6. Tutorial Desktop Modding : Styler Toolbar
After the TrueTransparency, lets edit the toolbar!
We customize the icons that we use on the toolbar, we can change the color, even remove them!
1. Download the Styler Toolbar, and install it.
2. Search the skin that looks perfect with the TrueTransparency.
3. Paste the skin to C:\Program Files\Styler\TB\skins\Styler's
4. Then on the toolbar, right-click anywhere and click the toolbar. Also uncheck theother ones.
Example of a blend.
All of the steps is done! All customized, well done guys!
5. Tutorial Desktop Modding : TrueTransparency
After Litestep, lets start editing our windows programs! So tired and bored when you look at your computer display when you open a window? Lets start!
1. Download the program, and also the skins! Install the TrueTransparency.
2. Put your skin into your C:\Program Files\TrueTransparency\Skin
3. For better display, try to make the skin as "blendable" to litestep as you can.
Think about the blend!
You will get a good look, but the window toolbar is still default, lets change it!
4. Tutorial Desktop Modding : Litestep
Lets start the most trickiest part!
Litestep will make your start bar modified. also you will be able to make your command using your right-click. But be careful, for anticipation reason, make a launcher that relates to minimal 1 which is "explorer.exe" on Rainmeter.
1. Download and install Litestep as usual.
2. Then for the skin, follow these steps :
- Copy file.lsz theme to C:\Program Files\Litestep\Profiles\<name>\themes
3. Now, test each Litestep skin because a different size of your desktop will make the Litestep display different. Try all of them until you find one of them which is perfect size.
4. You passed the trickiest part! Now you need to get used to it by not using a start menu instead, using the right-click. When you are used to it, it will be much easier!
Dark Skin of Litestep
Pass the trickiest part, NEXT!
3. Tutorial Desktop Modding : Rainmeter
Do the previous tutorials first!
Rainmeter will make you desktop more beautiful, with widgets. If you want to remove your icons, use fence that you can find here : Download Fence. Now your desktop is plain, lets put some stuff!
1. Make sure you have download the Rainmeter from the introduction! Now install it.
2. Browse for skins and download what you like the most.
3. If it is an .rmskin, just double-click to the file. If it is a folder, put it in C:\Users\<name>\Documents\Rainmeter\Skins. And then refresh your entire rainmeter by clicking refresh all on the right-click on one of the rainmeter widget.
4. Your Rainmeter skin is avaliable now. The ideal one has a launcher, a clock, a music player. But you can add anything! So just keep adding until you are satisfied!
A cool Rainmeter skin!
Now you can advance to the next step, which is changing the litestep! This next step will be more and more tricky! Your journey just start guys!
2. Tutorial Desktop Modding : Wallpaper
Make sure you follow the previous tutorials.
To make a picture of the desktop that you want to make, you have to first decide the wallpaper. Wallpaper is crucial because it covers the whole desktop. Also makes an image of what "widget" of rainmeter we will use later.
1. Find a wallpaper from good sources
These are the examples :
2. If possible, download the biggest resolution, so the bigger the resolution, the smoother wallpaper will be. About more than 1200 x 1500 pixels is very good quality.
3. Change the wallpaper.
My Wallpaper
So the Wallpaper step is done now, it will get more tricky though!
1. Tutorial Desktop Modding : Introduction
Desktop Modding is customizing your desktop to be better looking, more unique without changing internal systems. Also making the usage easier. But there is still a small risk from this modding, and i will tell you how to prevent it. So, as long as you follow the tutorial, you will be fine!
The tools or programs we will need :
1. Rainmeter
Rainmeter is an application to monitor our desktop process. Fits with thousands of skins and don't eat our memory that much so it won't slow you computer down.
Compatibility :
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8
Download :
2. Litestep
Litestep, is an application with the highest risk because it will change our Windows shell from the inside. But the result will be amazing if we succeed.
Compatibility :
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Download
3. True Transparency
Visual style is the program to change the top bar, the one align with the exit, minimize and maximize. You can apply millions of skins, so it looks unique and not ordinary.
Compatibility :
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Download :
4. Styler Toolbar
Styler Toolbar changes the entire toolbar align with the back and forward button. So it makes it more attractive than the default from windows!
Compatibility :
Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7
Download :
All the ingredients to make an awesome Desktop is ready, lets get STARTED
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