OmegaHack Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Just like the topic says, is there anyway to use XP themes on Vista? The Vista themes that have come out so far are very boring (in my opinion). Plus there is quite a large selection for XP themes. Thank you for your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vice Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 Short answer no. Long answer, themes themselves can be modified to work on Vista and you can use a program like Windows Blinds (For vista) to run old Windows Blind themes. However .msstyle themes (which I think you are referring to) will not work on Vista without modifying them as far as I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbo11883 Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 The only option at the moment is to use WindowBlinds... :x If someone could reverse engineer the Vista theme engine to the point of making an application along the lines of StyleBuilder, the community can start pushing out real interesting themes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForXy Posted October 8, 2007 Share Posted October 8, 2007 You need Skinstudio and WindowBlinds. =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randolph Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 You need Skinstudio and WindowBlinds. =) But you got to buy both, am I right? (N) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalE Posted October 27, 2007 Share Posted October 27, 2007 WindowBlinds is only $20; it is totally worth the price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tool++ Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 I'm sure you could take most of the resources of an xp style and modify aero so it uses them. It could take time though. Hmm. I reaally want a nonbloat theme :C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Island Dog Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 But you got to buy both, am I right? (N) WindowBlinds is $20, and SkinStudio 5 which you would use to convert is free. :) This is Luna Element 5 Black running on Vista. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werelds Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 I suppose noone has found a way to convert good old .msstyles to Vista VS? Can't stand Windowblinds :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schaggo Posted November 22, 2007 Share Posted November 22, 2007 Have to say the Luna Element is my goddamn favourite msstyle and it looks so sexy in the screenshot above. If I really need Windowblinds to make it run on Vista, I might opt in and install that thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BMW_CHUBB Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 I suppose noone has found a way to convert good old .msstyles to Vista VS?Can't stand Windowblinds :( There is and its easy ... But i will not say how Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnicksTape Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 There is and its easy ...But i will not say how y not?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konARTIZT Posted January 1, 2008 Share Posted January 1, 2008 There is and its easy ...But i will not say how why write a BS reply telling people you wont show them. lame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werelds Posted January 2, 2008 Share Posted January 2, 2008 I guess some people need attention, and that's a way to get some ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trancefreak Posted January 5, 2008 Share Posted January 5, 2008 WindowBlinds is $20, and SkinStudio 5 which you would use to convert is free. :) This is Luna Element 5 Black running on Vista. wow thats nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted January 12, 2008 Veteran Share Posted January 12, 2008 moved here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua-San Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 WindowBlinds? Ewww, what a craptastic piece of garbage! There's got to be a decent way to use nice themes, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idas Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 I suppose noone has found a way to convert good old .msstyles to Vista VS?Can't stand Windowblinds :( '' ... Import XP Styles A featue of Visual Style Builder that has been secret until now is the ability to Import XP MsStyles. That’s right, VSB makes it possible to use your favorite XP Styles on Vista! Most XP Styles only need some small modifications after importing to work correctly on Vista . Here’s an example of XP Luna after having it converted to a Vista Style after importing: As you can see, the dialog uses the Luna window borders as well as Luna buttons. As a bonus, the Luna theme got dropshadows and is rendered by the DWM. For this theme, I opted to keep the Aero buttons because I personally think they look great on the Luna theme. Of course, not all themes can be imported 100% correctly: Vista has some more restrictions on the window frames than XP had. However, it will make porting much easier and it works for a lot of themes without modifications. . . . '' so yes there is a program that can transport somehow the xp visual styles to vista , but we waiting for the realease of it, see the hole instructions of Vista Style Builder, also have a look to this page. ---------------------------- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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