Windows 10 Black Edition TH2

[Mr GRiM]

Windows 10 Black Edition TH2 November Update Only!!

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RGB Color Colection
18 Styles to chose from

Enjoy!! :happy:


For November Update only!! TH2

You will need to use OldNewExplorer (highly recommended), SiB and Aero Glass are also recommended but the theme looks great without them.

Tools you may need:

Updated: ONE version 1.1.7(OldNewExplorer) (http://tihiy.net/files/OldNewExplorer.rar)

For best results use these settings.

http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=70715&stc=1

Use this method file as an alternative to remove the extra folders.
http://www.askvg.com/tip-remove-6-extra-folders-from-windows-10-explorer-this-pc/
http://media.askvg.com/downloads/2015/08/Remove-6-Extra-Folders-from-Windows-10-This-PC.zip


StartIsBack ++1.2 (http://startisback.com/)
http://startisback.com/StartIsBackPlusPlus_setup.exe

New: partial taskbar skinning! Windows 7 skin enhanced with taskbar skin
Improved start menu display performance
Critical fix: StartIsBack causing windows animations chopiness
Critical fix: Some items are not opening propertly from start menu search results
Minor changes:
Adjusted French language metrics
Fix start button orb going below start menu
You can create "StartPane_MinHeight" DWORD in registry to tweak minimal start menu height

UxStyle (http://uxstyle.com/)
For Windows 10 Technical Preview (0.2.4.2) (https://github.com/riverar/uxstyle/releases/download/0.2.4.2/UxStyle_0242_x86_x64_preview.exe)
Not currently supported fully on TH2

Use this method to install themes on Windows 10 TH2 (only current working solution)
Install UXThemePatcher Windows10 (10586.11) (http://cu88.deviantart.com/art/Install-UXThemePatcher-Windows10-10586-11-572822614)

Aero Glass for Win8.1+ v1.4.5 - change log (http://www.glass8.eu/out/changelog81.txt)
This version is for Win8.1 6.3.9600 and for Win10 up to 10.0.10586.

Installer (32-bit+64-bit Windows) (http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=71754&d=1450737758)
32-bit Windows (http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=71756&d=1450737758)
64-bit Windows (http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=71755&d=1450737758)


Use this Reg file to make sure active and inactive window colors are set correctly.
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Use this reg file to get a Personalization Sub Menu to change themes and colors with ease, thanks to Winaero for original registry tweak http://winaero.com/download.php?view.1808.
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=70543&stc=1
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Winaero Tweaker - universal tweaker software which supports Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10. (http://winaero.com/comment.php?comment.news.1836)
http://virtualcustoms.net/attachment.php?attachmentid=70547&stc=1
WinAero Tweaker v3.0.2 (http://winaero.com/request.php?1796)


I take no responsibility for anyone who bricks their system, Use these mods at your own risk!!

[neiio]

Awesome job mate!

[Eon Drache]

Keep getting the error "Could not open the Archive, may be damaged."

[2635599]

Mr GRiM (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/1-Mr-GRiM) thanks for updating these, very much appreciated.

[Agelyk]

Mr GRiM (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/1-Mr-GRiM) thanks for the hard work of upgrading to TH2

[Dark Knight]

Ahhhhh yes, familiarity, I am back home :Smile:

I've been waiting for these, thanks so much Grim!

[Mr GRiM]

Your welcome guys, still wishing there was a better way of using themes on TH2, I hate having to use this UxThemePatcher workaround, I would still recommend installing Uxstyle though as it does actually let you run custom themes still, it just doesn't let you apply them in the personalization menu and could still potentially save you from problems if a windows update replaces the patched theme files.

[dhjohns]

Thanks MrGRiM! If you run my All in one Themer for Windows 10 1511 th2, all you need to do is drop your files into the /Windows/Resources/Themes folder, and they work right out-of-the-box.

[qjcndjf]

thank you very much!

[THempleman]

My aqua clock rocks! Muchothankyou

[Wierdlogain]

Thanks once again Mr GRiM, I just have a question, with the new theme update the "right-click" menus on the desktop have a larger font and text size then normal and also there are grey visible dividers in the menu as well.
I have tried to change the text size in windows manually, but the font size in menus does not change at all.
I have also tried to remove and redo the UXInstaller but it does not help.
Other themes I've tried does not have this strange phenomenon
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
:peace:

[Mr GRiM]

Thanks once again Mr GRiM, I just have a question, with the new theme update the "right-click" menus on the desktop have a larger font and text size then normal and also there are grey visible dividers in the menu as well.
I have tried to change the text size in windows manually, but the font size in menus does not change at all.
I have also tried to remove and redo the UXInstaller but it does not help.
Other themes I've tried does not have this strange phenomenon
Any advice would be highly appreciated.
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These changes were intentional, with the colored text it made it easier to read being slightly larger, I only changed it from size 9 to size 10 and also made it semi-bold, I also added back the grey separator just because I liked it.

