Lets continue our tour of getting Vista components in Windows XP. Recently we discussed how to get Vista styled Welcome Center and System Properties in Windows XP.

Today we'll discuss about getting Vista styled Desktop Properties window aka Personalization window in XP. Windows Vista shows a different window when we enter into Desktop Properties. It contains various links to Themes, Screen Saver, Sounds, etc instead of the old tabs.

The above screenshot has been taken from Windows XP which is very close to Windows Vista Personalization window.

To get it in your Windows XP, download following ZIP file, extract it and run the "Personalization.exe" file:

Download Vista Personalization for Windows XP (Basic)

Download Vista Personalization for Windows XP (Glass)

If you want to integrate it in Windows so that you can access it by selecting Desktop Properties, then goto "%windir%\System32" folder, rename "desk.cpl" file to "desk2.cpl" (Very Important) and then copy both "desk.cpl" and "Personalization.exe" files from the downloaded folder to "System32" folder.

All credit goes to "fediaFedia" for creating this app...

This article was posted in Software Zone, Windows XP.

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