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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michael

yea
michael

dude what should i do?
VG

^^ Open regedit and goto:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer

If you find a DWORD value "NoTrayItemsDisplay", delete it and restart your system.
ahsan

it's beautiful but it' not have a xp black theme. please give me original black xp theme link
mike

I had to reformat my computer, and last time it took a few days and then it "recognized" the icons i guess. How can i make it "recognize" them faster?
hellboy

i have a problam with my opreting system xp service pack 3 the shell32.dll fill was loceted in memory so i can not instal any software in system
VG

^^ Did you modified Shell32.dll in Resource Hacker? If yes, restore default shell32.dll file and it'll fix the problem.
me

WHERE IS "%windir% ???????????????
Sytheii

That is your windows directory, "me." In most cases it is C:\windows

But "C" is the drive on which windows is installed. I have mine on E:\

I'm pretty sure thats your answer...
NLV

Thanks for the theme.

NLV