[johnsmitheucerin]

I think OS build 10568.17 adds further complications into this. It doesn't seem to work. Only the desktop background changes and the control panel for the themes page changes background color, but File Explorer remains white.

[dhjohns]

I think OS build 10568.17 adds further complications into this. It doesn't seem to work. Only the desktop background changes and the control panel for the themes page changes background color, but File Explorer remains white.
I installed update, restarted, and BOOM! Flashing screen. Had to use system restore. :(

[Mr GRiM]

I think OS build 10568.17 adds further complications into this. It doesn't seem to work. Only the desktop background changes and the control panel for the themes page changes background color, but File Explorer remains white.

Maybe you have not been following the current state with the TH2 update, all previous themes are no longer compatible nor are any of the theme patching methods, if you want to use a custom theme in build 10586+ you will need to first download a compatible theme like this one and then you will need to use the only current working method that is mentioned in the first post.


Use this method to install themes on Windows 10 TH2 (only current working solution)
Install UXThemePatcher Windows10 (10586.11) (http://cu88.deviantart.com/art/Install-UXThemePatcher-Windows10-10586-11-572822614)

[Mr GRiM]

I installed update, restarted, and BOOM! Flashing screen. Had to use system restore. :(

Oh so this is another new update?

Edit: I just checked and I am still on build 10586.14, doing windows updates now.....

[Mr GRiM]

All up to date now, seems to be working fine for me, nothing changed, all TH2 themes still working, did a second reboot just to make sure.

[dhjohns]

All up to date now, seems to be working fine for me, nothing changed, all TH2 themes still working, did a second reboot just to make sure.The first time I installed, I downloaded the update from Microsoft. The second time I installed through regular Windows Update, and ALL IS GOOD! :)

[Wierdlogain]

These changes were intentional, with the colored text it made it easier to read being slightly larger, I only changed it from size 9 to size 10 and also made it semi-bold, I also added back the grey separator just because I liked it.

Oh I see, thanks for the reply, is there any chance of a version that looks exactly like the old one? Or is there a way to change it myself? I really appreciate all the work you do, but I really liked how the old right-click menu looked.

[Hopeless13]

Outstanding :happy:! Thank you so much, great work as always.
Is there a way to support you?

[Mr GRiM]

Oh I see, thanks for the reply, is there any chance of a version that looks exactly like the old one? Or is there a way to change it myself? I really appreciate all the work you do, but I really liked how the old right-click menu looked.

Is there a particular version that you prefer using, I don't want to have to redo all the styles?

[Wierdlogain]

Is there a particular version that you prefer using, I don't want to have to redo all the styles?

Yeah I can totally understand not wanting to change all the styles the only one I have been using is the one called "Windows Black Edition v1" :Peace:

[Mr GRiM]

Yeah I can totally understand not wanting to change all the styles the only one I have been using is the one called "Windows Black Edition v1" :Peace:

Here you go mate, enjoy :smile:

[yony]

thank you so much!

Just to clarify (from my mistakes) :

after you change those .dll files.
DO NOT USE OLD THEMES
you WILL break your system...
happend to me, luckily I did a system restore backup beforehand.

[Wierdlogain]

Here you go mate, enjoy :smile:


Your the man!!! Thank you very very much mate!!! :happy:

[VampireMiss6]

Here you go mate, enjoy :smile:

So awzome!! Thank ya so much Mr GRiM!! :girl:

[peter0010]

mhh the huge thunderbird context menus are back :(
@Mr. Grim did you change them again or was it a mistake?
anyway I love your black theme and i don't wanna miss it anymore
thanks again!

[Redy]

Thank you Mr Grim for your themes! They are literally a sight for sore eyes.
But there's a problem with Firefox's context menus - they are double sized and sometimes glitch.
Everything else for every other program seems fine. Switching to default Windows theme brings normal size back.
See the screenshot (remove space): https://goo. gl/HQ1YNk
Any way to fix this?

[Mr GRiM]

mhh the huge thunderbird context menus are back :(
@Mr. Grim did you change them again or was it a mistake?
anyway I love your black theme and i don't wanna miss it anymore
thanks again!

No it's not my mistake and no I didn't change them, it is only like that for the Taskbar I believe, this context menu was a new edition in the msstyles, the size sadly can not be reduced, you will find this the same for all themes.

[Mr GRiM]

Thank you Mr Grim for your themes! They are literally a sight for sore eyes.
But there's a problem with Firefox's context menus - they are double sized and sometimes glitch.
Everything else for every other program seems fine. Switching to default Windows theme brings normal size back.
See the screenshot (remove space): https://goo. gl/HQ1YNk
Any way to fix this?

Yeah there is, sorry for that, I will post a fix soon.

