Customize Show Shadows Under Windows

[turbostream]

Hi guys,

I've been searching and searching but couldn't find how to customize shadows under windows. What I want to do is to make shadows bigger and lighter (less visible).

Does anyone know how to do that?


Thanks

 

[Anthony]

Cant be done unless you change to a visual style that has bigger shadows.

 

[turbostream]

What do you mean by visual style? Would really like to change the shadows somehow.


Cheers

 

[Anthony]

Have a look here for Visual Styles

Look here on how to set up your system for installing Visual Styles.

 

[turbostream]

Great stuff. Thanks for the links. Are there any tutorials how to create my own visual style? As I said just want to create different shadows and maybe change some colours of the window.

 

[Anthony]

You would need Windows Style Builder (WSB) but you would have to pay for it!!

 

[turbostream]

I see. Thank you very much for the help.

 

[Anthony]

No Problem, if you need any more help, just ask!!

 

[TBVNZ]

This is what I use: Download Y'z Shadow 1.9 Free - Adds a shadow and transparent effects to Windows - Softpedia
It customizes shadow size, color and placement. Plus it,s free!

 

[turbostream]

Thanks mate. Looks like a cool app but it did not work very well for me in Windows 7.

It says:

Requirements

OS: Windows XP Professional or Home Edition
Please use 16 bits (65536 colors) of screen color depth or higher.

Caution: This software does not work in Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000.

 

[turbostream]

Does anyone know maybe is there software like Y'z Shadow for Win7?

 

[billynomates]

I can recommend Windows Style Builder if you want to make your own themes. Costs a mere €16.50, £13.50, $21.00 and worth every penny/cent. Has a learning curve though!! With that, ResHack 3.5.2, possibly a PE Editor you're virtually sorted!