Tuesday, July 24, 2012
New Taskbar buttons similar to Windows 7 RTM (with round corners, updated colors and glow effect)
New User Pic frame in Startmenu similar to Windows 7 RTM
Windows 7 default Userpic is shown in Startmenu if Welcome Screen is not enabled
A brand new Startmenu in Basic style similar to Windows 7 RTM (Thanks to XibaD)
MSN icon replaced with Windows 7 logo in Basic Startmenu
New Menubar matching with Windows 7 RTM
New Quick Launch graphics and buttons spacing updated to match with Windows 7 RTM
Quick Launch "Large Icons" issue fixed. Now Taskbar height remains same.
A brand new "Styler" toolbar included to match Windows 7 RTM
Titlebar buttons graphics and position updated
System Tray icons position updated to take less space
New "Hide Inactive Icons" resources
"Details" view graphics in Explorer updated to match Windows 7 RTM
Taskbar resources updated for proper view in Top, Bottom, Left and Right sides
New "All Programs" Menu Background matching with Windows 7 RTM.
And lots of other small graphics updated.
At last many bugs fixed as usual.
How to Use:
1. Once you download the ZIP file, extract it. You'll get a folder "SevenVG RTM Theme for Windows XP by Vishal Gupta".
2. In this folder, you'll get 5 more folders:
Extra Common Tasks (This folder contains 2 extra shell styles: Bottom and Left dark blue.)
Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Run Fonts.exe file to install them.)
Iconized Taskbar Hack (This folder contains registry script to enable Iconized taskbar in Windows XP.)
Styler Toolbar (This folder contains "Styler" setup file and "SevenVG RTM" Styler skin. You can apply it to get Windows 7 look-like commandbar in Windows XP Explorer.)
Theme (This folder contains the main theme. Run Theme.exe file to install it.)
3. Run "Theme.exe" file present in "Theme" folder and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.
4. Also make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to be able to use 3rd party themes in Windows. If its not patched yet, download and run UXtheme Patcher using following links:
For XP SP3 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
For XP SP2 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
