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Description Get my latest Windows 10 themes: gumroad.com/dpcdpc11
Note: if you like this theme, would you be willing to donate a mere 0.5€ as a symbol of your appreciation for me? If you are interested please click here: www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?…

Firefox 4 users!!!
Due to the poor coding in FF4 default theme, my visual style and other 1px window frame styles, makes the title bar in firefox to disappear sometimes without any logical explanation. I found a way to fix that... at least in my case this works.
HOW TO:
- check out the fix I made, available here

UPDATE 6:
- another annoying bug that gave me 2 sleepless nights is finally fixed! I'm talking about the exaggerated height of menu and toolbar in Open and Libre Office. Users... enjoy!

UPDATE 5:
- the much awaited fix for the autoscroll mouse cursor in Firefox is here! It was the damn tooltip PNG in Explorer causing all the hassle. Glad I've finally fixed it! Still trying to fix the huge height of the button/toolbar of Open/Libre Office 3.3
- also made the scrollbars thinner in the light and dark bar variations. I think they look cooler now!

UPDATE 4
- matching glass like scrollbars for the colored caption buttons Version

UPDATE 3
- another variation added to the package: Color Caption Buttons
I had fun making the new buttons (inspired by the original OSX buttons of course), so I hope you'll have fun using them.

UPDATE 2
- the much awaited Light Taskbar is here! Many people requested the Light Taskbar version of my previous theme Caesar mod. I have stopped working on that theme but didn't forget the request. So you can finally enjoy the Light version of the taskbar. Works great with the Token icons by brsev and with the TB shadow by sweatyfish available here: sweatyfish.deviantart.com/art/…
Enjoy!

UPDATE 1
- improved the top frame of windows so now the inactive frame is is brighter than the active one
- changed the window caption font to Ubuntu (which is now also added to the package)
- fixed the aero wizard background

Yes it's a new Mac Clone Windows7 Visual Style... why? because I love it, it's cool and it works perfect for me... got tired of all the translucent theme (which are also cool btw) so I got back to my old Caesar Mod. This one had a number of bugs which I wasn't able to fix so I've started to remake the style from scratch using as a base the most complex and perfect Win7 Visual Style in my opinion Clearscreen Sharp by k-johnson: k-johnson.deviantart.com/art/C…
As I was recreating Caesar Mod I've started tweaking it more and more... and after aprox 1 month later here's the result: Minimal Taste!
As you can see there are tones of elements different: buttons are new, caption buttons are new, scrollbars are new, the start menu is fixed, and Java apps which used to crash using Caesar Mod are no longer crashing, the address and search bars in explorer are different... etc. etc.
Now this theme works great both on Aero and Basic interfaces, Top and bottom taskbar only. Didn't get enough time to do the taskbar on the vertical position.

Firefox4, Chrome and some other software which have problems with the windows frames of these kind of visual styles now work perfectly, but in order to do that I had to sacrifice the windows shadow. Personally it's not a problem for me since I'm not really into shadows (except for the taskbar).

So I hope you'll enjoy this new theme and will give you satisfaction using it.

If you find any bugs don't hesitate to leave a message!

What's in the package:
Theme: Minimal Taste by dpcdpc11: Dark Taskbar and Light Taskbar Versions!
Resources: ExplorerFrame (x86&x64) | Fonts | Start Orbs (dpcdpc11.deviantart.com/galler… ) | Wallpaper (salmanarif.deviantart.com/art/… )
Tools: Windows 7 Aero Blur Tweaker | Windows 7 Start Button Changer

What's not in the package:
Icons used in the screenshot: Token by brsev

Here are some brief instructions which I think you may all know by now:

0. Patch your system files and install the required fonts!
0.1. Be sure to patch your system files before you can use 3rd party windows themes. Use this tool to do it: www.windows7download.com/win7-…
0.2. Install the fonts found in the folder "Resources/Fonts"
0.3. Restart your PC

1. Install the theme?
Copy the content of Theme folder in "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\" (Asuming that you're Windows 7 is installed on partition C)

2. Change the start orb?
Use Windows 7 Start Button Changer from the "Tools" folder to change the start orb.
Launch Windows 7 Start Button Changer and choose one of the 3 BMPs from the "Resources/Start Orbs" folder and you're done!

