The Alienware UI is actually a Custom skin for Windows Media Player, you can choose from a range of cool skins here.Īfter you’ve downloaded the skin, you need to choose the skin. Install the application and try out different effects ! Download here. Jealous of seeing fancy window effects in Linux desktops like KDE ? Well now you can get all those effects in Windows using Windows FX5. Now open rainmeter, Right click on the rainmeter icon in the taskbar > Manage > Choose your installed skin and click load. I’ll show you how to load a rainmeter skin.Īfter you’ve installed rainmeter, goto deviantART and download a skin. You could also create simple rainmeter skins on your own easily, like the one I’ve made ! Read here. But loading such heavy skins takes a toll on your performance and battery ( if you’re on a laptop ), so it’s up to you. First download rainmeter hereĪll the UI elements that you see in this screenshot are nothing but rainmeter skins. There are thousands of rainmeter skins for download and they are highly customizable. Rainmeter skins are like widgets in Android. To change the system icons of windows, you need a tool called IconPackager. To change the Start button in Windows, Download this You’ll see the new theme in the “Installed Themes” group. Within the unzipped folder, there will be a folder named “Theme”.Ĭopy the contents of this folder and paste it intoĪfter you’ve pasted it, Right-click on Desktop > Personalize. I have tagged “Windows 8.1” in this link, if you are on Windows 8, download the appropriate theme.ĭownload Base for windows 8.1, a simple elegant theme.Īfter you’ve downloaded the theme, unzip the file (almost all themes are zipped). Now that you’ve patched your windows, you need custom themes and deviantART is the best place to find custom themes, rainmeter skins, iconpacks and much more. What it does is, it disables the Windows theme signature requirements to enable 3rd-party customizations. For that you need a patcher called UxStyle. To disable Ribbon, Download Ribbon-disabler here ( 64-bit , 32-bit , Not-sure )īy default, Windows won’t not let you use 3rd-party themes. It’s that extra command bar below your menu in File explorer.

Tired of looking at your same old boring Windows desktop ?īefore theming your Windows, you need to disable Windows-ribbon.

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