Windows 7 Skull Visual Style

Windows 7 Skull Visual Style by TheDarkenedPoet

Artist’s Comments

Hey guys and gals, this is my first completed visual style made for Windows 7. I have made this style for the Windows 7 RC Build but if you wish to try it out on another other builds feel free to.

This pack contains the files needed to change your computers visual style (aero.msstyle and explorer.exe) aswell as the patch’s needed for this visual style to work on the Windows 7 RC.

Aswell as the visual style this pack also contains the icons featured in the preview aswell as a few custom ones made by me. Also it contains the blades of grass wallpaper that is featured in the preview.

I hope that you all enjoy this visual style and i look forward to your downloads and support.

The instructions below can also be found in the download

Thanks once again. Darkened.

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INSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL

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IMPORTANT, BEFORE YOU FOLLOW THE STEPS BELOW CREATE A RESTORE POINT ON YOUR

COMPUTER INCASE IT GOES WRONG SO THAT YOU CAN EASILY RESTORE AND UNDO ANY

CHANGES MADE DURING TEH STEPS BELOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER CONCERNS PLEASE

CONTACT ME ON DEVIANT ART.

Step 1: Go into C:\windows\system32\ and then take ownership of and replace,

themeservice.dll, themeui.dll and uxtheme.dll with the three files in the

windows 7 RC Ux Theme Patch folder supplied in this download. (If you are

running a version of windows 7 different to the RC build google a Ux theme

patch for your specific build and follow the same steps as before but with

the different files)

Step 2: Go into C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero and firstly take ownership

of the current aero visual style file and then rename the file, aero original.

Now that the file has been renamed go into the Skull Visual Style folder

that has been supplied in the download and copy the file named aero into the

C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero folder. Make sure this folder now includes

the 2 versions of the aero file, the one you have renamed aero backup and the

one you have just copied into the folder.

Step 3: Now restart you computer and your visual style should now have changed.

Step 4: To change the start orb go back into the folder Skull visual style and

copy the file named explorer. Now go into C:\windows\ and find the file named

explorer that already exists and take ownership of it. Now rename that file to

explorer backup and copy the explorer file from the skull visual style folder

into this location.

Step 5: Open your start menu and hold down shift, ctrl and rigth click the menu,

a box shoudl appear with 2 options, exit explorer and properties, click on exit

explorer. You will notice that all windows will close and you taskbar disappears.

Now press ctrl, shift, escape and this will open up the task manager. Click on the

applications button at teh top of the menu and then at the bottom of the

applications menu click on new task. In the box that appears type in explorer.

This will re open windows explorer and your taskbar will reappear with the new

start button.

Now you are finished and the transformation is now complete. I hope you enjoy this

visual style and thank you for your download and support.

If you want to return to the defualt aero visual style follow all of the above steps

but replacing the current aero and explorer files with the ones you previously renamed

explorer backup and aero backup.

Thanks for your download once again. Darkened.

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