Any apps to enable more color customization for Windows 7 interface?

[TsunamiZ]

hi bongo, i've been using the skin and it's been great! but i found a couple of things that i didn't notice before. can you fix these?

- in some windows within programs, there is no aero. so these windows are blue tinted. can you desaturate them to be gray? the parts are pointed at in the screenshot below. and only the normal state of the window buttons need to be grayed [not the hover state].

- can you gray out the blue tinted bottom of the system tray menu?

- can you gray out these blue tinted window buttons?

 

[Bongo]

hi bongo, i've been using the skin and it's been great! but i found a couple of things that i didn't notice before. can you fix these?

- in some windows within programs, there is no aero. so these windows are blue tinted. can you desaturate them to be gray? the parts are pointed at in the screenshot below. and only the normal state of the window buttons need to be grayed [not the hover state].

- can you gray out the blue tinted bottom of the system tray menu?

- can you gray out these blue tinted window buttons?

Will check it out on monday
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

OK try this
But just replace the Black.msstyles in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Black folder

with the one in the zip folder.

I do not have a program that does not use aero so try it I think I got it. As for the buttons they take on the background color so they should change.

Let me know.
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

- look great, but can you restore the dark blue hover state of the min/max buttons? only need to do this for the hover state--not the normal state.

 

[Bongo]

- look great, but can you restore the dark blue hover state of the min/max buttons? only need to do this for the hover state--not the normal state.

Can you tell me what program that is so I can try it?
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

it's icofx portable. you can download it below. the portable version will ask you where to "install" it, but it's simply extracting it to a folder. you can delete the folder to remove it. it won't leave anything on your system.

info...
IcoFX - The Free Icon Editor

download portable...
IcoFX Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

 

[Bongo]

it's icofx portable. you can download it below. the portable version will ask you where to "install" it, but it's simply extracting it to a folder. you can delete the folder to remove it. it won't leave anything on your system.

info...
IcoFX - The Free Icon Editor

download portable...
IcoFX Portable | PortableApps.com - Portable software for USB, portable and cloud drives

Let me mess with it then I will be back.
Jerry

 

[Bongo]

OK I think I got it
Just replace the Black.msstyles as you did before.
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

looks great, thanks again

 

[Bongo]

looks great, thanks again

Your Welcome
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

hey bongo, i'm still using this skin and it's great. but i found one more issue. for windows that don't use aero [like in this screenshot from icofx portable], the inactive windows' close button is blue. can you desaturate the blue close button to gray?

 

[Bongo]

hey bongo, i'm still using this skin and it's great. but i found one more issue. for windows that don't use aero [like in this screenshot from icofx portable], the inactive windows' close button is blue. can you desaturate the blue close button to gray?

Here you go just change the .msstyles like before.
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

thanks again!

 

[Bongo]

thanks again!

You're Welcome again!
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

hey bongo, i'm still using this skin and it's great.

but i found one more issue...

- when not in aero mode, the maximize/restore button remains blue [when disabled--such as for non-resizable windows like installers]. can you fix this by desaturating it?

 

[Bongo]

hey bongo, i'm still using this skin and it's great.

but i found one more issue...

- when not in aero mode, the maximize/restore button remains blue [when disabled--such as for non-resizable windows like installers]. can you fix this by desaturating it?

What is "when not in aero mode" ?

Can you post a screenshot.
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

such as when in basic mode without the transparency. the skin is light blue in this mode. like in this pic...

 

[Bongo]

You want the blue desaturated from them 2 buttons right, is that all?
Jerry

 

[TsunamiZ]

currently, the problem is only the maximize/restore button is blue. the minimize button is already desaturated so it's fine. this is only visible in certain windows that have their size locked--not normal windows. so it's on the locked state of the maximize/restore button.

so basically, there is still a blue version of the maximize/restore button. if you can find it and desaturate it, then it should fix the problem.

 

[Bongo]

You will have to take a screenshot of that certain window so I can try to reproduce it.
Jerry