Skinning the titlebar forOffice 2007 on XP

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Hi guys.

I have just installed Office 2007 onto XP and it looks great except for one thing....the  main titlebars wont skin.Im using WB v 5.01 and wondering why the main windows wont skin to the themes i use. Ive seen pictures of this app with the Aero look and heard that Office 2007  titlebar does make use of the glass effect in Vista.

Just wondering if I'm stuck with the default 3 titlebar skins on Xp or is there a way to get those titlbars to skin under Windowblinds, short of intalling Vista to enable this effect.

Thanx in advance for your help.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Microsoft has worked very hard to make Office unskinnable. The last version that was sort of skinnable was Office2000, though even that was limited to the Titlebar, borders & a few controls. I don't think Stardock can do much with it on XP, though they are beginning to get a handle on skinning Office in Vista. Not perfect from the shots I've seen, but getting closer.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just installed WB510_enhanced 2days ago.

Made Advanced Settings as:"Allow skins to replace user icons",and Overrides XP setting.

Have similar issues:
Titlebar /Boarder skin properly for IE/FX/My Document folder,however:
1.Toolbar remains no change in IE7 & FX1.5.0.9
2. Animations not working in IE/FX/My Document

And anyone know where and how to update to WB4.49?

Anyone can help? Thanks for replys.




WindowBlinds 5.1 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON X600 Series

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 11:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 12:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2006/10/09 11:40:18
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 17:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 01:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:27:49
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just installed WB510_enhanced 2days ago.

Made Advanced Settings as:"Allow skins to replace user icons",and Overrides XP setting.

Have similar issues:
Titlebar /Boarder skin properly for IE/FX/My Document folder,however:
1.Toolbar remains no change in IE7 & FX1.5.0.9
2. Animations not working in IE/FX/My Document

And anyone know where and how to update to WB4.49?

Anyone can help? Thanks for replys.




WindowBlinds 5.1 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON X600 Series

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 11:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 12:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2006/10/09 11:40:18
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 17:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 01:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:27:49