[Mr GRiM]

OK all styles are fixed, sorry everyone, hopefully there will be no more bugs like that.

[Redy]

OK all styles are fixed
Yep, looks perfect now. Thank you very much!

[2635599]

GRiM (http://virtualcustoms.net/member.php/1-Mr-GRiM) great looking updates. even the post itself looks fantastic.

[Mr GRiM]

Your the man!!! Thank you very very much mate!!! :happy:

Sorry mate I had to make fix on the context menu for all the styles so I have redone this one for you again as well.

[Wierdlogain]

Sorry mate I had to make fix on the context menu for all the styles so I have redone this one for you again as well.

Sweet :happy: Thanks again Mr GRiM :Peace:

[ThaDragon]

Windows Style Builder Tutorials anyone? I'm a BEGINNER IN USING this tool. Any help would be appreciated Thank You.

[Agelyk]

Windows Style Builder Tutorials anyone? I'm a BEGINNER IN USING this tool. Any help would be appreciated Thank You.

(http://http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/28810-Complete-Guide-to-Theme-Building)http://http://www.virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/28810-Complete-Guide-to-Theme-Building

[sdfsdfsdf]

great themes. I would like to know if it is possible to change my user name because at the time of entering for the first time I had an error with my user name...! Thank you for such wonderful themes

[Mr GRiM]

great themes. I would like to know if it is possible to change my user name because at the time of entering for the first time I had an error with my user name...! Thank you for such wonderful themes

What name do you want?

[Wolfy]

Thanks very much for providing the reg hack to remove the windows color so hibernating doesn't reset the color of the "save as" area of things like photoshop but now I noticed the "resuming windows" or "shutting down" screens are now the default blue and it is a bit jarring so I was wondering if there was any way to just make the background black for that startup/shutdown screen?

[sdfsdfsdf]

Hi thanks for answering... This current issue is that using my PC this wonder is the best of all.! I wanted to change my name to this "SIMPLEYGENIAL". again thank you very much.

[willmurkm]

themes dont work as normal, i was messing around and deleted stock windows theme. restored the files but now the black theme doesnt work as intended. file browser is white instead of black, menus are white instead of black and only some menus are actually black.

[Agelyk]

themes dont work as normal, i was messing around and deleted stock windows theme. restored the files but now the black theme doesnt work as intended. file browser is white instead of black, menus are white instead of black and only some menus are actually black.

you have patched your SO using this method (http://www.cleodesktop.com/2015/11/install-uxthemepatcher-for-windows-10.html)?

[TheMonsterChief]

Damn Grim dats so saxy! Great work bro. :Peace:

[willmurkm]

thanks for your help angel, works good

[Agelyk]

thanks for your help angel, works good

you're welcome, do not forget not to apply themes to Windows 10 RTM version 10586, will damage your OS if you have not formerly a "backup".

[2635599]

you're welcome, do not forget not to apply themes to Windows 10 RTM version 10586, will damage your OS if you have not formerly a "backup".

i.m clarifying this. RTM is 10240 aka TH1. 10586 is TH2 aka 1551.

[THempleman]

I was at 11082, installed this theme using the method and themepatcher was not supported. I selected the theme, signed out and it flashed gray and black.
I rolled back to 10586, used the method, selected the theme(which worked fine), used a stand-alone upgrade to 11082 and it never made the final boot; gray and black flash.
Have you gone 11082? I'll bet you have. All I want for Christmas is my aqua clock.
Thanks to all.

Never mind, I just found the thread.
BTW, I dual boot, and this boot will not update to 11082. It has failed multiple times, and also failed the stand-alone update. That's when I tried my other installation.

[dhjohns]

I was at 11082, installed this theme using the method and themepatcher was not supported. I selected the theme, signed out and it flashed gray and black.
I rolled back to 10586, used the method, selected the theme(which worked fine), used a stand-alone upgrade to 11082 and it never made the final boot; gray and black flash.
Have you gone 11082? I'll bet you have. All I want for Christmas is my aqua clock.
Thanks to all.Good practice to disable all 3rd party themes, and Aeroglass prior to upgrade. I always switch to generic Windows theme, and turn off Aeroglass in Task Scheduler before upgrading.

[user111]

thank you so much!

Just to clarify (from my mistakes) :

after you change those .dll files.
DO NOT USE OLD THEMES
you WILL break your system...
happend to me, luckily I did a system restore backup beforehand.

Yeap, same think for me. And I even try to search for old original DLL files in start with command prompt mode (I renamed them *.del), no traces.
Hopefully, thanks system restore.

[blackwind]

Is it possible to change the accent color for just the Settings icons and taskbar underlines without changing the colors of windows and window borders? And if not, is the reason it's impossible because of the current aerolite.msstyles custom theme workaround?

