info: visual style creation

[ccl0]

recommended tools:

- ResHacker or Restorator or Anolis Resourcer for hacking windows DLL files and editing the shellstyle.dll for themes

- or StyleBuilder (www.tgtsoft.com): for making the Visual Styles (TGTSoft seems to have gone out of business since their website is gone now)

- some kind of paint/image editor like photoshop or paint.net etc

here are 2 sites with lots of useful information:

Logon UIFile Secrets

virtualplastic.

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some stylebuilder tutorials:

(old but might still be useful)

stylebuilder basics

Stylebuilder tips

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visual styles for Windows Vista and Windows 7: Link

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visual styles for Windows XP: Link

Edited June 1, 2011 by ccl0

[robi450]

Amazing :thumbsup_anim: :thumbsup_anim: :thumbsup_anim:

I'm very happy now.

Thank you so much.

[pri2sh]

nice info . I think Resource tuner is also a useful tool after Res Hacker and Resource tuner can also view png images in file

Edited August 6, 2009 by pri2sh

[AMIRZ]

Thanks especially for the tutorials. Btw although PE Explorer and Restuner are much better, but Resource Hacker is still free and simpler for me :thumbsup_anim: rather old though hehe...

[ccl0]

even though its old, and hasn't been updated since like 2006, i still prefer stylebuilder. its easier for me to work with, b/c its more visual than pe explorer etc

stylebuilder isnt perfect though. still some quirks with the program, and i've got a feeling that it won't ever be updated again.

[josmarcasu]

Nice post

Please make guide about this form

Newly thx!

[KaelVip]

Kool. :prop:

[Guest Arciapactoms]

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