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Clearscreen Sharp for Windows7
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Published: 2009-10-25 01:51:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 941493; Favourites: 1946; Downloads: 218437
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THANKS fediaFedia FOR THE DAILY DEVIATION and I'm glad that people out there still enjoy using this theme!
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Note: For current news regarding Clearscreen Sharp for Windows 7, please view: [link]
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Hi all,
Here is the Clearscreen port for Windows 7. Much has been polished and much had to be redone, thus some things have been changed -- some compromises here as Windows 7 shares even more resources between different parts of the theme. So expect some details to be lost (like the etched look on the group sorting headers -- Windows 7 ignores the property and only allows a 1px height for the seperator), or the unique "New Application" button state for the Start Menu (that image is shared and grossly distorted in another area), amongst other things.
You may be wondering where the navigation buttons and other resources are -- I am having trouble replacing my resources in System32. Replacing Explorer.exe works fine, but as soon as I replace a .dll file, things go to crap. I had to repair my OS 8 times yesterday and don't feel like having another go for a while. I'm taking the same steps as I had on Vista x64, and I had no problem on Vista, so this is very strange. Any help is appreciated
I am working on Clearscreen Round, which shouldn't take as long, as the base that these two themes share is now complete. Won't give an ETA; it'll be done when it's done.
Known Bugs / Limitations:
- Because of the nonstandard frame and padding size (both set to 1) of this theme, you may see the frames distort in some areas... unfortunately, there's not much I can do there as Vista's default Aero also has problems when scaling it down to this size; fidelity of the edges and corners are lost. [limitation]
- Aero Wizard dialog uses the bodytext color property (which is set to black in my theme) for the titlebar text for whatever reason (coding laziness?) -- basically, black text on black shadow == difficult to read... [limitation]
Volume mixer line goes a few pixels too far -- this is because the padding size is low, which allows for more vertical and horizontal space, allowing the vertical seperator to come into view and cross the horizontal volume mixer line. [limitation]- Resource Monitor accordion text color is white and sits on a light gray background. [limitation]
- Start Menu may show up blurless near the top when you first open it, but it fixes afterwards. This is because DWM assumes that there is a solid graphic there like in the default Aero, so it doesn't blur it. Unfortunately, there is an intentional gap up there to fit the style, and I don't want to change it. It's not a big problem, but a minor annoyance for some.
Updates
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)...again.
v3.2 (November 1, 2009):
- Fixed Start Menu's Userpic in Top Superbar orientation.
- Revisted the Superbar Thumbnails section, still not sure about it, but I think it looks better than it did.
- Improved Start Menu blurless area limitation (seen when you first open it, DWM fixes it afterwards) by expanding the white area (Programslist) horizontally to cover it. I can't fix the top part, unfortunately, or that would mean that there will be no gap up there, and I like the gap
- Removed Fading Animation in Explorer Documents section/template. It was an experimentation that I forgot to remove.
- Fixed Vertical taskbar graphics to stretch proportionately
v3.1 (October 31, 2009): Bug fixes & Polishing
- Fixed x86 white/blank graphic bug (Systray, IE8 Search)
- Fixed SIZINGMARGIN property for progress bar left and right edge -- edge retains fidelity when progress bar is stretched or shrunken.
v3 (October 30, 2009):
- Fixed Treeview bug (Seen in CCleaner, Regedit)
- Fixed Start Menu panels from distorting in Large Icons mode
- Fixed Shadowless frames (left and right) to match top and bottom frames
- Optimized frames for current padding/sizing border (1)
- Added a bit more contrast to highlighted text (highlighted text now set to #000000; highlight fill = #CDCDCD)
- Fixed Disabled SplitButton Dropdown graphic
- Updated Explorer.exe to current version [6.1.7600.16404] (x86 & x64) -- thanks to ~drake04 !
- Fixed Large Icons view in Start Menu from distorting the menu panels.
v2.5 (October 26, 2009):
v2 (October 25, 2009):
FAQ
- Q: Where can I get the green wallpaper in the preview?
A: Sorry, that isn't a wallpaper. It is a background made for presentation purposes. Maybe when I have the time I can create a wallpaper like it. - Q: What about the ones in Explorer? Where can I get those wallpapers?
A: I do not remember where I got them from, so out of respect to the authors I won't share them.
I think the ones in the preview came from Flickr. You may be able to find them in some of my favorite photographers galleries and shrink them down to your resolution yourself:
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Q: Are you going to make a large triangular Start button?
A: Sure, when I get the time. The reason for its current absence is because the triangular Start button is shared in all four Superbar orientations.
Q: Help! I can't make out the text in X program!
A: Programs that rely on their own graphics or font colors along with resources from the theme (colors, font, images) for their GUI will often have usability issues (black font on black background, for example). This is unfortunately out of my hands. Programmers design their program around the default Aero theme as that's what the overwhelming majority would use.
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Comments: 708
Awesome...but one thing I don't like is this: [link]
Ok, it's a very little thing, but I think it looks "unprofessional". Can you fix it? I mean, it doesn't look glossy...
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Sorry for being such a noob, but how do i install this for Win7 32bit?
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Hey, I just realize that my name was in the "Thanks to:" area. What exactly am I being thanked for? ( I have no idea )
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still using sonye but this is pretty damn nice and looks like you've taken alot of time and effort!
