building theme tutorial

[babis]

Building Themes Tutorial for WindowsXP

This post will contain various introductions to skinning windowsXP

Main Tools Needed

For .msstyles:

Resource Hacker: http://www.users.on.net/johnson/resourcehacker/

StyleXP and StyleBuilder: http://www.tgtsoft.com/Download.html

For WindowBlinds:

SkinStudio: http://www.windowblinds.net/skinning/

WindowBlimds:http://www.stardock.com/products/skinstudio/

For Both:

Image Editing Software: PSP/Adobe Photoshop/etc.

Text Editor and others.

Build .msstyle Themes

There are 2 popular methods

Using Reshacker(Freeware):

http://www.ibelite.com/articl.php?action=s...id=5&comments=5

Using Stylebuilder(Shareware):

01. http://www.xp-erience.org/sections.php?op=...ticle&artid=132

02. http://www.tgtsoft.com/products/StyleBuild...al/pageone.html

Build WindowBlinds Themes

01. http://www.windowblinds.net/skinning/

02. http://www.lotsofskins.com/tutorials/index...tutorial&num=24

03. http://www.bath.ac.uk/~cs1lomp/wboptimise.htm

[aresgodofwar]

ibelite.com link is down

[DurerKleinst]

The following links are down:

• StyleXP and StyleBuilder: http://www.tgtsoft.com/Download.html
  
• Using Reshacker(Freeware): http://www.ibelite.com/articl.php?action=s...id=5&comments=5
  
• 01. http://www.xp-erience.org/sections.php?op=...ticle&artid=132
  
• 02. http://www.tgtsoft.com/products/StyleBuild...al/pageone.html
  
• 02. http://www.lotsofskins.com/tutorials/index...tutorial&num=24
  

I'll post some more if I find any, I've never built any before, but I'm really wanting to make some.

[DisabledTrucker]

I take it this whole thread has been pretty much abandoned, was hoping to get some help with a msstyle I moded but without actual instructions I am pretty much in the dark about what I am doing wrong.

I downloaded Resource Hacker and a theme file I wanted to mod and when I was done with it, the file wouldn't work correctly. I used a backup copy of the theme I was working on, when I saved it, I saved it to a different place, but I copied over the other files which went with it as well to that folder, before I saved it. For some reason some of my graphics wont work correctly and when I attempt to open it up it brings up the style in Desktop Properties, but the names not correct and other information as well is missing. How can I fix these issues? Where can I go to learn more about doing what I am attempting? I don't feel as if I should have to purchase an expensive program to do what I am wanting to do here, which is only mod a few of the graphics in the msstlyes file and go. TIA for any help.