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post #1 of 10
10/1/04 at 11:41am
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hey guys i was wondering if someone could help me out with how to change the color of my win xp taskbar to something other thant hte 3 basic themes? or possibly provide a link to where I can download a better taskbar than windows offers

TY in advance
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post #2 of 10
10/1/04 at 11:59am
Try ThemeXP.org
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post #3 of 10
10/1/04 at 3:15pm
http://download.neowin.net/nw_uxtheme.zip

If you patch your uxtheme.dll file with that downloadable app, you can then use nonstandard (and non-ass-ugly) themes.

You can download themes from sites like deviantart and extract them to C:\WINDOWS\RESOURCES\THEMES
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post #4 of 10
10/1/04 at 3:45pm
Yea the 3 main choices that people use are:
UXTheme
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

Windowsblinds (Stardock)
http://www.stardock.com/

StyleXP
http://www.tgtsoft.com/
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post #5 of 10
10/1/04 at 4:37pm
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Originally Posted by Planet-Ed
Yea the 3 main choices that people use are:
UXTheme
http://www.neowin.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=140707

Windowsblinds (Stardock)
http://www.stardock.com/

StyleXP
http://www.tgtsoft.com/
StyleXP basically does the same thing as UXTheme but runs an unnecessary application (and service if I remember correctly) in the background. The UXTheme patcher is the most efficient one I've found.
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post #6 of 10
10/1/04 at 4:39pm
WindowBlinds will NOT work on a computer with an Athlon 64 and SP2. It really pisses me off too.
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post #7 of 10
10/1/04 at 6:58pm
I added the other 2 sites for variety and tools. If he also wants to make his own themes both Tgtsoft and Stardock both have applications that help make making your own themes easier. Plus Stardock has a lot more in their full suite if your looking for a full suite for logins, icons, object bars etc etc
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post #8 of 10
10/1/04 at 11:44pm
Sorry if i'm asking a stupid question, but which of these will work w/o running an app in the backround like windowblinds?
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post #9 of 10
10/2/04 at 2:36am
UXTheme is the one that does not run as a program .. Its a DLL file that you replace and use instead of the original ..
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post #10 of 10
11/3/04 at 1:56am
once uxtheme is installed, where do you get the actual themes from? it doesn't seem that uxtheme has a website or anything.
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