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Watercolor Emico: Silver

So.. almost a year after I've started working on this skin the 1st style is finally done. This version contains the Silver substyles with a "Modern" and a "Classic" taskbar.
This skin is based on the skin called "Watercolor". It's a skin that was being used in the beta's of XP.

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How to install:

Extract the folder called "WE Silver" to "C:\WINDOWS\Resources\Themes".
Right click the desktop > properties > appearance > then from the first drop select "Watercolor Emico: Silver"
From the 2nd drop downlist you can make a choice between the "Modern" and the "Classic" taskbar.
In the 3rd drop downlist you can make a choice between a "Normal" or a "Compact" start panel.

To use this theme you need to patch the Windows system file uxtheme.dll. You can read about how to do that here: [link]

"bugs" I know of:
* Some palet frames arent drawn the correct way. (Now idea how to fix this yet)
* In some webbrowsers the buttons might be resized the wrong way. (Browser bug)
* Multi row taskbar does not look good in the Modern substyle. (Theme)

Modification:
For personal use only.

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Bug fixes and updates:

16-04-09:
- Added the shellstyle

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I don't know where I downloaded this wallpaper so I uploaded it. Here is the link: Glass Windows.

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Contribution:

If you feel like contributing to this skin with application skins then go ahead and make them. All you have to do is ask me for permission by email with a screenshot.
My email address is: makeshift.grey@gmail.com.

For more info about further progress, application skins etc. read the journal that I've made on deviantART: Watercolor Emico: Further progress and info

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Credits:

Credits go out to all the beta testers.
Credits also go out to tornado5 aka em3.
Thanks to Des and Scirwode for helping me out with the shellstyles.
Thanks to euphoricallydead for notifying me about some bugs after the first release.

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Please give me some feedback about the skin.
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~Peter-O Jun 30, 2008
There is a little "bug" that prevents the styler toolbar from aligning on the left-side.
If U use stylebuilder you can solve that bij:

in the parts tree go to: values->general->rebar->band->
add/change the property "contentmargins" and set the value to 0,0,0,0
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~Gelosea Jul 1, 2008
It's not a bug when it's done intentionally..
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~Peter-O Jul 1, 2008
When something is done wrong intentionally it's a crime :) only trying to help because it's a good theme with a ... but if it's not welcome I make some else happy
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~Gelosea Jul 1, 2008
Ofcourse it's welcome =P But I did that by design. I can't make my theme compatible with every single application. I don't use Styler so I didn't do anything wrong at all.
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~falanga Jun 30, 2008
Silver is ok :D
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~Gazz27 Jun 29, 2008
Once again I beleive this is one of the best visual styles for xp on deviant art, although this colour is probably the weakest version for the style. Great work, and I can't wait for Blue SE (hopefully there will be a black version of that:)) :worship:
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~Gelosea Jun 29, 2008
I already knew that Silver would be the weakest release since December. A beta tester asked me to make it and I kinda liked the idea so.. :P

Not sure if there's going to be more colors from SE. It's also still a working title. I do know that I'm not going to milk that version.
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Mood: Love ~gzehu Jun 28, 2008
Awesome!
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~lcg Jun 28, 2008
Awesome =P Thanks!
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~PLmatt91 Jun 28, 2008
Verrr nice.
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