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#1 User is online   yoni5002 Icon

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Posted 10 October 2007 - 02:11 AM

Have you tried to get your Windows Vista to look like this?:

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Here is a full Guide provided by Windows Edge Team that may help you to get a very similar result :yes:

1- Here it is! The long awaited DLL replacement for the iVista reFFlective Icon Pack for Windows Vista (x86). This cannot be installed on anything other than that. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL THIS IF YOU HAVE SP1 INSTALLED!

Just a few notes:
1. When you first open it, it will take some time before asking you to allow the file. This is normal, file extraction is going on in the background. And same after you hit allow, you may encounter some delay before the installer comes up which is normal.
2. When the first batch file comes up during installation, close all other programs as it says and press any key to continue.
3. After the second batch file is run, you will notice that it does not close automatically after the installer restarts. Close it when it tells you to.
4. Reboot: This is a must! And is very important. On a side note, NEVER try to run an uninstallation right after an installation (without rebooting) and vice versa as it will cause your system files to be missing.
5. The installer will create a directory called BackupFiles in the system32 folder. Do NOT touch this directory. You are automatically denied all access to it for a reason, and that is you do not want your backup files to get touched. If you do not heed the warning and touch stuff in that directory, uninstallation will not go well.
6. If windows update ever replaces something and causes your icons to get changed back, you can just run the iVista installer again and it will re-update everything...an uninstallation would not be needed.

We have tested this before releasing it and everything should go smoothly if you follow the directions. However, by downloading this you agree that if in the unlikely event that anything does happen to go wrong neither Windows Edge nor its staff members can be held responsible or liable.

But please, enjoy!

Download: iVista reFFlective Icon Pack (Installer)

If you don't want to replace your system's dlls or you simply don't trust us, you can go for the iVista Iconpack for IconPackager which will do the trick for you without replacing system files.
Note: You need Stardock IconPackager to use this iconset.

2- RK Launcher 0.41 Leopard Inspired_Vista (Latest updated)

3- Blue Leopard Inspired Wallpaper: Download from here

4- WindowBlinds: Leopard Glass Final Release by neodesktop: Get it from here

Other skin options: Mac OSX Tiger, Mac OSX Leopard, OSX Leopard

Extra fonts for OSX Leopard skin: Attached File  Fonts.zip (167.01K)
Number of downloads: 1817

5- Jedi Concentrate: Makes the background so much comfortable for your eyes!! :P . Extract files, run the AnAppADay.JediConcentrate.WinApp.exe and press F12 :woot:
Download: Attached File  Jedi_Concentrate.zip (9.54K)
Number of downloads: 1792

6- Object Bar skin by vsdigital: Download from here
Note: You need Object Bar 1.6 to use this skin

7- Firefox skin: VFoxFINDER2 Version: 2.1.4
If you are looking to enable the extra tool buttons, you may need the following extensions

1. Stylish
2. Turn scrollbar to Aqua Style
3. Tab Close button at the right
4. Finderbar at left

That's about it. Enjoy!

Hope this help :)

This post has been edited by yoni5002: 10 October 2007 - 02:45 AM

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Post icon  Posted 10 October 2007 - 02:18 AM

WOWWWWW!!!! Very Beautiful!!! Can't wait to try this. :woot: :woot: :woot: :woot:
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 03:11 AM

i am not able to close minimize or change the size of the windows, the buttons dont do anything? is there a way to fix this. i am using newest window blinds
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 03:14 AM

View Postdualcorex, on Oct 10 2007, 03:11 AM, said:

i am not able to close minimize or change the size of the windows, the buttons dont do anything? is there a way to fix this. i am using newest window blinds

Which skin are you using??

Those skins were coded for WB 5.5 but they do work under WB6 for me... Can you explain what you've installed or changed ?
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 04:15 AM

View Postdualcorex, on Oct 10 2007, 06:11 AM, said:

i am not able to close minimize or change the size of the windows, the buttons dont do anything? is there a way to fix this. i am using newest window blinds


I have the same problem. Great work yoni, but why WindowBlinds? Now I can use this only 30 days... And now I have also slower start up.

Leopard Inspired dock doesn't work too. Some runtime error...
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 04:36 AM

View PostForXy, on Oct 10 2007, 04:15 AM, said:

View Postdualcorex, on Oct 10 2007, 06:11 AM, said:

i am not able to close minimize or change the size of the windows, the buttons dont do anything? is there a way to fix this. i am using newest window blinds


I have the same problem. Great work yoni, but why WindowBlinds? Now I can use this only 30 days... And now I have also slower start up.

Leopard Inspired dock doesn't work too. Some runtime error...


What makes you guys not to be able to minimize, close or change windows, Please, tell me...

The Dock does work. For some reason there are certain users that are having problem to launch it because of iCal: See this thread here and you should solve the issue, It's all about deleting a line in the RK config:

http://windowsedge.c...=...ost&p=13320
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 05:03 AM

i am using the leopard glass one. for some reason the buttons dont do anything. they are on the left side. strange.
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 05:40 AM

View Postdualcorex, on Oct 10 2007, 05:03 AM, said:

i am using the leopard glass one. for some reason the buttons dont do anything. they are on the left side. strange.

Try any other skin and see what happens
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 05:55 AM

i did and they work fine
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 08:14 AM

Awesome job yoni5002! Keep up the great work (Y)
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 10:32 AM

good job yoni.
im stick with the icon packager modified by me.

i have tried all that Skin in windws blinds 6.
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every one have a problem.
One with the start menu(to small in vista).
one with the buttons.... one with the thin bar that make ulgy to see the tray icons.

i think someone must do a LEPARD skin for vista. :)
or better a visual style.
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 11:56 AM

View Postyoni5002, on Oct 10 2007, 07:36 AM, said:

The Dock does work. For some reason there are certain users that are having problem to launch it because of iCal: See this thread here and you should solve the issue, It's all about deleting a line in the RK config:

http://windowsedge.c...=...ost&p=13320


Now it works fine. Thanks. :) I hope you can fix the visual style...
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 06:32 PM

Looks great.
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Posted 10 October 2007 - 08:40 PM

View PostMassy, on Oct 10 2007, 10:32 AM, said:

good job yoni.
im stick with the icon packager modified by me.

i have tried all that Skin in windws blinds 6.
:(
every one have a problem.
One with the start menu(to small in vista).
one with the buttons.... one with the thin bar that make ulgy to see the tray icons.

i think someone must do a LEPARD skin for vista. :)
or better a visual style.

We we suppose to come up with a Leopard visual Style but the person designed for that has been really busy lately... Working on something even more complicated... See the screenshot:

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Posted 10 October 2007 - 08:45 PM

very nice release... ill be sure to use this.
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