[RogRanger]

I need the video tutorial because I do not understand how to proceed with the installation of the theme .. at present I win 10 - 1511 10586.71 it's compatible?

[nadeem15]

Can anyone suggest an iconpack to complement this great theme? Please provide the necessary links.

[mcnaught82]

When I install Aero Glass 8.1+, I am getting a incompatibility error. It says Aero Glass does not know how to hook your version of DMV (0x8). I am on the most current version of Windows 10, and I just did a clean install of Windows 10 about 2 weeks ago, so I haven't done any changes to the system.

[Shemhamforash]

When I install Aero Glass 8.1+, I am getting a incompatibility error. It says Aero Glass does not know how to hook your version of DMV (0x8). I am on the most current version of Windows 10, and I just did a clean install of Windows 10 about 2 weeks ago, so I haven't done any changes to the system.

This is a known issue caused by a Windows Update. You can try this version instead: http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/70486-SIB-Supports-W10-Taskbar-%28thanks-a-million-Mr-Grim-and-Dark-Knight%29/page2?p=309627&viewfull=1#post309627

[mcnaught82]

Thank you, but I am getting the same error message with that one as well. I even put the symbols folder inside Aero Glass and rebooted and still get the error.

[Shemhamforash]

Thank you, but I am getting the same error message with that one as well. I even put the symbols folder inside Aero Glass and rebooted and still get the error.

Yes but if it's working you can ignore the error message for now. At this time we have to wait for the Aero Glass developer to release a new version.

[Demotiv]

Is anybody know how to fix Virtualbox with patched theme engine? It crashes on the start of virtual machine.

[Rusomuscle]

Can't get it to work anymore. I used it before but had to reformat my PC now it wont work. Is it because I currently have OS Build 10586.164 ?

[Shemhamforash]

Can't get it to work anymore. I used it before but had to reformat my PC now it wont work. Is it because I currently have OS Build 10586.164 ?

Minor build number changes shouldn't effect the theme being applied.

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It's probably an error with either the installation of the theme or the patching method used... More information is needed to help further.

[Rusomuscle]

This is what I did step by step:

1. Installed UxStyle
2. Opened the "Take Ownership" reg file.
3. Applied "Take ownership" to all 3 files: uxtheme, uxinit and themeui.
4. Renamed them with .del at the end.
5. Copy and Pasted the Patched Files (uxtheme, uxinit and themeui)
6. Restarted PC
7. Applied Theme, and this is what I get:

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UPDATE: Found the issue!! Hahah, how could I forget about that. I didn't copy the theme folder to C:\windows\Resources\Themes
Now its working properly! :)

[xcentric]

Wil the black themes work with 10586?

[macacaldo]

Why in this screen no show normal preview backgrounds?

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[Shemhamforash]

Why in this screen no show normal preview backgrounds?

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It's because of the UxThemePatcher method being used. If you want preview images you have to undo any changes you made to the files in System32 and use this method of patching instead Uxstyle and Theme Signature Bypass for Windows 10 TH2 AKA 1511 AKA 10586 (http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/70555-Uxstyle-and-Theme-Signature-Bypass-for-Windows-10-TH2-AKA-1511-AKA-10586)

[BrianHVB]

Great theme, thanks. I almost started to downgrade back to Windows 7 to get a dark theme again.

Two questions.

First, it seems that the title bar section of Explorer is using the Windows 10 color, and not the background color of the other areas. Did I miss something during installation? I did everything except install Aero Glass, as the installer said something about a 30-day trial. Is Aero Glass required to make the colors match?

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Second, any way to temporarily or permanently adjust the background color for MS Word? There are times when I need the traditional black text on white so that what I see is what it will look like printed. I have Windows Style Builder, and am kind of familiar with it, but would prefer not messing with the theme files if there is an easier way.

[BrianHVB]

Sorry, I was able to answer both questions on my own.

In case others have the same thoughts.....

1. If the Windows 10 color seems to be overriding the Theme color, simply change your theme to something new, and then back to the one you want.

2. One of the differences between the pure and mixed versions of each theme, is that the mixed version doesn't change the background color of many windows, such as Word, and others. If you need to see black text on white backing, use one of these.

[pitoloko]

Please Mr. Grim could you translate the annonying borderless theme 'Windows Black Edition v2.theme' to aerolite.msstyles to be able have your amazing dark theme with window borders?

I'm running into many troubles trying to import/export values in WSB.because aero.msstyles and aerolite.msstyles are very different...

Please... I can pay for the work that I'm asking you, a little compensation via Paypal (contact me via MP if you would like to) for Mr. Grim or any other trusted/veteran/mod user here that can do it right and show me a demo before. Anyways I think that I'm not asking too much to be a paid request, I mean I hope someone could do this for free with no effort.

Sorry for my bad English.

Thanks for read

[daddydale]

Thanks a million