Suggestion for themes applications on Windows 7

Question

I recently install a WIndows 7 on my PC, i saw a method on devianart to apply themes manual, there is other options out there?

Answer 1

The first thing that comes to mind is the many Stardock products.

In particular, look at Window Blinds

Answer 2

You don't mention exactly what you saw on Deviantart but there are some utilities that make the process of installing new themes on Windows 7 quite easy.

The first thing you will need is a theme patcher, there are several around but I'd recommend one of the following:

Uxtheme Patches

Universal Theme Patcher

Once applied, you will be able to use third party themes.

To make the process of installing a new theme relatively painless you can use:

Windows Themes Installer

This makes it easy to change the various files that comprise a theme, such as explorer.exe, explorerframe.dll etc.

Finally, to change the start orb, you can use:

Start Button Changer

You can find lots of new buttons on DA.

Answer 3

Instead of using a patcher, like the ones Pulse mentioned, I recommend going with uxstyle. It doesn't modify any system files like the uxtheme patch does. More information here.

Say hello to UxStyle

UxStyle is their solution consisting of a light-weight system service named Unsigned Themes, complimentary to the Themes service, and a kernel driver, sizing in at ~500k and ~17kb respectfully (beta builds). The service handles the enabling/disabling of custom theme support and the kernel driver handles patching. For 64-bit platforms, the kernel driver is signed with a digital certificate, as required by Microsoft.

After installing uxstyle, get any visual style from deviantart, copy the folder to C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and double click on the .theme file.