Customizing Windows Captions In Explorer etc.

I am quite new to modifications to Windows and would like to know how to make the minimize, maximize and exit captions appear two dimensional (as they appear in a window that is not selected). In other words, all window captions will appear as if they are not selected, with no red in the corner, just the two dimensional unselected captions.

Do I need resource hacker to do this? Where can I find the files that contain these captions so as to copy them?

I chose the second way of enabling custom themes, I have included a screencapture of the result. I then edited the image using the Windows Style Builder and overwrote the renamed "aero_flat.msstyles" (my theme) with the edited "aero_flat.msstyles". I have included the theme in a .zip folder. I have only made alterations to the aero buttons (I think).

Anyway I tried to use the theme but it just reverted to classic, what do I do?



aero_flat.zip

That is strange because I used the x64 version, I am certain of that. Anyway I ended up restoring the drivers using that tool and then using the ux core program to serve as the theme workaround. The file you uploaded worked like a charm, is it normal/easy for .msstyles files to become corrupted? I only edited a small area of the steam image.

I did not run the file checker as I have edited so authui.dll's and would like them to stay as is. Thanks, though, if I ever decide to bring the system back to clean I will pull it up.

As a completely off topic question, I noticed on the forum that you had some awesome-looking black icons. Would you be able to post a link? That for all the help.