Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles

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  1. Posts : 49
    Windows 7
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    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles


    For some reason whenever I try to do anything (create a new style based on Aero, edit a visual style from Windows\Resources), it will not show preview images or object properties for anything when I try to navigate to them, as shown below.

    (ListsView -> Normal is selected, and should be showing properties/preview image in the right side panels; this window isn't the active one because I had to open Snipping Tool to take this screenshot.)

    Does anyone know what is wrong?


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  2. Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
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    That's normal for Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ListView > ListItem > Normal
    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-win7-style-builder-cwindowsresourcesthemesaeroaero.msstyles.png

    do you have a properties and image at Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ListView > ListItem > Hot
    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-hot.png

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  3. Posts : 49
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #3

    whatdy'a know.... I do have properties for "Explorer & Shell > Explorer > ListView > ListItem > Hot". It seems as though I was looking in the wrong place, silly me.

    Do you know where the inactive/active window boarders are for Aero?
    Last edited by ksdixon; 17 Dec 2011 at 16:49.
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  4. Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
       #4

    For aero
    Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > Dwm Window > Frames > Normal > Top, Left, Right, Bottom
    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-1.png


    For basic
    Windows and Caption Buttons > Basic > Caption to SmallFrameBottom
    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-2.png
    Jerry
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  5. Posts : 49
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #5



    Excellent.

    With Windows Style Builder I edited Bongo's 'No Glow 2' theme so that the inactive aero window has the same OPACITY:INT and COLORIZATIONOPACITY:INT as the active aero window frame.

    Now I can see each window's title clearly in white instead of black, with text that doesn't have a glow around it and against a boarder that doesn't have a glazed/glass look, like Windows Aero does.

    And I can still keep track of which is my current window by the glow on the minimize/mazimize/close buttons.

    The only issue I have now is that if I change the boarder colors or un-tick 'enable transparency' in the normal Personalization window I go from working with an 'Installed Theme' to using an 'Unsaved Theme'.



    Even if I save this (No Glow 5) in the screenshot, it doesn't allow me to create a theme file in the 'Windows\Resources\Themes' folder so that I could quickly install this onto other computers. How would I go about creating this as a theme?
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  6. Posts : 12,120
    Win 7 Pro x64 / Win 10 Pro
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    Be back in a little in a few
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  7. Posts : 12,120
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    lilsting10 said:
    With Windows Style Builder I edited Bongo's 'No Glow 2' theme so that the inactive aero window has the same OPACITY:INT and COLORIZATIONOPACITY:INT as the active aero window frame.
    I never thought about that good catch


    lilsting10 said:
    The only issue I have now is that if I change the boarder colors or un-tick 'enable transparency' in the normal Personalization window I go from working with an 'Installed Theme' to using an 'Unsaved Theme'.
    That is because you changed it
    lilsting10 said:
    Even if I save this (No Glow 5) in the screenshot, it doesn't allow me to create a theme file in the 'Windows\Resources\Themes' folder so that I could quickly install this onto other computers. How would I go about creating this as a theme?
    What you will need to do is after you save it in Personalization with Save as then be using the 1 you just saved then Right click and then Save theme for sharing give it the name of theme(No_Glow) save to to the desktop it's is just a .zip folder named .themepack download 7-Zip 7-Zip install it then Right click on the .themepack and use 7 Zip to extract to to your desktop what you need is the .theme file
    Win7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-1a.pngWin7 Style Builder Problem | Problems Opening msstyles-2.png
    and a copy of the theme folder in Windows\Resources\Themes just the folder now you have the theme folder and the .theme file for the other PC to put in Windows\Resources\Themes.
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  8. Posts : 49
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
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    Thanks for all your help. This is great, I can finally use Win7 in the way I have wanted since Vista came out.

    The only issue that still bugs me is the horrid sky blue selection color in Windows Explorer.
    The color itself is just a case of getting the shade right on the replacement colors in Windows Style Builder. If I were to change that to black (to match the window border color), how might I change the color of highlighted/selected files to white instead?
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  9. Posts : 435
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #9

    I actually really like that theme the way you modified it, please send me the theme after you changed the selection colour to (I'm guessing grey/black)
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  10. Posts : 49
    Windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #10

    Sure thing, Faceofjoe421, although there will still be some selected items which show up as the default Vista/Win7 sky blue color because I'm finding Windows Style Builder incredibly hard to navigate and find what I want to. The Start Menu's hover-over color, for example, still shows as blue, but most other areas are mid-dark grey (tree nav in explorer, right content area in explorer, tree and content area in open/save popup box).

    https://rapidshare.com/files/2197025..._Read_Theme.7z
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