NEW Official Windows theme!! "Energy ... ... Note:This was originally for XP Tablet Edition. . .but, the Bink news site discovered you can just extract ...

Matt Blair · 04-15-2005, 04:31 AM

Note:
This was originally for XP Tablet Edition. . .but, the Bink news site discovered you can just extract the files and insert them into ANY version of XP (Home, Pro, etc -- remember, it's the stock Media Center theme, so if you have Media Center, don't bother!!). It makes XP seem brand new again! It makes the start button and taskbar more "shiny", adding more depth--along with everything else in XP.

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Bink.nu News Article(just for reference)

Download from Microsoft

Use winrar or any other archiving program to extract the .exe.

Then, pull the files out of the "update" folder, and place them into the base folder. Therefore, ALL of the files are in the SAME folder (and not in a subdirectory).

Then, copy and paste that group of files (from inside that folder) to WINDOWS/Resources/Themes.

Then, right click the desktop. . ."properties". . ."Themes", and click your BRAND NEW "Energy Blue" theme!!!

Hint: Looks GREAT with "cleartype" on. Go to desktop properties, "Appearance" and click the "Effects" button. "cleartype" is one of the options on the drop-down menus.

::EDIT::

Yeesh. . .internet kept dropping connection for some reason and I kept having to press "post this message". Made about 6 topics with the same name and had to go delete all the extras. . .hahaha.

Shinji_U · 04-15-2005, 04:33 AM

Nice.... but it doesn't skin legacy programs... are there any program out there that will extend the Windows XP skinning engine to skin legacy programs too?

Q4Legend · 04-15-2005, 04:45 AM

Any chance we could see what it actually looks like?

I get my XPS 2 on 26 April and will download in advance if it looks as good as you say....

TIA

Michelangelo · 04-15-2005, 06:47 AM

StarDock makes an application that will skin legacy applications. It looks very cool and consumes almost no memory at all.

Speedde423 · 04-15-2005, 07:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Q4Legend

Any chance we could see what it actually looks like?

I get my XPS 2 on 26 April and will download in advance if it looks as good as you say....

TIA

Here is a screenshot from a MCE machine. It's an interesting theme.

jk_baller23 · 04-15-2005, 08:19 AM

cool, i always wondered why peoples start button was shiny when they posted pics. I'll give this a try, hopefully, no problems

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Spazilton · 04-15-2005, 08:25 AM

Great Theme I just installed it. Love it.

+1 Rep Point for Matt Blair

5150 Joker · 04-15-2005, 10:02 AM

The instructions posted above didn't work for me but this did in case someone else has problems:

Quote:

Once you've unzipped the files here is how the folder structure should look,

Under C:/WINDOWS/Resources/Themes

1)Copy the royale.theme file to that folder above

2)Create a new folder named "Royale" inside the "Themes" folder, without quotes.

3)Copy royale.msstyles to the new folder "Royale" you've just created.

4) (optional) Then create a folder named Wallpaper under the Royale folder and copy over the energybliss.jpg into there.

That should be it. Everything nice and tidy. Once you're done just double click the royale.theme file.

jk_baller23 · 04-15-2005, 10:38 AM

It doesn't seem to change everything. Such as if you double click My Computer, the left side looks like Windows Classic. Anybody else seeing the same thing?

Matt Blair · 04-15-2005, 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 5150 Joker

The instructions posted above didn't work for me but this did in case someone else has problems:

Yea, when I did it, I didn't have to put it in it's own folder. I just stuck it in the same folder as the "Luna" theme, and it came up just fine!!

And, for the "windows classic on the side of explorer windows". . .It looks like that even if I use the normal "blue" XP theme.

BlastTyrant · 04-15-2005, 10:50 AM

Thanks for the tip, Matt! I'm going to put this theme on my 9300 tonight.

As Joker mentioned, you should only need 4 of the files from the archive:

C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\royale.theme
C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\royale.msstyles
C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\Wallpaper\energybliss.jpg
C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\Shell\Royale\shellstyle.dll

suddste223 · 04-15-2005, 10:59 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jk_baller23

cool, i always wondered why peoples start button was shiny when they posted pics. I'll give this a try, hopefully, no problems

.

