Windows 7 Theme for XP Users
- Friday, October 3, 2008, 17:57
- 3 comments
Nobody really know how Windows 7 will look like, but there have been a few images leaked of how it could look like.But If you are on Windows XP and want to have a theme that supposedly looks close to Windows 7.This theme is based on the VistaVG Ultimate theme and is created by “deskmundo”.
Installing the Windows 7 Theme
- Download the Theme ZIP file.
- Patch the “uxtheme.dll” file to allow 3rd party visual styles,Download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:
XP SP2 Users : Download
XP SP3 Users : Download - Extract the ZIP File and you will find the following folders
I.Balero – The vista like start button.
II.Styler - Styler Toolbar” which can entirely changes the default Windows XP’s toolbar.Requires Styler to be installed first, It can be downloaded from here.
III.Windows 7 Start Menu – Replaces the default XP start menu with a newer version.
IV.Wallapaper. - Now open the Windows 7 M1 VS folder and double click on Windows 7 M1 VS.msstyles and apply the theme.
The Folder Balero contains a trojan and the toolbar icons are not appearing at all. Here is the screenshot of what i see
@Srikanth: Check out this link for how to enable the toolbar,
http://www.askvg.com/how-to-install-and-apply-styler-toolbar-skin-in-windows-xp-explorer/
as with the Balero, you can also download it separately from here.
Thank you for this theme I have even thanked you in my post for the same theme.check out at
http://techstyro.blogspot.com/2008/10/windows-7-theme-for-xp.html
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