[RELEASE] Visual Styles Multi Pack 4 Windows XP

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 8:59 pm

Yes i know siginet has one released already, but i have been working on mine gathering themes for a while now, besides ive already asked siginets permision to release it.

--INFO
-Total of 62 Visual Styles
-Each with about 3 different shellstyles or more!!
-Which make for a total of 186 diferrent theme combinations

--Note this addon is 15 megs compressed but it will take up slightly less than 300MB's of diskspace on your disk once windows is installed(talk about fubard compression rates)

Minimum requirements for this addon are about 282 mb free space on your harddisk(after install actual addon is only 15.4mb

Download Here:
Click Me link is up feel fre to download

MD5 = B0AD960B064BFFCD614EC59AD24F67F7

list of some of the Visual Styles Included

Allure
Bikini
BlackIce
Blink
Calypso
CatalystVS
Celestial
ChaNinjaStyle_RC5
ChaNinjaStyle_RC5_Bonus
CoolXP4
corona
Crystal dlb 2
Crystal dlb BE
CrystalAero
Descent
Element
ElementA
Fiesta
G2
GoldCoast
GreyOb
InsetRed
InspiratSE
InspiratSECompakt
Luna Lite
MindWood
Misfit
MSN
MtlBlade
MX5
NightMove
OSXP
Palladium
PHENOM
Pipeline
Platinum
Q
RedDragon
RhodiumX
Royal Full Start Menu
Royal_Five_Color_Mod
Royale
RoyalFour
RoyalInsLong
RoyalInsMac
RoyalMod
Shine
Signs
Simplex3
Simplex6
Trekgrey
Trippin
true
Vertigo
Vista
VistaXP
VS7
Windows Xp Style Wood
Xanadu
XoddX
XPAmp Media Centre Edition
Zion

DisabledTrucker · Post by **DisabledTrucker** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:10 pm

Kewl thanks dgelwin...can't wait till I can download it...

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:11 pm

go ahead link is now up, sorry its rapidshare if anyone is willing to mirror i will gladly add the link to the fist post.

DisabledTrucker · Post by **DisabledTrucker** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:12 pm

I can to filefront for you if you don't have an account there already...unless you can talk RyanVM into doing it for you...

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:20 pm

@Ryan can you host this for me?

avneet25 · Post by **avneet25** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:51 pm

wow dats cool.. but which styles are included.. i knw asking for screenshots is like insane. it would be so many.. but maybe the names wud help

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 9:54 pm

k ill try help you out there av give me a sec.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:12 pm

k i added the list

Kelsenellenelvian · Post by **Kelsenellenelvian** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:33 pm

Whohohoohhohohohohohohohohohohoh Does this contain the whole pack I sent you?

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:39 pm

it conatins every theme file you sent me plus about 38 more i found on the web.

DisabledTrucker · Post by **DisabledTrucker** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:41 pm

What, no Slate theme?

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:41 pm

but because of the way i built this addon its easy as hell to update yay! less work for me, so i may update and add a couple more themes to it, but im waiting to add in increments of at least 15 at a time, and im very picky so i will probably update once a month.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:42 pm

@DT, not sure.

DisabledTrucker · Post by **DisabledTrucker** » Mon Jan 23, 2006 10:53 pm

I know some of them had a slate version included with the theme, such as the Royal 5 Color, but it's not the same thing...

fluid · Post by **fluid** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 7:04 am

Wow. Talk about Multi Pack. Thanks man. I hope you and Siginet all your packs, that would be awesome.

warrior1109 · Post by **warrior1109** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:39 am

Wow, awesome, will test this today, hope it can be used in conjunction with Siginet multi themes pack.

FOOSA · Post by **FOOSA** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:43 am

Hope we dont need to the Uxtheme patch with this. I presume it comes pre-install within the Theme packs.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:00 am

@FOOSA, yes the uxthem file is in there already.

Xable · Post by **Xable** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 5:44 pm

haha just opened this up to see if i can learn anything. yet another new method.

Can you explain how the batch file works for us? Maybe add it to my new forum

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:33 pm

i used to fub around with batch script programin a while back, it seems i still new a few tricks, so i just mixed a few different styles of batch programing cmd script and inf calls, using there variables to compliment each other and facilitate my life a little more.

Xable · Post by **Xable** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:35 pm

I kinda gathered all that !

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:38 pm

i mostly compile batch files when i make them but in this case there was no significant need to do so considering that i did not have to pack any extra resources into the commands,
but a good example of a simply complex file (oxymoron) is the modifype.com file i compiled for the shellext for modifype in kels uber pack, i compiled for the reason that i merged modifype.exe with the code, so regarless of where it was put you would not need to have modifype.exe on your pc to use is.
plus i had to add some extra code in order for it to accepts spaces in paths, i wonder why modifype maker never fixed that.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 6:42 pm

52 downloads so far, im impressed i didnt expect it to be downloaded that much in such short time.

Xable · Post by **Xable** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 8:06 pm

ook, i was after an explaination of automate.cmd but i`ve figured it now i think.

oxymoron, haha very funny little boy.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Jan 24, 2006 9:18 pm

explanation of the cmd
@echo off --hdes all actions taking place, makes for much cleaner window
%homedrive% accesses the root of the drive on which windows is beeing installed
cd \ makes sure im at the root of the drive
cd %WinDir%\Resources\Themes\ accesses the themes folder of windows
rename automate2.theme cmdow.exe rename function
cmdow @ /HID hides dos window
rename automate3.theme cabarc.exe rename function
CABARC.EXE -o -p X %1 %2\ calling cabarc to extract files directly from cd so there is no need for the cab file to take up disc space on harddisk
del /Q cabarc.exe removes temporary files same for all below
del /Q automate.theme
del /Q automate2.theme
del /Q automate3.theme
exit

warrior1109 · Post by **warrior1109** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 2:42 am

Awesome collection of visual styles, integrates and installed perfectly, works a treat for me, no issues at all so far

Kelsenellenelvian · Post by **Kelsenellenelvian** » Wed Jan 25, 2006 6:41 am

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 12:55 pm

Has this been added to the Addon Pack Download list yet?