3. Change the ExplorerFrame?
Take ownership of ExplorerFrame.dll, make a backup of the original file and copy the one in "Resources\ExplorerFrame\" according to your OS (x86 or x64)


4. Remove the blured edges of the windows?
Use Windows 7 Aero Blur Tweaker from the "Tools" folder to remove the windows blur.

Thanks for downloading!!!

CREDITS GOES OUT TO (sorry if I left someone out... it's not on purpose):
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Comments: 212

dpcdpc11 In reply to ??? [2011-03-13 17:38:06 +0000 UTC]

glad u like it!

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Aaron-A-Arts [2011-03-12 04:43:33 +0000 UTC]

nice

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Aaron-A-Arts [2011-03-12 17:07:47 +0000 UTC]

thank you Aaron!

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PrinceNuisance [2011-03-05 15:05:11 +0000 UTC]

Have to try this, this look's really nice!

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dpcdpc11 In reply to PrinceNuisance [2011-03-05 15:42:02 +0000 UTC]

please go ahead... try all the versions included in the package!

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PrinceNuisance In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-03-05 16:30:10 +0000 UTC]

Okay I will

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hybridic In reply to ??? [2011-03-01 15:24:12 +0000 UTC]

good work !

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dpcdpc11 In reply to hybridic [2011-03-01 15:33:07 +0000 UTC]

thanks man... glad you like it!

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wimanyuen In reply to ??? [2011-02-10 17:28:56 +0000 UTC]

thank you!!
Can you supply the ExplorerFrame for win7SP1?

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dpcdpc11 In reply to wimanyuen [2011-02-10 21:18:37 +0000 UTC]

thanks for the fav! the explorerframe was made by another skinner... dunno who that is unfortunately! sorry about that!

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wimanyuen In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-02-11 05:09:27 +0000 UTC]

thank you for your Reply

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dpcdpc11 In reply to wimanyuen [2011-02-11 07:15:03 +0000 UTC]

ur welcome

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Sidhenidon In reply to ??? [2011-02-06 02:51:17 +0000 UTC]

So, any progress on color captions + dark bar?

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-02-06 15:05:06 +0000 UTC]

not yet... still too busy with work... but you can mod the theme yourself, you have all the resources there.

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Sidhenidon In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-02-06 16:23:00 +0000 UTC]

I dont know how to ):
Is there a program? I'll do a research and try to mod it myself, thanks

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-02-06 17:02:33 +0000 UTC]

you must use this [link]
you won't have to edit any of the theme's resources.. just export the dark bar elements from one and import them into the color caption buttons one.

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Sidhenidon In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-02-07 00:38:18 +0000 UTC]

its over 50 bucks here, no chance ):

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-02-07 03:48:45 +0000 UTC]

sent u a note... please read it!

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Sidhenidon In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-03-12 02:56:55 +0000 UTC]

Hey buddy, remember me?
I started changing somethings, browsing the program you showed me, and came out with this:
[link]
All thanks to you
My first real modification of a VS, even though most of it is based on your ideas/images

Thanks!

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-03-12 20:47:09 +0000 UTC]

sure I remember you my friend!
Looks really good! Well done, I'm proud of you!

I can't wait to see you releasing your own theme, now that you know your way around making Visual Styles for Win7.
Good luck!

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Sidhenidon In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-02-06 03:13:24 +0000 UTC]

and if i can add, centering window titles would be nice aswell, but not completely required for me
Just a vague idea :}

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AciD7 [2011-01-29 23:19:05 +0000 UTC]

i love this theme

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dpcdpc11 In reply to AciD7 [2011-01-30 00:16:22 +0000 UTC]

glad you do my friend!

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3aTi3 In reply to ??? [2011-01-25 18:24:25 +0000 UTC]

i like your theme, but my title font is bigger than on the preview of yours.

[link]

what could be the reason?

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dpcdpc11 In reply to 3aTi3 [2011-01-25 21:47:39 +0000 UTC]

i see... I've updated the theme in the last upload and changes the titlebar font... didn't like it bold and small... but didn't update the preview... sorry about the confusion!

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3aTi3 In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-01-25 22:05:21 +0000 UTC]

ok, thanks for the answer (and for the nice theme ofc )

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dpcdpc11 In reply to 3aTi3 [2011-01-26 00:24:56 +0000 UTC]

thanks for downloading!

