Download Windows Vista Dark Theme “VistaVG Black” for Windows XP

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This new theme is a black version of my recently released theme "VistaVG". Its also a Windows XP port of my "Vista Black Theme for Vista".

Download Link:

You can download the theme using following link:

Download VistaVG Black Theme

Download Blue Version

Make Windows XP look-like Windows Vista

How to Install and Use:

1. Once you download the file, extract it. You'll get a folder.

2. In this folder, you'll get 2 more folders:

Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Copy them to "%windir%\Fonts" folder.)
Theme (This folder contains the main theme.)

3. Download and run UXTheme patcher using following topic:

How to Install & Use Themes in Windows?

4. Copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder and apply the theme using Desktop Properties.

NOTE: In the above step, %windir% means C:\Windows\ folder. We assume that Windows is installed in C: drive in your system. If you installed Windows in some other drive, replace C: with the appropriate drive letter.

Facing Problems in Applying Theme?

If you face problems while applying the theme or patching Windows, check following tutorials:

PS: If you want to completely transform your Windows XP into Vista including boot screen, login screen, icons, etc, please follow following tutorial:

Transform Windows XP into Windows Vista without using Customization Pack

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Simon

MY COMPUTER HAS BEEN TURNED INTO A WINDOWS CLASSIC! HELP PLZ QUICK!!!!!!!
VG

^^ Have you run UXTheme Patcher?
doc

Hey, thanks alot for your black theme!

I was just looking into the process of creating a theme myself and stumbled upon yours.
This was pretty much exactly what I had in mind so i gave it a try. At 1st I was having an issue with icons appearing partially next to "my documents", etc in the start menu. I flipped the appearance from 32 to 48 and voila! Perfect!

I do have one question though. My system tray icons are stacked into two rows (two lines of them running horizontal). Is there any way to put them back into a single horizontal row?

Anyway good work!
VG

^^ I think you have increased Taskbar height. Decrease it and set it to normal by unlocking it.
VG

^^ Thats really strange. I have no idea why the icons are showing in 2 rows in your system. May be you changed some "Appearance" settings in Desktop Properties?
doc

aha yes indeed, that was what was causing it. i use font size: extra large fonts. when i switched it back to fs: normal the tray was normal again.

at same time that i apply theme i had changed that option, but it hadn't dawned on me that it made the taskbar big enough to cause 2 rows of tray icons.

odd thing is i always used extra large fonts and with the other themes the tray doesn't do that. o well, who cares lol.

well i'll deal with the change its not that it bothers me. it just had me curious.

thanx for the help tho ^^
VG

^^ Glad to know it fixed your problem. :)
Henry

I tried to use this, but all it does is make it classic with black window frames, I'm not sure how to get it to work
VG

^^ Run UXTheme Patcher before applying the theme.
Matthew

Hey, everytime i install the theme and you know do all that stuff and it shows up, it looks nothing like the picture it keeps going to the old windows 98 look for some reason.