If you are facing menu cut-off problem in Start menu, then take a look at this link.
Its an update over previous VistaVG RTM theme.
This theme has been made for Windows XP users who want to have "Windows Vista" look in their Windows. This theme can make your Windows XP look like Windows Vista.
"VistaVG" is the first Windows Vista look-a-like theme for Windows XP and almost all other themes available on net are based on it.
DOWNLOAD LINK:
Normal Theme:
Theme with Searchbar:
FIX:
1. Chevron BUG fixed.
2. Startmenu image BUG fixed.
And a few other BUGs fixed...
NEW:
1. A new style "Black" has been added to the theme after a lot of demand for black titlebar.
2. A separate theme for Startmenu Searchbar lovers. It shows the Vista searchbar in Start menu but its fake. You need "LSPatch" to use it.
And more...
UPDATE:
1. Titlebar Text is shown in Left now.
2. Common Tasks are also shown in Left but an extra "shellstyle.dll" file is included for bottom common tasks.
3. Aero style for 32x icon size is default now.
4. Lots of new Vista images, like "All Programs" arrow, Explorer arrows, Startmenu images, Logoff/Shutdown images, etc.
5. A few colors changed.
And lots of other small updates...
HOW TO USE:
1. Extract the contents and you'll get a folder.
2. In this folder, you'll get 4 more folders:
=> Bottom Common Tasks (This folder contains "shellstyle.dll" file for showing common tasks in explorer at bottom.)
=> Fonts (This folder contains Segoe UI fonts required for the theme. Copy them to "%windir%\Fonts" folder.)
=> Styler Toolbar (This folder contains Style toolbar for explorer. To know more about Styler and how to use it, visit following link:
How to Install and Apply Styler Toolbar Skin in Windows XP Explorer?
=> Theme (This folder contains the main theme.)
3. Copy all contents in "Theme" folder to "%windir%\Resources\Themes\" folder.
4. Now you can set the theme using Desktop Properties.
5. Also make sure you have patched the "uxtheme.dll" file to allow 3rd party visual styles, if its not patched, then download and run the UXtheme Patcher from here:
For XP SP3 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
For XP SP2 Users - Download UXTheme Patcher
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Alas, I downloaded WinRAR, but will delete it. xD
Very, very nice theme Vishal, I love it. But it was extremely hard to configure, and get it up and running. First of all, my black theme doesn't work. It's just the light theme. It turns to Windows Classic if I tamper with it. Maybe it's just because my computer has been through so much. Have some advice for me? Your ReadMe folder only explains how to extract it, and I even had a hard time doing that.
Logan
I downloaded the theme and it looks awesome. Is there any way that I can make the "Start Search" function usable?
Thanks
VG
^^ By using a theme, not possible. But you can use ViStart which comes with functional startmenu search.
http://www.askvg.com/vistart-a-windows-vista-start-menu-clone-for-windows-xp/
Koustubh Ghosh
sir, when i download this theme file from any link.... i get a rar file.... what should i do??? i cant understand this above set of instructions....
VG
^^ You can extract the RAR file using WinRAR or 7-Zip. You can find both in Downloads section.
Nakul Ahuja
dudddddde!!! ure god man !! freak itni akal kaha se laaya yaar sware my brothers working wid infosys and even he jst told about those silly transformation packs which rater just eat up the paging memory rather than doing anything else hehe thnx man thnx a lot :DDDDDD tc do reply
LUV YOUR THEMES
I luv your themes. Somehow my Windows XP can open your theme files without downloading anything else. Isn't that awesome?
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This is confusing. The black theme is not selectable. You must explain how to use the black theme THOROUGHLY! How am I suppose to use Desktop Properties and everything is correct if Styler is in use? How am I suppose to get the any theme when I select the theme and then the sub-theme, and the screen turns all black except for the icons? I do, have this set up properly. Please make the black theme in a separate download, it would be easier; it could be doable. Totally irritating, Vishal. I love the Aero32 theme, it is great, but I want the black theme. If you can help, please do so, if not, then that's okay. Thanks anyway.
VG
^^ Have you run UXTheme Patcher?
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No, I guess I didn't think of that. I'll try that. Thanks Vishal. :3