Installing Custom Windows XP Visual Styles/ XP Visual Mods

I don't know how to get them to be in the drop down menu; I didn't even know you could have them in there o_O. As for really nice (im my opinion) visual styles you might want to check out the group 4impressions. 4impressions.net

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by spikeh

You could try StyleXP which works in the same way as a patched uxtheme.dll, and I believe you can use any Windows Visual Styles with StyleXP. The other popular program is WindowBlinds, which certainly more powerful than Visual Styles/StyleXP but it is an extra process at startup. (Which I don't like, so I just use Visual Styles.) It is a part of the ObjectDesktop by StarDock, who make many other applications which change the way Windows look.

One of the easiest ways to replace all the icons is IconPackager, again a product of StarDock and a part of ObjectDesktop. Most of the popular icons packages are converted to IconPackager format.

Don't all of those programs run in the background (correct me if I'm wrong please)? I could of sworn that those programs use up resources unlike just patching uxtheme.dll which doesn't require another program since it skins the shell from the itself not through a third party...

Originally Posted by xen0phobia

area o4 = one of the best ever made, but im not currently using it. I have 44 Visual styles and they are all good. And by good i mean minimalistic, clean, attractive, and most importantly white or black.

Links to any of them plz

There's nowhere I can't reach.