HUD LAUNCH Premium Windows 7 Theme

**Mr GRiM** · 02-19-2012

PROUDLY PRESENTING FOR WINDOWS 7......

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The HUD LAUNCH theme is finally here and there are many new changes to the theme as well as a new icon set to match, this theme is not just a simple recolor, nearly everything has been changed and completely redesigned to produce an original creation that is a truly remarkable theme, the same goes for the icons, every icon has been recreated and tweaked so that the colours match the style perfectly and allot of the icons were designed again from scratch.

Every effort was made to make sure every part of this theme is fully usable and has been extensively tested to make sure you are getting the best product possible.

If you are not satisfied or find a problem that needs fixing please let me know and I will do my best to fix your problem.

The theme comes in 2 parts, you can purchase just the theme from the VC Shop, which comes with an easy to use installer that also includes a new logon screen and Theme Resource Changer to change the Start Button, Explorer navigation buttons and Control Panel Navigation panes.

The second part of the theme is posted here for free download and will require 7tsp to install, the second part of the theme includes all the icons, windows media player skin, Task Manager mod and many other changes.

The HUD LAUNCH theme extras can be installed or uninstalled using 7tsp found [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

For a Tutorial on how to use 7tsp have a look [Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

Features:

There are 4 styles to chose from, 2 for the bottom details pane position (default) and 2 for the top details pane position, there is an aero and a basic style for both, The basic styles are also fully skinned and worth taking a look at and some people may even prefer it.

HUD LAUNCH Theme

HUD LAUNCH Basic Theme

HUD LAUNCH Topshell Theme

HUD LAUNCH Topshell Basic Theme

HUD LAUNCH Icons

3 Wallpapers (Thanks to Submicron)

System Clock

Shell32 Control panel images

LAUNCH Cursors

HUD Sound Scheme

System Properties Logo

Getting Started top Pane

Games Menu Preview Pane

New WEI index images with square borders

wmploc (Windows Media Player) Skin/Mod

New Fonts Eurostile, Unsteady Oversteer and Vibrocentric

Theme Resource Changer

And much more!!

I would also like to add a big thanks to [Only registered and activated users can see links. ] for his permission to include his great wallpaper Injected Lapis [Only registered and activated users can see links. ][Only registered and activated users can see links. ]

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Download FREE 7tsp icons and extras from Mediafire

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Mirror

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(Please ensure you have restored all your system files before installing the new one and although 7tsp does create a restore point it's still probably best to manually create one yourself beforehand.)

When using the 7tsp installer with the theme extras it will not replace any system files, it will only add the modifications to your existing files and at the same time make backups of your files, so if you do have some mods already it should not effect those, unless one of the mods you have is one of the things listed above.

Theme Installs and the Theme Pack Extras were tested on my x86 VM and my main x64 Windows 7 Ultimate machine and both installed without any problems.

Additional Theme Extras

AIMP 3 Skin By Gor

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WINRAR Skin By Gor

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Object Dock by Twizz

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MUI Side Images By Gor

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Desktop Gadgets by Pats

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Information

Important! YOU MUST DO THIS FIRST!

You must enable the use of custom themes by patching your system with Universal Theme Patcher
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WARNING

If you install the 7tsp theme extras and find you have lost your sound or if you are using a Creative Sound Card you will need to use Restore on 7tsp and then remove the pack from 7tsp, then open the 7-zip archive and in the resource folder you will see shell32.dll.res, you need to delete that file and then repack the theme pack using 7-Zip again, then load it into 7tsp again and reinstall it.

For some reason Creative sound cards do not like any changes to the shell32.dll and there is no way to get around that, the only thing that you will miss out on will be a few icons and the copy delete animation mod, nothing major and you will still have a great experience without them.

Information

Important Update!

The installers for the Launch theme are now fixed and will now install Theme Resource Changer and the fonts, if you have problems with the start buttons and navigation buttons not showing then please download the theme again from the shop.

To download the theme again from the shop go to My Account at the top of the page, then select VIEW on the previous orders section then click on the download link.

Sorry for the inconvenience, this was my fault for not fully testing my installers after I altered some of the code

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**Mr GRiM** · 02-26-2012

Here is another one I found that I recolored

**Mr GRiM** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by SevenVirtues

I love this theme, my only complaint is that I cant read the text I'm typing on things like Word and Notepad.

I find it hard to believe that you can not read the text in word and notepad, I can see the text just fine as in the example.

**SevenVirtues** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

I find it hard to believe that you can not read the text in word and notepad, I can see the text just fine as in the example.

I can read it too, but when I'm using my laptop in a brightly lit area or writing a word doc it's not easy to read. Maybe you could make the background colour slightly darker - so the colours are the same as when you're writing a post on this forum

**SevenVirtues** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by Krimian

I cannot get the start menu orb to appear. I can change to anything else but I cannot locate the one for this theme..... Any ideas?

I had this too, if you install Theme Resource Changer manually it fixes it.

**fibonacci94** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

I find it hard to believe that you can not read the text in word and notepad, I can see the text just fine as in the example.

LOL

**Mr GRiM** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by SevenVirtues

I can read it too, but when I'm using my laptop in a brightly lit area or writing a word doc it's not easy to read. Maybe you could make the background colour slightly darker - so the colours are the same as when you're writing a post on this forum

Try this, unzip it and put it in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and then apply it in your personalize menu, it's going to mess up the theme a little bit but you can use it for when you need to do work in documents.

**twizzz** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by RCDawg85

That Google Chrome icon is sweet. Does anyone know how to change the taskbar icon for that? I changed the Google Chrome icon itself, but when I open the program, it reverts back to the ugly red/yellow/green icon on the taskbar.

I know you did it for Firefox...it is a theme-specific thing that I can't change?

Dont know if your pinning it to the taskbar or not ... I do know that issue and the only way i know to do it is .. When you apply your icon change dont close Properties menu out leave it open... From there go to Chrome via the start menu.. Right click on the application and pin to taskbar should be listed.. It will pin it to your taskbar with the new icon... Close the Properties menu and your done..

**Ryan_Se7en** · 02-26-2012

Originally Posted by Mr GRiM

Try this, unzip it and put it in C:\Windows\Resources\Themes and then apply it in your personalize menu, it's going to mess up the theme a little bit but you can use it for when you need to do work in documents.

I think it is doing fine. I'm testing it for a while and see no problem. Thanks Grim. I think you should include it in the next theme you do
The Placebo Knitsch Object is also a dark theme but has white background for word, powerpoint, and excel. It has no problem, and the one you just make is good also.