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 Apr 23 2005, 10:19 PM
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 NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16.  Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577  |
Yeah so I got this visual style, and I'm trying to apply it, but it won't let me...hold on, let me get a screenshot. Any ideas?
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Apr 24 2005, 12:16 AM
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 dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
you need to put it in the right folder.
not sure which one it is, but a google should tell you... |
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Apr 24 2005, 05:33 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
Yeah..I put it in Windows >> Resources >> Themes..but I have no clue why it didn't work.
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Apr 24 2005, 06:40 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
hmm...
i believe you need Style XP to apply that then. |
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Apr 24 2005, 09:20 PM
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 Jimmay Group: Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,224 |
You can contact me via AIM if you want help with visual styles. It's pretty hard to explain. And I got to go through things that aren't allowed on these forums.
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Apr 24 2005, 09:41 PM
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dripping destruction Group: Staff Alumni Posts: 7,282 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 21,929 |
there are ways to change it (for free) without using cracked software.
windowsblinds can change your GUI. it causes a bit of instability with explorer, but that's just a little. it has a nag screen every time it starts up, but that's no big. |
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Apr 24 2005, 09:47 PM
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Jimmay Group: Member Posts: 15 Joined: Jun 2004 Member No: 25,224 |
Yea, I got Windowblinds. I prefer it over StyleXP.
Windowblinds skinners are a lot better than the StyleXP guys. Heh, the StyleXP guys got some free website while the Windowblinds guys got a professional one (if you know what I mean). I got the registered version so I don't get the load up advertisement. For me, it doesn't really cause too much instability with explorer. But, that's just me. --edit This is for the person who made this topic. Your problem probably is that you don't have some kind of software that supports custom visual styles. Considering that you have a theme, I'm assuming you got your visual style off of Themexp.org. You need to download StyleXP for the visual style to work. You should check out stardock.com. They have multi-purpose software such as Windowblinds, ObjectDock, and a lot of other useful programs. But, thats just a suggestion.  If you need any help, once again, feel free to contact me via AIM.
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Apr 25 2005, 02:51 PM
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 =] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
QUOTE(member @ Apr 24 2005, 9:47 PM) Yea, I got Windowblinds. I prefer it over StyleXP. Windowblinds skinners are a lot better than the StyleXP guys. Heh, the StyleXP guys got some free website while the Windowblinds guys got a professional one (if you know what I mean). I got the registered version so I don't get the load up advertisement. For me, it doesn't really cause too much instability with explorer. But, that's just me. --edit This is for the person who made this topic. Your problem probably is that you don't have some kind of software that supports custom visual styles. Considering that you have a theme, I'm assuming you got your visual style off of Themexp.org. You need to download StyleXP for the visual style to work. You should check out stardock.com. They have multi-purpose software such as Windowblinds, ObjectDock, and a lot of other useful programs. But, thats just a suggestion. If you need any help, once again, feel free to contact me via AIM. No, you don't need StyleXP to use visual styles, you can use patched Uxtheme.DLLs. Allthatglitterss I suggest you see if any other visual styles will work anymore... and also. if you have any programs such as WindowBlinds, try removing it, then setting the visual style. |
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Apr 25 2005, 06:06 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
Yeah I tried another theme..it's still not working. Everyone else said they just double-clicked the icon, and it applied the theme. Grr.
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Apr 26 2005, 03:02 PM
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=] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
I'd suggest running the patch again.
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Apr 26 2005, 06:04 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
Haha. I did =]
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Apr 26 2005, 08:09 PM
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=] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
Haha I ran the patch once, I don't think it even worked.. lol. I couldn't set any skins, I needed WindowBlinds... I should have been able to use visual styles without it.
Edit:// Haha, this is going to sound stupid but: Did you read the ReadMe? Maybe it had specific directions. |
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Apr 26 2005, 08:12 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
I already installed Style XP on my computer once, so it prob. won't work anymore..and I don't like WindowsBlinds. Dangit. Why was this so easy for everyone else?
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Apr 26 2005, 08:22 PM
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=] Group: Member Posts: 712 Joined: May 2004 Member No: 15,626 |
http://cadmus.deviantart.com/journal/2419017/
They have a link to a prehacked Uxtheme.dll... lol. But you said you have StyleXP already, so that shouldn't be necessary. I honestly don't know what's wrong. So, the way I take it, StyleXP themes and Visual Styles won't apply? |
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Apr 27 2005, 06:45 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
I don't know. I give up.
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Apr 27 2005, 07:47 PM
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 ich heisse Meli. Group: Member Posts: 909 Joined: Apr 2005 Member No: 122,016 |
Um, on the screenshot, did you try going to Browse on the display options screen? If it's a normal theme, it should work. Maybe.
Just trying to help! |
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Apr 27 2005, 08:18 PM
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NO. I'm not 13. or 14. or 15. or 16. Group: Member Posts: 4,616 Joined: Jul 2004 Member No: 30,577 |
Yeah I tried going to browse, but it only accepts .theme files. I tried renaming the file extensions from .msstyles to .theme as well, but it said the file was not valid.
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