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Clearscreen Sharp for Windows7
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Published: 2009-10-25 01:51:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 941925; Favourites: 1946; Downloads: 218439
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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
ok, the explorer worked, it was my explorerframe bmp's that was bad
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i got windows 7 home premium x64 Retail... i tried to replace the explorer.exe.... that made me have to install my windows again... i got an error message i think it does not work ;(
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It works, take control of the original explorer.exe, then rename it to [link] and then put the x64 version one from the theme into the folder(windows/system32)then endtask explorer.exe and run it again.
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hmm, ill try again it may be something else i did that made the error..
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ok for some reason it made explorer.exe.(no space)bk a link.
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My minimze, max.., close button seem big, I dunno if it's cause of my screen resolution or what, at 1920x1080. Here's a pic to show
[link]
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And btw, I can't replace explorer.exe - how do you replace it?
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damn this looks sexy - but because you're going to continue to work on this can I make 1 suggestion - can you make the close/max/min buttons better for the basic version? Other than that, everything looks sexy
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Awesome theme Featured it on my blog [link]
Thanks!
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amazing theme!! since I come from using windows vista theme clearscreen.
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Thanks for your help, my start menu is no longer tall 
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one word WOW
i like it much!!!
gotta fav this
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could you tell me the default fonts for this visualStyle? thx
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Good job
I have one request. Can you make a version without the "stripes" in the glass? Just clear glass? And also with colors in the minimize/maximize and close buttons on the windows?
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Hi, Can you make this awesome theme for Windows XP?
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Ooops I meaned this theme [link]
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Very nice to have this on windows 7
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the selections are still this ugly blueish m$ style, please change that also in the same color as the column color. thanks!
btw, whats the difference in the provided explorer.exe?
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How do you color the text and blur on the titlebar? And more specifically, can you remove the blur behind the text?
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My start menu is tall, shown in the link below. How do I make it shorter like the one you show in the preview?
kthx
[link]
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Right click the taskbar->
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pure flawless awesomness, the slimness of your taskbar also makes the big difference, so much more usable than the clumsy win7 default, lookin forward to the rounded version, many tnx for your great work
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Thx dude!!! very nice theme for WIN7... Amazing work XD
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Never mind, i got it to work now, but the start button is still the vista one wich is awful, but if i read your description right that was one of the bugs that you didn't had any solvation for right now.
Thanks for a great theme though
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How do you install this theme on windows 7 Ultimate retrail?
just brought it from our local store and i just hate that vista icon at the startmenu so i would like to get this one.
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Amazing theme, i doubt i'll ever change away from this one!
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Really good theme. However i would like to see different action buttons mouse over/press effects
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the progress bar in rapidshare manager is broken when using this theme, just so you know
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Looks pretty nice, clever job on the places menu, however the text shadow in the frames looks really bad... imo. Overall, better than most out there.
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Looks great! This will be my default theme choice on 7 for a long while.
Thanks for this!
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hi,
i am trying your theme and its working nice on win7 final x86.
but i am also using filebox eXtender and those icons look ugly -> [link]
is there a way to change this?
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Great man, i asked you in the comments of the Vista variant if you'd make a Win7 Clearscreen - and you did. Best aero replacement there is, thanks man
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The best theme out there! but can u help xD i got an explorerframe.dll that screws the theme up
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haha reply on myself
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oh awesome!
nice work, great quality. thanks.
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Everything looks great, except the text Shadows of the titles in the windows. Hope you can fix that, thank you.
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I like it
Omnly the Superbar is to dark for me. Can you make a lighter Version ?
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I am also requesting a lighter Superbar.
And glows for the caption buttons
It shall be epic!
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Amazing! Used this for Vista and not for Win7. Keep up the great work!
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Suppose to put "and now for Win7". Can't wait for new updates.
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Just awesome work dude, respect!
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First of all I'd like to say that this is the best looking theme for windows 7 I have seen until now.
Secondly I'd like to point out that the 32-bit (x86) explorer.exe version that is included in the rar file has a file missing.
To be more specific it's the 7013 bitmap that seems to be missing. At least under my 32-bit windows version.
To help you out I'm posting a rar file with the windows default & fixed version of the explorer.exe file as well as all the extracted bitmap files with their respective numbers.
You can download it from here:
[link]
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I think the shadows behind the titles on the caption bar are a bit too much, imo they'd look better a little more transparent
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