Kelsenellenelvian · Post by **Kelsenellenelvian** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:00 pm

Sorry will do this today.

OtherworldBob · Post by **OtherworldBob** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:53 pm

Sorry to bump an ageing thread - but is this pack available from anywhere other than rapidshare?
Their website seems to take objection to my ISP's "transparent proxies."
Thanks.

Sanjay · Post by **Sanjay** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:48 am

@dgelwin
Thanks for this great pack. By the way it might be a good idea to just add a line to your info in the first post:
-Hacked Uxtheme.dll is included in the pack.

Considering this is true, ofcourse.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:53 am

@OtherworldBob, if i had hosting i would up it, if anyone wants to host plz feel free to do so,
@Sanjay, i think its included i dont remember but i believe so maybe someone else can confirm this.

walpurgisng · Post by **walpurgisng** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:22 am

Anyone know if this works with the CrystalXP Brico Pack?

Sanjay · Post by **Sanjay** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 1:45 pm

Can anyone please confirm, whether the 'Hacked Uxtheme.dll' is included in this pack?

Thanks

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Wed Mar 01, 2006 9:55 pm

yes its included.

dumpydooby · Post by **dumpydooby** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 6:26 am

Y'know .... I use a 7zip for my themes and then wrote a cmd file to extract the 7zips to the right directories during the setup. The superior compression rate really saved me a lot of space on my disc. *shrug*

Just an idea for future releases of these theme packs I see posted here so often.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:41 pm

---------............. shit i had something to say but i forgot, ill post later once i remember,

Siginet · Post by **Siginet** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 4:52 pm

dgelwin wrote:---------............. shit i had something to say but i forgot, ill post later once i remember,

LOL!

I have a request...

My multipack and your multipack are compatable... but if you use our packs together... any of the packs that we both use loses the desktop pic. Because your .theme files always seem to overwrite mine. Would it be possible for you to use my .theme pack files in yours so that the desktop pics are still recognised? I tried everything I can think of to have mine dominate... but yours allways wins.

Thanks dglewin!

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:14 pm

yes actually there is a way.

This pack is fairly simple to update, so just let me know which theme files its replacing, and i will rename them repack it and update.

on that note i wont have much time to update this so if anyone has any suggestions of any cool themes i should add that are not there, then please post them along with their links, so that i can add them.
note please dont post screenshots in the thread it slows down browsing drastically.

Siginet · Post by **Siginet** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 5:35 pm

I was thinking you could replace yours with mine. That way if someone uses my pack the pics will be there. If they don't then the pics won't be there.

I'll run a test install later and let you know which ones are affected.

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:06 pm

Siginet wrote:I was thinking you could replace yours with mine. That way if someone uses my pack the pics will be there. If they don't then the pics won't be there.

I'll run a test install later and let you know which ones are affected.

huh? not sure i understood, but sure np.

Siginet · Post by **Siginet** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:25 pm

If you use the .them files from my pack they point to the desktop pics in my pack. If you use those .themes in your pack then they will try to show the desktop pics from my pack but will not be able to find them and they will just show a blank desktop as if there was no pic set. So if someone uses our packs together they will see the desktop pics from my pack... but if they only use your pack it will just have a blank desktop pic. In other words it will work better for both of us.

lol!

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:59 pm

gotcha, will do to make this easier just zip up the themes and email me them.

also why arent there any sugestions for themes? come on please i finally got couple hours to do some stuff, so please help me out.

adminpat · Post by **adminpat** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:15 pm

hi

think these are aweome , can i just install them in an existing one ? i'm using one of them now
where to unzip the cab ?

thx

dgelwin · Post by **dgelwin** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 9:40 am

if you have an existing install and your uxtheme is patched, then simply extract it to your %windir%\resources\themes folder

OtherworldBob · Post by **OtherworldBob** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:48 pm

Nimbus 2 looks a little different I think.

Also Resident OS
Those any good to you?

And just to be a pain...any chance you could put the file on YourFileLink.com there seems to be less hoops to jump through to get to the file you want there.
Thanks.

ducky579 · Post by **ducky579** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 5:48 pm

Hi, I installed XP Pro SP2 with update pack 2.10 and WMP10 and also this theme pack. I used RVM integrator. After the install everything workde except none of the themes work and get an invalid theme file error. Did I do something wrong? Thanks for any help. Only the xp theme works.

avneet25 · Post by **avneet25** » Mon Jul 24, 2006 9:01 pm

ur theme file is not patched i think

Zacam · Post by **Zacam** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:25 am

As posted by dgelwin on 03/04/2006 "and your uxtheme is patched" but on 01/24/2006 he mentions that a pre-patched uxtheme is included.

Recommendation: Remove the pre-patched uxtheme from the addon and use the uxtheme patch addon located at the link in my sig (System File Patches).

Lumina · Post by **Lumina** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:51 pm

just got trough speaking to dgelwin on the phone, (he is planning his wedding btw).
and he passed me all work on all the addons he had worked on even the none released ones.
i wont be updating all of them, but this one i particularly like so i will update this one

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