In recent years there's been an explosion of third party programs designed to let
people customize Windows. Now that many millions of users are comfortable with
Windows, they're ready to move beyond the "Every color you want as long as it's
black" Redmon design of it. The first step in that is customing the Windows GUI
(graphical user interface) itself. This is known as "skinning". Where you think of
the GUI of Windows as the "skin" of the OS.
This guide is designed to explain and help you create your own visual styles
for Microsoft Windows (Windows 98, ME, 2000, Windows XP and Vista). Skins that change
the look and feel of the actual GUI are called "Visual styles".
This guide is broken up into 4 parts:
- The Introduction
- Skinning Basics
- Tips and Tricks
- Reference
Please feel free to visit the message boards on
WinCustomize.com
for additional help or visit Stardock's news server:
news://news.stardock.com
where there are WindowBlinds news groups.
Skinning Windows
Reference Guide
Complete step-by-step guide to skinning Microsoft Windows!
This guide is designed for personal use for you to create skins for Windows that
are applied via WindowBlinds or a licensed program.
