactive windows, I wasn't talking about the shadows. I mean make the active windows stronger, and the inactive ones lighter... if you catch my drift. :p

restorator 2007

it took me 20 or more times to make it again and again tweak it.. and apply to check.. and after all the hardwork i just put on a light wallpaper to find out that its completely .. Ugly.!! gotta make it again from top..

i just dont understand the weird grey tone thing in WIN7 pngs.. i mean..

why cant white b white grey b grey and black b black??

Yeah the transparency on PNGs is rendered differently (exception of Aero) and if you don't convert them to have proper alpha for Windows to read then it looks like that.

hey how do u do that??? convert to proper alpha??

u mean

if i make an image using white and black and transparency..

is there something that can b done to it so it shows in the VS just as it does in photoshop?..

if yes then that would be crazy easy!!!:. can u tell me if there is a way?

My main problem with Aero is that there is almost no difference between active and non-active windows. This theme makes that issue even worse, which is a bit of a weak spot.

Other than that, it looks great. (Y)

well i disagree..

the default aero has such a big difference that it looks like the selected window is made out of marble and the unselected is a sheet of plastic :p

in my theme the difference is subtle.. but its enough to not get confused. :)

Cant wait for this!! Looks fantastic!!

Just a double check, can this theme be used and the original Start Orb kept? I like the colourful orb, but I LOVE the rest of your visual style!

I've tried it and you can. Thats probably why Microsoft made the Taskbar button's image embedded into "explorer.exe"

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