dhjohns Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 On 2/2/2017 at 3:32 PM, Rayhaan Sheikh said: Ultra Uxtheme Patcher 3.17 is a virus. No it is most definitely not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted February 5, 2017 Share Posted February 5, 2017 Are there advantages to any of the others over using BigMuscle's UxTSB.dll? -Noel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveo76 Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 On 05/02/2017 at 2:55 PM, NoelC said: Are there advantages to any of the others over using BigMuscle's UxTSB.dll? -Noel I prefer to use BigMuscle's UxTSB.dll as it doesn't modifier any window's system files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tosbsas Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 Anyone here willing to tell me how to install that UxTSB.dll Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoelC Posted February 7, 2017 Share Posted February 7, 2017 (edited) Recent versions of DWMGlass.dll install UxTSB.dll automatically at startup when it is found in the AeroGlass folder. The DWMGlass.dll included with the above is a Debug build. You will probably want to overlay it with the later DWMGlass.dll Release build, dated January 7, which is available from Big Muscle's main download page: http://www.glass8.eu/download For what it's worth, this is the set of files I have that all seem to work together: Spoiler C:\TEMP>dir \AeroGlass Volume in drive C has no label. Volume Serial Number is 20A1-EC28 Directory of C:\AeroGlass 01/11/2017 02:11 PM <DIR> . 01/11/2017 02:11 PM <DIR> .. 10/02/2016 04:08 AM 7,176,192 AeroGlassGUI.exe 01/07/2017 09:51 AM 113,664 aerohost.exe 06/23/2015 03:13 PM 1,514,688 dbghelp.dll 02/07/2017 09:51 AM 2,154,405 debug.log 10/15/2014 01:19 AM 96 donation.key 01/07/2017 09:50 AM 991,232 DWMGlass.dll 08/24/2016 11:16 AM 1,788,416 ModernFrame-x64-Debug.dll 10/30/2016 03:18 PM 110,388 RoundedCorners.png 08/15/2016 08:34 AM 5,976 RoundedCorners.png.layout 08/15/2016 08:13 AM <DIR> symbols 06/23/2015 03:13 PM 156,864 symsrv.dll 07/22/2012 11:12 AM 1 symsrv.yes 10/16/2016 07:21 PM 9,631 unins000.dat 10/16/2016 07:21 PM 1,202,831 unins000.exe 10/21/2016 03:19 PM 191,488 UxTSB.dll 08/01/2015 10:18 AM 92,519 win8rp.png 08/14/2016 02:02 AM 5,920 win8rp.png.layout 16 File(s) 15,514,311 bytes 3 Dir(s) 32,124,833,792 bytes free -Noel Edited February 7, 2017 by NoelC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 http://glass8.eu/out/UxTSB-2016-10-19.7z These work as well. Pick the correct DLL depending on system bitness, extract it to AeroGlass folder and rename it to UxTSB.dll. I haven't noticed anything different about 64-bit UxTSB.dll bundled with the old debug build of Aero Glass. Even the hack for adjusting ribbon title caption text color is still present, even though Big Muscle said he'll remove it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierra117 Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 On 2/5/2017 at 1:36 PM, xemnes said: this is what i used to try perfect the caption buttons, your version sadly blurs them which looks awful and the window corners arent rounded like my modified version. startisback is the only application i know of that skins the taskbar to look like windows 7. iirc, it uses msstyles to do it directly. ive been using it ever since i got windows 10 when it was released and its not broken anything. its a solid piece of software and i think its the best start menu replacement out there. Thanks for the reply. A couple of follow-up things: 1) I wonder why there hasn't been anything other than Startisback that skins the taskbar. Is it due to some change from MS's side to the formats or just no interest from the community? Could you point me in the right direction where I could learn how to modify msstyles myself? 2) The possible MS changes to the taskbar reminds me of another issue for which it seems nobody has been able to find out what's happening at all. In earlier versions, one could adjust the taskbar button width using the registry key "MinWidth", which I believe is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\ ... I wonder where Windows 10's taskbar properties are stored instead? The tiny, label-less solution is driving me nuts, especially after having set an optimal size in previous Windows versions. 3) When I tried Startisback myself, it only seemed to skin the taskbar on either sides. As in, the start button + quicklaunch area and the taskbar notification area were the only ones skinned, while the middle area of the taskbar where all programs minimise, remained the default Windows 10 skin. I had restarted explorer.exe but it remained the same. What could be the cause? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkilleraxel Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) Nonsense, you just used ClasicShell to make your taskliste transparent. You can even have a Taskleist image according to your choice. Here are Tasklbar Image "User Painkiller" http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6089&p=30227#p30227 http://www.classicshell.net/forum/download/file.php?id=4087&sid=860212af0789b8018a19d0c714cbcf9f Edited February 9, 2017 by Painkilleraxel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xemnes Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 8 hours ago, sierra117 said: Thanks for the reply. A couple of follow-up things: 1) I wonder why there hasn't been anything other than Startisback that skins the taskbar. Is it due to some change from MS's side to the formats or just no interest from the community? Could you point me in the right direction where I could learn how to modify msstyles myself? 