phantomAI Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 I have beta 3 I think, since it was a small file 395KB. Does it expire? If so how do I know how many days I have left since it doesn't act like a real program, when I double click on the .exe it gives me the toothpaste theme. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laughing-Man Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 There was a rumor that StyleXP was going to charge for the program and the version that people were downloading was shareware, but I think that is false so in other words I don't think it will expire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BananaMan Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Sorry, it does infact expire. It isn't a rumour, mine expired. I haven't had StyleXP beta 3 expire on me (although it's meant to after 90 days), but Style beta 4 dies after 30 days - and yes, they do plan on charging for StyleXP (although I suspect this to change since their user base has completely abandoned them for the far better alternative). The way around this is simple, get a hacked version of uxtheme.dll that's on a thread here or you could probably get away with using the uxtheme.dll file StyleXP has already installed, uninstall StyleXP and replace the file under the command prompt. Vuala. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprfli Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 i'm running style xp 4.2 and it sure does have a spot to enter your registration but like you said there is no mention if it is crippleware that expires after X amount of days. i was wondering baout this as well. can anyone confirm the registration status? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 suprfli, Sorry for not speaking professionally, but I think to confirm your hunch is to open up uxtheme.dll with ResHacker or increase your computer date to past 90 days from the date you've installed your StyleXP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al92lt1 Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Of course there is always that dreaded, horrible, distasteful alternative: Pay for it!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunnyy4 Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 I don't know what I did... but I installed the first version of StyleXP, and many days later installed the newest version. After finishing up, I disabled the StyleXP program from starting up and it has not bugged me about a program expiring ever since. Could this be the solution? I dunno... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
radioboy Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Originally posted by al92lt1 Of course there is always that dreaded, horrible, distasteful alternative: Pay for it!! Because we don't want to pay $20 for one modified DLL file, that's why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
al92lt1 Posted December 29, 2001 Share Posted December 29, 2001 Then modify the dll yourself and you don't need the program. I can't figure out why some people think all software should be free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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