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plz tell me how to apply this theme-Clearscreen_Sharp_for_Windows7_by_K_Johnson
i m using win 7 ultimate x86(32bit) plzzzzzzzzzz help as soon possible
or either submit a video on utube
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I dont see that slim taskbar anywhere.. where is it?
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So nice!!!
eerr...is there a chance or is it posible to take off the lateral borders? sort of:
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please?
Anyways thank you very much!
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This would be awesome! You can adjust the width of them, but it affects other things to.
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can someone send me picture what it looks like ROLLOVER for MIN,MAX,CLOSE,HELP,RESTORE button..
i'm making theme for xp but i like this buttons.. tnx
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Hey sorry for sending a print request I meant to click download. Btw great theme.
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There's one thing that both perplexes me and bothers me. Why is it that when I go into "Advanced appearance settings" and change the font for icon labels, the font in the start menu doesn't change? I'm trying to use Avant Garde Gothic LT font with this visual style like like I did with it on the Vista version before I upgraded to Windows 7, but not all of the fonts will change like they are supposed to. This font provides a better, more minimalistic look in my opinion. For an idea as to what I'm trying to achieve, here's a screenshot I took back when I was using Vista with this visual style. [link]
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I meant to add that for those that are saying they installed it and nothing changed...
Do you know you have to kill your explorer process and then restart it for the explorer.exe and shell32.dll etc changes to take effect? (or restart the computer)
If you want to kill the process hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and go to the Task manager, find explorer.exe and end that process, then click File>New Process and type explorer.exe
(This might seem common place to some but others may not know)
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I absolutely love this, I just upgraded to Windows 7 and this theme is luckily for me only the 3rd I have tried..and it wins.
No matter what color scheme I go with on my Wallpaper and icons etc..this Theme works. It's neat, clear and crisp.
I hope that you update it and add all the other bells and whistles in the future.
One question, do you know how I can change the glowing light icon when you mouseover items in the system tray? What program do I use to edit Themes? (Been ages since I was into customization..do you have to use a program like ResHacker or something?)
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Any link for this black wood preview background?
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Any link for this green wallpaper?
Thanx mate!
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I have a problem, the visual style wont apply. I put it in resources and I did the patches but the style is still the same.
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I'm loving this theme, but is there any way you can edit this theme to remove the black shadow under the text on the title bar of windows? I dont know but I dont like it, but I LOVE the theme, especially the superbar.
Anyway of removing the shadows for me? If you're too lazy or can't atm, I can try to do it myself if you tell me how
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Great theme, one of my favourite i've seen but will you port this exact one to Vista as this one for Windows 7 looks far better. Please reply if you can't. Thank You
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Could you please provide information on how to install?
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I would like it but the Taskbar switches to Classic Windows Taskbar indeed of Aero one. It is maybe I use Windows 7 X64 ? Hope you can help me I really like your work.
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No offense, but can you please include documentation,instructions and updates in as .txt file?
Not all window 7 users here are familiar on what to replace and where to go and replace the said file, it's so frustrating
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Its sweet, but I would love to keep my transparant toolbar.
Is there a way to only change my start button to that triangle shaped one???
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Can you please provide a download link for only the startbutton.bmp?
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Why does mine not seem as thin as the image posted here.
Yes, I have it set to the thin version, and it's thin. The image above seems even thinner. Ideas?
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Love it really insane work my friend!!!
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One thing, i don't know if anyone so far has pointed out, that Auslogics Defrag, the words explaining what's in each column is upside down, rofl.
I don't have a massive problem with it, but i'd just like to let you know of it
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Hai
I love your theme, using it right now, but I have 1 problem with the system tray (no, the background isn't white) but I can't show the icons, only the ones that I 'create' after booting windows. So, it's like if I plugin a usb device, the usb device removal icon appears. However, the battery icon, wireless network icons and such don't appear.
I have already tried to show them always, but the field to edit it is grayed out except for the clock, here's a screenshot of it:
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I hope you can help in some way or another
Thanks for the lovely theme,
Andreas
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I did a video on the best Windows 7 themes that i've found so far. Your theme is on the list. If you want to watch it then click the link.
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Except, on Skype, the title bar has black text on black shadow..
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Loving this. One of the few things that I dislike about it is the attempted shine look for selected icons when you mouse over them. The color difference from the top to bottom is a bit much - I think this is extenuated by smaller icons. Just something to consider.
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It seems that with the modified "explorer.exe" installed I lose functionality in the Windows move/copy dialog ("More" is missing).
Anyone else experience this?
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
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Resolved with the newer versions posted by 'alterrocker85'
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Best Windows 7 theme because of the slim taskbar. Great job! I'd love to see more compact themes like this.
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This is easily the best Win7 theme that I have used so far
The Explorer replacement doesn't work, but I extracted the icons from it and replaced them.
Maybe you could put the bitmaps with the theme with quick instructions how to replace them, much better than having to update the explorer.exe with every little patch MS does.
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I'm pretty new at this stuff, can anyone explain to me how I install this?
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nvm, figured it out already
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How did you fix it? My taskbar changes like it does in the above example, but my windows edges are still round (as if they were default) and not sharp, the min/max/close buttons are default as well rather than the above pic.
Win 7 x64
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i have a cuestion how i can use in basic theme of win7 i never do it is possible?
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