2) The possible MS changes to the taskbar reminds me of another issue for which it seems nobody has been able to find out what's happening at all. In earlier versions, one could adjust the taskbar button width using the registry key "MinWidth", which I believe is in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics\ ... I wonder where Windows 10's taskbar properties are stored instead? The tiny, label-less solution is driving me nuts, especially after having set an optimal size in previous Windows versions. 3) When I tried Startisback myself, it only seemed to skin the taskbar on either sides. As in, the start button + quicklaunch area and the taskbar notification area were the only ones skinned, while the middle area of the taskbar where all programs minimise, remained the default Windows 10 skin. I had restarted explorer.exe but it remained the same. What could be the cause? unfortunately i dont know how to make my own custom taskbar using msstyles. ive seen some people create a windows xp start button before, i just dont know what application allows you to apply it. the taskbar and start button itself are skinnable, im not sure if the buttons and open applications are skinnable. 3 hours ago, Painkilleraxel said: Nonsense, you just used ClasicShell to make your taskliste transparent. You can even have a Taskleist image according to your choice. Here are Tasklbar Image "User Painkiller" http://www.classicshell.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=6089&p=30227#p30227 http://www.classicshell.net/forum/download/file.php?id=4087&sid=860212af0789b8018a19d0c714cbcf9f no, i didnt use classicshell to pull this off. i used startisback they both do the same or similar things except i prefer startisbacks functionality and its start menu is much prettier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkilleraxel Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 (edited) If you are concerned about this, I have some SKINS for Clasic Shell. I would be surprised if you did not like it. Download SKINS for Classic Shell: http://www.mediafire.com/file/8rwn1qc2k4xxt94/Skins.rar The skins are dependent on the selected Start menu Themes And with further design questions and mystyl you can see the forum. Http://virtualcustoms.net/forumdisplay.php/1238-Visual-Styles Edited February 10, 2017 by Painkilleraxel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 @Painkilleraxel Please post in English or at least provide a translation for our other members. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sierra117 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Ah, danke, danke @Painkilleraxel! Managed to make the taskbar look much better BTW, I have noticed a strange issue with the titlebar buttons (see attached). It happens only for Windows Explorer windows when maximised, others like Firefox are okay. Is it because of me messing with the titlebar height value in the registry? If so, shouldn't Firefox be affected as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Painkilleraxel Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hello Tommy,Sorry. Was a mistake of my translation Chrome. I corrected it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UCyborg Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) @sierra117 Did you only try Firefox to come with that conclusion regarding title bar buttons? Firefox has custom title bar. On my end, title bar gets shrinked on every application with regular title bar and it is indeed the most noticeable when you look at title bar buttons. This is with default settings, messing with those registry settings will just have a more obvious effect. Note that Windows 7 eg. has the title bar height set the same as Windows 10, and yet the title bar buttons don't appear as big. Edit: Title bar shrinks on both Windows 7 and 8, title bar buttons are only affected as they are on Windows 10. Might be because they're so much larger compared to those on 7 and 8. So when the title bar shrinks, no space is left for the buttons so they must be shrinked. And registry settings affect everything in a relative way. At least that's what I see. Edited February 10, 2017 by UCyborg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xemnes Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 (edited) 13 hours ago, sierra117 said: Ah, danke, danke @Painkilleraxel! Managed to make the taskbar look much better BTW, I have noticed a strange issue with the titlebar buttons (see attached). It happens only for Windows Explorer windows when maximised, others like Firefox are okay. Is it because of me messing with the titlebar height value in the registry? If so, shouldn't Firefox be affected as well? windows 10 is weird and uses different title bar heights for different applications, its quite annoying. it will happen with most applications that use the base title bar. some other applications like an installer breaks it too, it seems to be a limitation. Edited February 10, 2017 by xemnes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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