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Description ok at last, heres the final

info in the preview

also included readme file

hope u guys enjoy this


other stuff running in the screenshot

is CAD (cd art display)
with a own modded theme

and the weather and sysinfo is yahoo widgets called
widescapeweather and informer
and can be found on yahoo widgets site


and a SPECIEL thanks to TQDgamer98
For helping me out with lots of stuff
and made it faster and esier for me to do this
hes been rly great

and i wanna thank all u ppl out there 'ing my stuff
also made me rly wanna finish this as good as possible

thank u all!

EDIT* The system dll files wont work on x64 machines
and i have sp1 on mine so i think maybe they doesnt work if u dont have sp1

and i heard some guys had problems get it to work
and i got worried, but there were many ppl who got it to work too so yeah
and they work for me.. ive checked it up!

i use tuen-up utillities [link]
to change my VS and so on
i dont know if that has something to do that my system files work
and not for other ppl
but if u can u should test it.. its rly great app and u can do alots with it
and it has helped me out alot when i had problems gettinf explorer to run properly i could just open that from failsafe cmd and change theme or whatever
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Comments: 441

invaderjohn In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 21:17:15 +0000 UTC]

no thats just 2 screenshots for basic and regular


on my second screen i allways have fullscreen firefox or photoshop

so i never take that in screenshots or whatever

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freakynomis In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 20:45:53 +0000 UTC]

I havnt got Vista yet but i am getting a new computer in 2-3 weeks and will defenatly use this skin

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invaderjohn In reply to freakynomis [2008-05-04 21:16:10 +0000 UTC]

oh im glad hope u will enjoy it

and vista rules ;D

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gmdee In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 20:42:46 +0000 UTC]

Will there maybe be a XP Port for WindowBlinds 6?
Looks so great. Especially the taskbar.

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invaderjohn In reply to gmdee [2008-05-04 21:15:31 +0000 UTC]

i dont think so.. i dont know how to skin in windowblinds, and i dont use it myself.. it is if someone else made it

thx alot

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Lostindamnation In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 20:15:43 +0000 UTC]

Very cool. Had to go back to V1 to figure out how to make it work. Unfortunately, the minimized WMP 11 doesn't look so great in the Taskbar, but oh well.

Fave!

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invaderjohn In reply to Lostindamnation [2008-05-04 20:23:04 +0000 UTC]

oh ok ;I to bad!

and thx alot!

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tecnophreak In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 20:14:05 +0000 UTC]

im having troubles getting the theme to work.

when it sasy "about the "system32" files

take ownership of the regualr files in "C:\windows>system32"

then rename then to "shell32.dll.bak" and "browseui.dll.bak"

and just put my files in the folders"

Take ownership of, and rename what files? And put in what folders? And also, this can all be done without a shell program, right>?

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invaderjohn In reply to tecnophreak [2008-05-04 20:20:55 +0000 UTC]

u just wrote the answer urself XD

its the shell32.dll and browseui.dll u gonna change in the C:\windows\system32 folder

but i heard som guys had probbs with those so i dont reccomend u try those out yet

they work for me.. but have to check em out first

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tecnophreak In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 02:02:15 +0000 UTC]

yeahhhhhh, i tried it out anyway, and my computer got SCREWED.
luckily, i had the peace of mind to set a restore point before i did it, and it ended up working again. so yeah.

Anyway, heres what happened:
after i changed the filenames and restarted, the welcome screen came up, but siad "cannot find browseui.dll" (yeah i have vista) From there, everything worked file (besides not being able to use explorer at ALL, but i could still use shortcuts to make itunes and stuff work.
A black background isn't nearly as cool as windows Aero themes though. LOL

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invaderjohn In reply to tecnophreak [2008-05-05 14:27:18 +0000 UTC]

weird.. did u replace the files before u restarted?
and ur using sp1 right?

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tecnophreak In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 22:21:35 +0000 UTC]

yes, and yes.
i did everything exactly as the instructions said

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invaderjohn In reply to tecnophreak [2008-05-05 22:59:58 +0000 UTC]

oh ok.. well i dont know.. i use tune-up utillities aswell to change vs and such.
dunno if that has something to do that they work.

i rly dont know dude!

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tecnophreak In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-06 01:44:53 +0000 UTC]

tune up utilities? like what?

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invaderjohn In reply to tecnophreak [2008-05-06 02:38:02 +0000 UTC]

its and application

search google

can do like 100 of stuff in vista

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tecnophreak In reply to tecnophreak [2008-05-04 20:14:20 +0000 UTC]

style-theme prog, i mean

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OsamaFactor In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 19:54:22 +0000 UTC]

I'm absolutely in love with all your work
great job on this again

and is there any chance you will be releasing your CAD style?

thanks again

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invaderjohn In reply to OsamaFactor [2008-05-04 19:58:03 +0000 UTC]

thx alot bud

and yes.. i will do that asap ^^

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lemontea In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 19:45:47 +0000 UTC]

Clean work. If I had Vista I'd try it out!

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invaderjohn In reply to lemontea [2008-05-04 19:56:01 +0000 UTC]

thx alot , then get vista haha

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balderoine In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 19:02:24 +0000 UTC]

very nice! I could try this but my drivers don't work with my Vista machine.. so I won't be able to use the theme properly. I still like though And I also see you listen to FFTL too

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invaderjohn In reply to balderoine [2008-05-04 19:54:26 +0000 UTC]

thx alot bud

they dont? how come? what graphic card u use?

haha yeah they are awesome ^^

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balderoine In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-04 20:19:55 +0000 UTC]

I don't know exactly.. I upgraded from XP and things
like maximum screen resolution and internet don't
work so i cant use Aero and see things normally

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invaderjohn In reply to balderoine [2008-05-04 20:28:02 +0000 UTC]

have u re-installed the drivers for ur graphic card?

right click on desktop take personalize and display settings then u can see what card u hace i think.

