Modifying Vista Look

Bored with that not-so-cool standard theme MS Vista offered? Well, you can change it with any theme you prefer by following these simple steps:

1. Install VistaGlazz (download the installer from here). This tool will allowed themes that have not been verified by the operating system to be installed. Run the installed program and click a button to patch the dlls.


2. Restart your computer.


3. Download any theme you desired and extract to %WINDIR%\Resources\Themes.


4. Right click on your dekstop, choose personalize, and click Theme link.


5. Choose your preferred theme and activate it.

To make your vista look even better, you may want to replace the standard icon as well. Just download any icon you like, and modify your registry:

1. To change drive icon: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\Applications\Explorer.exe\Drives\X\DefaultIcon (where X is the drive letter whose icon is to be changed).  Just replace the default value in the righ pane with the preferred icon's path and name.


2. To change default folder icon: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\explorer\Shell Icons. Add string variable named "3" and enter path of the icon as the value. Also add string variable named "4" and enter path of the icon as the value.

My vista look is now:

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