Friday, August 20, 2010

Twenty Fabulous Windows 7 Themes [Visual Styles]


Arrow 1. Luna Royal Luna Royal Windows 7 Theme

Arrow 2. Ribbon VS
Ribbon Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 3. SlanXP 2.0
Slan 2.0 Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 4. Gel XP Blue
Gel XP Blue Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 5. NEXTlevel
NEXTlevel Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 6. Slate
Slate Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 7. Lumens
Lumens Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 8. Red Ice
Red Ice Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 9. ThaImpact
ThaImpact Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 10. base
base Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 11. Leopard OSX
Leopard OSX Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 12. Verdesh SteelFlash
Verdesh SteelFlash Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 13. SiCo
SiCo Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 14. Aero Hilled
Aero Hilled Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 15. M7 Remix III
M7 Remix III Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 16. Vista
Vista Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 17. Seven Aero Shine Blue
Seven Aero Shine Blue Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 18. AeroReloaded
Aero Reloaded Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 19. Soliq 7.1
Soliq 7.1 Windows 7 Theme
Arrow 20. Gersmaero
Gersmaero Windows 7 Theme

Usage Instructions
In order to use the above themes you will need to patch the Windows Themes sub-system. I recommend UxStyle by Rafael for patching the system files. If you are not comfortable with modifying core system files you can use AveStyler (it implements in-memory patch).
Most of the themes are available in ZIP or RAR archives. Extract the theme to C:WindowsResourcesThemes(where C: is the partition with Windows Seven). The .theme file should be reside in the Themes folder and not in a sub-folder.
Many themes contain additional files such as explorer.exe. You will need to replace the original explorer.exe file (present in C:Windows directory) with the modded file. There are a couple of ways to do this. Here is the simplest way to do it:

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Take ownership of the file.
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Rename it to explorer_bak.exe.
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Copy-paste the modded explorer.exe file.
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Kill explorer.exe using the Task Manager.
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Click on File->New Task(Run) and launch explorer.exe.

You can also use Replacer for replacing system files. Although it is no longer under active developement, it still works on most occasions.


For Further Reading,
Window 7 Tweaks

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