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It is a trial version, but this is not important for our purposes, since we will only use it for a couple of minutes. To change our icons, we will download the Stardock’s Icon Packager program. OK, Windows XP icons do not match our Windows 7 view. In a couple of seconds you will see the “Display Properties” window with the “SevenVG RC” theme selected. Now, switch to the “Theme” folder and double click the file you see. Follow the usual “Next” steps and when finished run the “Then Run Me” file. Now, go to the Styler Toolbar folder and install the “First Install Me” file. This is again easier than what we had to do when we were changing our Windows XP theme to look like Windows Vista in the previous article. This involves only one click hitting the “Install” button on the opened window. Open the Fonts folder and double click on the file to install the Segoe fonts to your system. Vishal has done a nice thing and saved us from font installation. Don’t get excited and try to run every executable file you see be patient for a moment. You will have five folders: Extra Common Tasks, Fonts, Iconized Taskbar Hack, Styler Toolbar and Theme. When downloading is finished, extract the zip file. Now, head over to Vishal Grupa’s website and download the SevenVG Refresh Theme with SuperBar for Windows XP. To install this feature, you have to have the. When it confirms the patch is applied successfully, reboot.įor breadcrumb navigation, you have to install the QT Tab Bar from its Wiki site. After the download, double click on the file and select “Patch”. UXTheme Patcher is a small program that will change your uxtheme.dll file to make XP accept unsigned themes. When you are downloading the program, make sure that the file you download is for your system (for example if you are using XP with Service Pack 3, download the file that is for SP3), otherwise you might end up with an unusable Windows XP installation. Changing the Window Lookįirst of all, we need to make our XP allow installation of unsigned themes because Microsoft blocks their installation. The screenshot on the left is my Windows XP desktop before going on to change it to Windows 7.

We will follow the same steps, do some downloading and installation (get our hands dirty) and finally have a Windows XP that looks like Windows 7.įor your reference, we have the “Before” and “After” images.

In my previous article, I explained how to change Windows XP to look like Windows Vista for people that are bored with the default Luna theme. Can Colour Blind People Watch 3D Films? Understanding 3D Technology