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Do you use any Desktop Theme Software on Windows?

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Curt:
@Eóin,  
- you were warned. I did say I don't use themes, meaning I have no idea what to do!
 8)

1) When I click Desktop > Change Theme, Vista is asking me for a *.Theme-file.
So what do I do with the CleanGlass (♥) folder, which has no .Theme files, please?

Can I say right away that I only would like to change the look of Explorer, if possible.
Everything else is already looking good... As is CleanGlass :-)

MilesAhead:
I use VistaGlazz on Vista64 with the Purple theme.  The only negative side-effect I've noticed is that desktop icon position save/restore programs don't seem to work.  That provided the impetus to get rid of desktop icons altogether.  I use RocketDock with 6 folders to hold my shortcuts in various categories.

It's nice with W7 that you don't have to patch anything to apply themes.
On XP I really like the Shine_vs Theme

The trouble with Shine though, is centering the caption obliterates too much text on dialog and message boxes.  I tried to hack it myself with a resource hacker but I could never get it right. All themes I use, for that reason, have left justified captions.


Here's some screenshots.  The wallpapers I did with fractal programs.

Curt:
bumping...  :-[


1) When I click Desktop > Change Theme, Vista is asking me for a *.Theme-file.
So what do I do with the CleanGlass folder, which has no .Theme files, please?

-Curt (October 09, 2009, 06:26 PM)
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 :tellme:

tanis424:
- you were warned. I did say I don't use themes, meaning I have no idea what to do! -Curt (October 09, 2009, 06:26 PM)
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From the text file included in the themes ...

"Requirements: Windows XP with a patched uxtheme.dll file.

An universal uxtheme patcher for XP can be found here:
http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/OS-Enhancements/UXTheme-MultiPatcher.shtml

Doubleclick on the *.msstyles file to use the theme."
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Curt:
-thanks, tanis424

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