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balderoine In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 01:15:44 +0000 UTC]

yea, I've tried to but it fails to install.. it says that the drivers work only for Windows 2000 & XP Now I'm trying to find a theme patcher for Vista so I can at least try the non transparent one..

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invaderjohn In reply to balderoine [2008-05-05 14:19:46 +0000 UTC]

hmm okej. well there must be something u can do.
i would make a clean installation of vista insted

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downtheory In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 18:45:16 +0000 UTC]

Hey John!
Great work on v2. Loving it.

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invaderjohn In reply to downtheory [2008-05-04 19:53:39 +0000 UTC]

thx alot bud

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gorvenal In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 18:15:01 +0000 UTC]

nice job, but I think it is too dark. And where are the icons of C: and other drives?

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invaderjohn In reply to gorvenal [2008-05-04 19:52:22 +0000 UTC]

thx alot

well thats just me who changed it.. its not like that on other comps.

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desol In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 18:14:39 +0000 UTC]

I hv problem with the menu colour too. even I set it to white but still cant change it.... I am really love yr theme but black text with dark grey are really difficult to catch it

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invaderjohn In reply to desol [2008-05-04 19:51:12 +0000 UTC]

are u sure ur changing the right color? cuz it works for me

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designaddicted In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 17:49:03 +0000 UTC]

How do i make it like that?!

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invaderjohn In reply to designaddicted [2008-05-04 19:48:46 +0000 UTC]

DL and install the skins ;D

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designaddicted In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 05:17:42 +0000 UTC]

lol That was easy heheh thanks!

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ZephyrEcho In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 17:46:04 +0000 UTC]

Super sweet ^^ Kinda sad it's Vista but neat

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invaderjohn In reply to ZephyrEcho [2008-05-04 19:48:13 +0000 UTC]

thx haha.. then get vista hehee

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ZephyrEcho In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 04:09:15 +0000 UTC]

With my new laptop ^^

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DARK-THREATdoteu In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 17:17:32 +0000 UTC]

Works the .dll's under Vista x64.
(sry, bad english^^)

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invaderjohn In reply to DARK-THREATdoteu [2008-05-04 19:47:52 +0000 UTC]

dont know
it is sp1 files thou.. dont know if its the same

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DARK-THREATdoteu In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-04 20:05:03 +0000 UTC]

Sry, it's not the same files.
the x64 shell.dll is 12.594KB

The Vistax64 files are bigger.
Yours's not works

OK, the Theme works, but not the .dll's

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invaderjohn In reply to DARK-THREATdoteu [2008-05-04 20:18:41 +0000 UTC]

ah yeah

i dont think they are same size anyways cuz ive changed em

anyways.. i heard some guys had probbs with it.. so yeah i dont know.. they work for me.

if u any good with restorator u can allways move the files from mine to urs.

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Pathard In reply to ??? [2008-05-04 16:47:03 +0000 UTC]

/love

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invaderjohn In reply to Pathard [2008-05-04 19:41:06 +0000 UTC]

haha thx ^^

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Pathard In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-04 19:47:31 +0000 UTC]

Anytime man! I'm actually on my Dad's PC. I'm reformatting mine at the moment. I jacked something up with my Shell32.dll file. Whoops!

It's nothing to do with your Shell32.dll replacement, I was just trying to do something else.. and I messed up. Anyways, my PC will be working in about an hour. It just restarted after all the updates... and that part takes ages. lol

Well, I'm going to apply your theme the right way this time.. and not try my idea again

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invaderjohn In reply to Pathard [2008-05-04 19:57:37 +0000 UTC]

haha ok. sounds good.

i heard som ppl had problems with the dll files,.. but dunno.. they work for me on my sp1 machene
so thats weird, they must be doin something wrong?

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Pathard In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-04 20:24:50 +0000 UTC]

Probably. I'm using SP1, well was. It worked before. Then I just wanted to fix something with me Shell32.dll and bam.. "Cannot Load Shell32.dll.... more blah blah, Please enjoy your black and empty void of a background."

Right now it's on the loading bar after the updates.. really lame. been like that for almost and hour. Aside from that, I love Vista lol

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invaderjohn In reply to Pathard [2008-05-04 20:29:24 +0000 UTC]

haha omg u could restart the comp in failsafe cmd prompt and changed it though

haha ok thats a shitty long time

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invaderjohn In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-04 20:30:13 +0000 UTC]

i love vista to btw would never go back to xp..


exept for that stupid stream u have to edit when doing VS... its rly hard and annoying and u could make sooo much better themes without it

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Pathard In reply to invaderjohn [2008-05-05 18:43:43 +0000 UTC]

Yeah, XP themes were a lot easier to make. Vista just wanted to complicate things lol

Well, I got my PC up and running, boot time is just under 8 seconds It's amazing. Also, I tried restarting in safemode, but it couldn't load Shell32.dll, so I still had the.. can't do much error. And CMD was being lame as well. Still, I was planning on reformatting sometime soon anyways. This was a little sooner then I expected though

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