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Post by travis on Jun 5, 2023 18:52:18 GMT -8
After some advancements regarding the caption buttons on Windows 10, I decided to make a setup using a modded uDWM.dll file from vruh2 for 1903. The theme shown is a modded version of an Aero theme for Windows 10. |
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Post by Ittr on Jun 6, 2023 8:25:19 GMT -8
After some advancements regarding the caption buttons on Windows 10, I decided to make a setup using a modded uDWM.dll file from vruh2 for 1903. The theme shown is a modded version of an Aero theme for Windows 10. This looks absolutely fantastic. Whilst there are some changes in placement I can observe compared with 7, this appears to be the most accurate rendition yet. Amazing work. One question, how did you manage to get the explorer navigation (back & forward) buttons to look so intrinsically accurate, including restoring the "pill shadow"? Most other attempts at recreating Windows 7's UX in Windows 8 onwards don't look quite right with the alphanumeric states being very different. |
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Post by travis on Jun 6, 2023 10:16:46 GMT -8
After some advancements regarding the caption buttons on Windows 10, I decided to make a setup using a modded uDWM.dll file from vruh2 for 1903. The theme shown is a modded version of an Aero theme for Windows 10. This looks absolutely fantastic. Whilst there are some changes in placement I can observe compared with 7, this appears to be the most accurate rendition yet. Amazing work. One question, how did you manage to get the explorer navigation (back & forward) buttons to look so intrinsically accurate, including restoring the "pill shadow"? Most other attempts at recreating Windows 7's UX in Windows 8 onwards don't look quite right with the alphanumeric states being very different. The pill shadow is added on with msstyle editing. The accurate back and forward buttons are actually done with OldNewExplorer's alternate buttons feature, with the OldNewExplorer dll's modified. |
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Post by spawncampingnoob on Jun 9, 2023 11:52:36 GMT -8
is it alright if you send me your windows 7 theme file? the theme that i'm using squishes the buttons vertically like this, even without them being maximised:  (i've tried captionbuttonfixer, didn't help unfortunately  ) |
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Post by spawncampingnoob on Jun 10, 2023 11:48:28 GMT -8
is it alright if you send me your windows 7 theme file? the theme that i'm using squishes the buttons vertically like this, even without them being maximised: View Attachment (i've tried captionbuttonfixer, didn't help unfortunately ) had a crack at making the edits myself, got the caption buttons sized correctly, but i can't for the life of me figure out why the glyphs are so small:
(windows 10 on the left, windows 7 virtual machine on the right)
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Post by travis on Jun 11, 2023 7:18:40 GMT -8
is it alright if you send me your windows 7 theme file? the theme that i'm using squishes the buttons vertically like this, even without them being maximised: View Attachment (i've tried captionbuttonfixer, didn't help unfortunately ) had a crack at making the edits myself, got the caption buttons sized correctly, but i can't for the life of me figure out why the glyphs are so small:
(windows 10 on the left, windows 7 virtual machine on the right)
Here is the modified theme i'm using. Attachments:Aero7.msstyles (1.41 MB)
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Post by spawncampingnoob on Jun 11, 2023 9:11:29 GMT -8
Here is the modified theme i'm using. thanks man, so happy with how my windows 10 setup looks now 
also, how did you get the little glyphs on the caption buttons the correct size? i was able to get the buttons themselves correct by replacing them with their proper windows 7 counterparts, but i couldn't figure out why the glyphs were so small, especially considering that they were the same size on the atlas as they were in win7
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Post by travis on Jun 17, 2023 22:50:13 GMT -8
 WIP Dark Mode Aero. |
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Post by friendshiping94 on Jun 17, 2023 23:48:59 GMT -8
WIP Dark Mode Aero.
Looks nice! Also if you want to have the Windows 7 Action Center systray, here it is
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Post by travis on Jun 19, 2023 9:28:44 GMT -8
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Post by Brawllux on Jun 19, 2023 11:09:13 GMT -8
 Goddamn,that looks amazing! |
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Post by Windows 10-7 on Jun 19, 2023 14:51:53 GMT -8
Windows 11 will never look this good/accurate lol |
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Post by justaduckinacostume on Jun 29, 2023 4:25:38 GMT -8
WIP Dark Mode Aero.
Looks nice! Also if you want to have the Windows 7 Action Center systray, here it is
How do you get this working? I tried replacing the DLL files in System32 but it said they were in use. Sorry, I'm kinda new to all this stuff. |
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Post by golddl on Jul 1, 2023 9:53:34 GMT -8
Looks nice! Also if you want to have the Windows 7 Action Center systray, here it is
How do you get this working? I tried replacing the DLL files in System32 but it said they were in use. Sorry, I'm kinda new to all this stuff. you're gonna need to boot into a different OS to do this, the best way is by creating a bootable USB drive and using that to replace it that way (Hirens Boot works best) |
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Post by golddl on Jul 11, 2023 8:41:18 GMT -8
This looks absolutely fantastic. Whilst there are some changes in placement I can observe compared with 7, this appears to be the most accurate rendition yet. Amazing work. One question, how did you manage to get the explorer navigation (back & forward) buttons to look so intrinsically accurate, including restoring the "pill shadow"? Most other attempts at recreating Windows 7's UX in Windows 8 onwards don't look quite right with the alphanumeric states being very different. The pill shadow is added on with msstyle editing. The accurate back and forward buttons are actually done with OldNewExplorer's alternate buttons feature, with the OldNewExplorer dll's modified. Can you send the back forward buttons you used for oldnewexplorer? |
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Post by 9klco on Sept 20, 2023 10:40:54 GMT -8
had a crack at making the edits myself, got the caption buttons sized correctly, but i can't for the life of me figure out why the glyphs are so small:
(windows 10 on the left, windows 7 virtual machine on the right)
Here is the modified theme i'm using. Sorry if it's a stupid question but, how do I use the theme? It's only an .msstyles file and I think I need both an .msstyles file and a .theme file for it to work. |
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Post by ginger on Oct 11, 2023 5:57:28 GMT -8
I know that sounds stupid but how did you get those old icons on your desktop? |
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Post by Brawllux on Oct 11, 2023 9:49:06 GMT -8
I know that sounds stupid but how did you get those old icons on your desktop? Find the image online then change the icon of your programs executable. |
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Post by smashghost on Oct 21, 2023 8:37:48 GMT -8
can you post the dark theme file? |
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Post by scops on Oct 21, 2023 10:25:23 GMT -8
Here is the modified theme i'm using. thanks man, so happy with how my windows 10 setup looks now 
also, how did you get the little glyphs on the caption buttons the correct size? i was able to get the buttons themselves correct by replacing them with their proper windows 7 counterparts, but i couldn't figure out why the glyphs were so small, especially considering that they were the same size on the atlas as they were in win7
Oh dear, I just can't decrease the amount of blur that much in 22H2, this is earlier version, right? If you tell me this is 22H2 I am gonna freak out |
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