MS just released a zune theme. Its alright I guess.(not sure about the red/orange though)



Download:
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Micro...XP/1162510646/1

Nice looks great with many of my apps. By the way rridgely how are you liking the Ashampoo burner program?

this theme is dead sexy. i think i might revive the Themes service so that i can use it.

I think it looks awesome! It makes XP look pretty close to Vista...at a glance anyways. I can't tell if its based off of Luna or Royale though.

If I had XP I would definitely use it. While we're on the subject, does anyone know of any way to change Windows 2000's appearance?

See also here:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhan...oir-Theme.shtml

Thanks for that! I like this one.



start bar turns green when clicked:

Shame you have to uninstall Royale to use it though

I didn't.
Anyway I found a better one on my pc that I had already.
http://forum.ccleaner.com/index.php?showtopic=7418

From the above link: "If you already have Royale installed, you’ll need to remove it as both of these skins share the same name."

It doesn't show up in the drop down menu but you can still go to the theme folder and click the other one.(whatever the black one is called noir?)

Edit: Here is a pic

rridgely, where can I download that blue theme you are using?

To be honest I don't remember where I got it. I believe it was from kol on deviant art but it was while ago when I downloaded it.(I didn't see it on that site when I just checked). I uploaded it for you though.
Let me know when you have it, I don't want to leave it attached for long.

I've got it. Thanks man!

Its a nice theme. It has a couple of different colors but I like the blue the best.

Edit:
You have to have a modified uxtheme.dll. You can download that here:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/Desktop-Enhan...SP2-Final.shtml

Then you just put the file I gave you in C:\windows\resources\themes and double click it.

Sweet, thanks!

Hmm I followed the instructions to a T, but when I double click on the file, it just brings up the Display properties window and there are no more options in the drop down menu. I'm lost at this point.

Maybe you didn't change uxtheme right? Just to make sure try this theme too:
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If that one works let me know.

No that one didn't work either. So I tried re-copying that .dll file into System32, but now its giving me an error that says something about the file being in use and it won't let me replace it, even immediately after a fresh reboot. I'm not sure what to do now, but I appreciate your help.

Thanks for that Rridgley.I reckon it's pretty darn good and a keeper here.

Just so everyone knows... this theme does not install correctly. If you notice the theme is a mix of the zune and classic theme. The shell style is not installed correctly. To fix this go to c:windows:resources:themes:zune and create a new folder called "Shell" and inside the shell folder create another folder called "NormalColor" move the shellstyle.dll from the zune folder into the normalcolor folder and reapply the theme. Now the tasks list in the shell will be themed correctly, as well as other areas. Now go to somewhere like My Documents and see the difference. I love the orange start button btw.

Thanks man that did make a big diference I was a bit lost on where to put the shell folder to begin with so I looked inside the other theme folders and figured that out.

hmmmm. i have no change out of this theme, and did the fix too. i use alienware style theme regularly if that makes a difference.

Make sure you create the Shell folder inside the Zune folder,then create the NormalColor folder inside the Shell folder. Move the Shellstyle.dll thats inside the Zune folder into the Shell folder open that and move the Shellstyle.dll into the NormalColor folder close and then click on My Documents folder should see a difference over on the Left side panel now. Worked for me.

nope. i did all that, no change. double checked it too. hmmmmm.

Go to Control Panel/Display/Appearance/Makes sure Windows and buttons is set on Zune Style and Color Scheme is set on Default. Then click apply if thats available maybe a reboot wouldnt hurt either.

Make sure the Normalcolor folder is all one word. No gaps.

Res, i get this message when i try your last fix:


Visual styles could not be applied. Access denied.



i followed your instructions to the letter. still no fix. hmmmm.

turn on the "Themes" service. go to Start > Run > Type "services.msc", find "Themes", click properties, Set it to Automatic, Start it, and you're done.

thanks john. i went to it, and it was already on automatic. and then i restarted it just incase-no luck. i dont know why nothing ever works out simple for me.

Thanks Woody, I wouldn't have noticed it wasn't applying properly without the above fix.

yeah, that worked fine for me. I thought the My Documents etc folders looked bland. Now they all look quite snazzy! Thanks.

Out of interest, had you read about this fix or did you come up with the solution yourself? In hindsight, I can see it follows the same pattern as for the main Luna theme (ie Luna -Shell-NormalColor-shellstyle.dll), but I would never have even began to think about creating folders etc. I just asumed it had a bland appearance for My Computer, My Documents etc.


while we are on the subject of Themes, does anyone know of any safe websites where I could go to have a look at downloading some more themes? I did a google and found a few but I'm a bit wary of just downloading anything to my computer - I once read that downloading screensavers etc was a way in which viruses could be spread.

Deviant art is the best place to get themes. Here is a link:
http://browse.deviantart.com/customization...amp;alltime=yes

thanks, I've just had a look, looks quite good!

I meant to ask this and forgot: from where did you download the calendar that's on your desktop? It looks good.

Rainlendar

Yep thats it.
Apparently they just decided to make a free and paid version..
I'm not sure what the difference is so here is a link to the one I have:
http://www.filehippo.com/download_rainlendar/

Under old versions get .22

Hooked up my spare drive and downloaded the Zune theme which installs correctly now.

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