That's what I tought too!

prism · 04-15-2005, 11:04 AM

Am I doing something wrong? I am using winAce to extract the file, but when I select the .exe file to extract, it tells me there is nothing to extract? WTF?

sonicwind · 04-15-2005, 11:10 AM

ah, I don't think it's all that fantastic.

chrsharvick29 · 04-15-2005, 11:20 AM

I don't really need to use that theme sense I'm using WindowBlinds. I like downloading all different kinds of styles.

04-15-2005, 04:31 AM	#1
Matt Blair The College Guy Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: I N D I A N A Posts: 274 Credits: -162	NEW Official Windows theme!! "Energy Blue" c/o MCE - Usable on normal XP!! Note: This was originally for XP Tablet Edition. . .but, the Bink news site discovered you can just extract the files and insert them into ANY version of XP (Home, Pro, etc -- remember, it's the stock Media Center theme, so if you have Media Center, don't bother!!). It makes XP seem brand new again! It makes the start button and taskbar more "shiny", adding more depth--along with everything else in XP. ----- Bink.nu News Article(just for reference) Download from Microsoft Use winrar or any other archiving program to extract the .exe. Then, pull the files out of the "update" folder, and place them into the base folder. Therefore, ALL of the files are in the SAME folder (and not in a subdirectory). Then, copy and paste that group of files (from inside that folder) to WINDOWS/Resources/Themes. Then, right click the desktop. . ."properties". . ."Themes", and click your BRAND NEW "Energy Blue" theme!!! Hint: Looks GREAT with "cleartype" on. Go to desktop properties, "Appearance" and click the "Effects" button. "cleartype" is one of the options on the drop-down menus. ::EDIT:: Yeesh. . .internet kept dropping connection for some reason and I kept having to press "post this message". Made about 6 topics with the same name and had to go delete all the extras. . .hahaha. __________________ matt blair -- matt blair -- matt blair matt blair -- matt blair -- matt blair Inspiron 9300 Pentium M 1.86gHz (17" WUXGA) \| 512mb DDR2 ram \| 256mb Nvidia Go6800 60gb 7200rpm hard drive \| 8x CD/DVD +/- R/RW burner \| 6-cell & 9-cell battery Last edited by Matt Blair; 04-15-2005 at 04:33 AM.

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BlastTyrant Beale Street to Oblivion Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 194 Credits: -19	Thanks for the tip, Matt! I'm going to put this theme on my 9300 tonight. As Joker mentioned, you should only need 4 of the files from the archive: C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\royale.theme C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\royale.msstyles C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\Wallpaper\energybliss.jpg C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes\Royale\Shell\Royale\shellstyle.dll __________________ Asus A8JP - C2D T7200 \| 1GB DDR2 \| 120GB \| 256MB X1700 \| 14" WXGA+ \| Bluetooth \| DVD Super Multi

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04-15-2005, 04:45 AM	#3
Q4Legend Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 94 Credits: -320	Any chance we could see what it actually looks like? I get my XPS 2 on 26 April and will download in advance if it looks as good as you say.... TIA

04-15-2005, 06:47 AM	#4
Michelangelo Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 105 Credits: -331	StarDock makes an application that will skin legacy applications. It looks very cool and consumes almost no memory at all.

04-15-2005, 08:19 AM	#6
jk_baller23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,149 Credits: -55	cool, i always wondered why peoples start button was shiny when they posted pics. I'll give this a try, hopefully, no problems .

04-15-2005, 10:38 AM	#9
jk_baller23 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 1,149 Credits: -55	It doesn't seem to change everything. Such as if you double click My Computer, the left side looks like Windows Classic. Anybody else seeing the same thing?

04-15-2005, 11:04 AM	#13
prism Registered User Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 333 Credits: -251	Am I doing something wrong? I am using winAce to extract the file, but when I select the .exe file to extract, it tells me there is nothing to extract? WTF?

04-15-2005, 11:20 AM	#15
chrsharvick29 Nascar guy Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 6 Credits: -358	I don't really need to use that theme sense I'm using WindowBlinds. I like downloading all different kinds of styles.

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