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Sidhenidon [2011-01-23 22:28:58 +0000 UTC]

I wish it has a Dark taskbar + colour caption buttons ):
awesome theme tho, using the dark one right now!

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Sidhenidon [2011-01-23 23:07:44 +0000 UTC]

aha.... i know what you mean... I'll see what I can do about it!

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Sidhenidon In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-01-23 23:27:06 +0000 UTC]

I love the coloured buttons though I dislike the transparent taskbar, it just looks wrong in the combination of my desktop elements.
It'd be perfect, thank you in advance

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Culero88 In reply to ??? [2011-01-21 02:55:45 +0000 UTC]

Awesome skin, if a dark skin could arise ...so to much pretty. Btw, great skin.

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Culero88 [2011-01-21 03:02:35 +0000 UTC]

a dark skin is coming tomorrow... see my latest screenshot for reference!

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FrancisForward In reply to ??? [2011-01-14 18:08:28 +0000 UTC]

Awesome VS!!!!!!

Little Hint. The systemfonts can be smoothen with the gdi++ [link] and looks great!!!

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dpcdpc11 In reply to FrancisForward [2011-01-14 20:07:48 +0000 UTC]

hehehe... thanks man... regarding gdi++... i suggest using gdipp... it's far superior than gdi++ and is using Freetype, the font rendering engine of Linux... checkout my last journal entry!

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FrancisForward In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-01-14 20:34:09 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the link. Yeah this is great - although the installation as windows-service confuses my firewall, which I know have to reinstall....

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dpcdpc11 In reply to FrancisForward [2011-01-15 05:02:32 +0000 UTC]

glad to be at help!

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etcoman In reply to ??? [2011-01-14 13:31:19 +0000 UTC]

Awesome

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dpcdpc11 In reply to etcoman [2011-01-14 13:46:59 +0000 UTC]

thanks man!

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etcoman In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-01-14 14:51:47 +0000 UTC]

No prob I Dont have Win7 at the moment, but when i do, yours will be one of the first themes i download

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dpcdpc11 In reply to etcoman [2011-01-14 20:08:06 +0000 UTC]

thank man... really appreciate it!

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dtack68 In reply to ??? [2011-01-13 23:47:39 +0000 UTC]

Most amazing theme ever - I just don't like the use of Lucida Grande... it messes up some apps...

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dpcdpc11 In reply to dtack68 [2011-01-14 13:52:27 +0000 UTC]

thanks man... I know what you mean by that... I'm working on a new theme right now, trying to reproduce the Ambient theme (the default ubuntu 10.10 theme) and I'm using Droid font, which is a better looking font, specially using gdipp which makes the fonts look almost like in Ubuntu or OSX... give gdipp a try!

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dtack68 In reply to dpcdpc11 [2011-01-18 11:55:40 +0000 UTC]

I have gdi++, but it doesn't work on some 64-bit apps I have.

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dpcdpc11 In reply to dtack68 [2011-01-18 13:24:43 +0000 UTC]

no no no... don't use gdi++ on win7 or vista... gdi++ uses an old rendering engine...
use gdipp link here: [link]
it has a 64bit version as well... [link]
it's not perfect but works many times better than gdi++... the gdipp devs should release a new version soon which will have many improvements.
stay in touch!

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JamrocKid In reply to ??? [2011-01-08 13:17:23 +0000 UTC]

sweet

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dpcdpc11 In reply to JamrocKid [2011-01-08 14:55:36 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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Curvin In reply to ??? [2011-01-08 05:28:17 +0000 UTC]

Looks Awesome !!

Any chance of getting a Dark Windows border version to match the dark taskbar ?

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Curvin [2011-01-08 12:42:56 +0000 UTC]

there's already a dark windows border version in my other theme Caesar Mod: [link]
For now these are all the variations of the theme.
I'm planing on making an Ubuntu Makeric default theme clone with some personal touches, that one will have dark window borders, but it will take some time to get it done.

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Drokka In reply to ??? [2011-01-08 02:07:55 +0000 UTC]

Can I use this theme, with TOP Taskbar, with no problem??

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dpcdpc11 In reply to Drokka [2011-01-08 02:40:05 +0000 UTC]

of course bro... just use the TB Shadow tool from the package to get a nice depth effect under the taskbar.

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