WINDOWS7 THEME FOR WINDOWS XP

Finally the wait is over. The impossible is possible now.

You asked for full Start ORB.
You asked for Superbar in XP.
You asked for Big and iconized taskbar buttons in XP.

And now with the help of this new theme “SevenVG Refresh” everything is possible in XP.

This theme will make your Windows XP look-a-like Windows 7. It’ll provide superbar, full start ORB, big iconized taskbar buttons in Windows XP.

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This theme contains 4 sub-styles:

Aero32 (for 32x icon size)
Aero48 (for 48x icon size)
Bottom32 (for 32x icon size)
Bottom48 (for 48x icon size)

Aero32 and Aero48 contain left common tasks in Explorer. On the other hand, Bottom32 and Bottom48 contain bottom common tasks. So feel free to use whichever do you want.

HOW TO USE:

1. Download the file and extract its content. You’ll get a folder “SevenVG Refresh Theme for Windows XP by Vishal Gupta”.

2. In thi

s folder, you’ll get 3 more folders:Image Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Run Fonts.exe file to install them.)Image Styler Toolbar (This folder contains Styler setup and SevenVG styler toolbar skin. It’ll provide Windows 7 look-a-like toolbar and commandbar in Explorer.)

Image Theme (This folder contains the main theme. Run Theme.exe file to install it.)

3. Apply the theme using Desktop Properties and you have done.

4. Also make sure you have patched the “uxtheme.dll” file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:

For XP SP2 Users

http://rapidshare.com/files/204956529/UXTheme_Multi-Patcher_6.0_svenn15.rar

For XP SP3 Users
Run the EXE file and click on “Patch” button. It’ll take a few seconds and then you can restart your system to take effect.

http://rapidshare.com/files/204956256/UXTender_svenn15.rar

To Get Iconized Taskbar Buttons, Please Follow This Tutorial:

Before applying this tutorial:

After applying this tutorial:

1. Type regedit in RUN dialog box and press Enter. It’ll open Registry Editor. Now go to following key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics

2. In right-side pane, create a new String value MinWidth and set its value to -255

3. That’s it. Log off or restart your system and get ready to have iconized taskbar in your system.

4. To restore default taskbar behavior, delete the MinWidthString value and log off or restart your system.

PS: If you want a ready-made registry script which can do the task automatically, then download following ZIP file, extract it and then run the Install.reg file. It’ll ask for confirmation, accept it:

http://rapidshare.com/files/204956262/Get_Iconized_Taskbar_svenn15.rar

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