Best Windows XP Theme software other than StyleXP?

And the other thing to add is programs like StyleXP have built in program exclusion where it will not attempt to skin programs that are known to cause issues. Patching uxtheme.dll results in blanket skinning and quite a few programs don't get along with this.

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Originally Posted by Calculusaurus

Name one theming program that doesn't cause problems. I guarantee you that the uxtheme patcher is the lightest, most bug-free way at changing your windows appearance.

It may cause problems for you, but that's the case with every other theming program at the moment.

And yes, you're right. My argument was flawed. But I was hoping that no reader would take my comments as an assignment for Logic 101. If I were searching for a program I'd be grateful to hear individual results, thus being able to determine which program will likely work best for me.

It's not lighter at all. StyleXPs service size is determined by the theme being used but it keeps the built in WinXP themes service at a constant size. Patching the uxtheme.dll causes the built in WinXP themes service to grow in size. So if you are using a 2 meg theme and the standard themes service uses 5 megs, then a system using StyleXP would have a 5 meg SVCHOST process and a 2 meg STYLEXPSERVICE process. A computer using the uxtheme.dll patch would have a 7 meg SVCHOST process.

They use the exact same overall amount of system resources.

There's nowhere I can't reach.