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Style7 – Custom Window 7 Themes
Style 7 is a Windows 7 theme generator. It uses the default Microsoft Aero theme as base and generates a new theme using blackbox styles. Blackbox styles are created with a single, simple, human-readable, configuration file. Thousands are also readily available for download on the internet.
You will need UxStyle Core or UxTheme patcher to run the Unsigned Themes created by Style7.
The installer includes the classic blackbox themes. But search for more themes on Customize.org
Change Log
10/16/2009
- DWM Composition Support (Aero/Transparency/Effects)
November 7, 2009 - 5:45 am
Great idea, but …. I’ve got a problem. I use UxStyle, and normal Aero-enabled themes downloaded eg. from DeviantArt are working (= UxStyle is obviously active).
But themes applied by Your application not. Windows turns each to “classic”. For example Nyz.style visible on Your screenshot is displayed differently at my system, as truncated classic, taskbar looks awfull like Win98.
No aero / transparency. Windows Aero diagnostic reports not Aero-enabled theme.
Also I’m not sure about path. Program creates folder C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\style7, and inside are together all generated styles in paired files *.theme + *.msstyles. But all other working aero themes have different construction:
- C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\theme1
—- theme1.msstyles
—- Shell
—- MUI folder
- C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\theme1.theme
Can You please explain me what’s going on?
Thank You
November 7, 2009 - 6:12 am
Style7 is currently tested on W7 RC candidate. I’ll update it to work with Release versions once I have my own windows 7 installed.
November 12, 2009 - 10:46 pm
It will be a new version soon?
December 14, 2009 - 2:55 pm
I used this program but how do you get these so called .style files? I searched customize.org and got no .styles.