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Penumbra 10 - Windows 10 visual style

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Description

Supported versions:

- Version 2004
- Version 1909
- Version 1903

Might not work on older versions

This visual style is made to have neutral colors.
The music player in the preview image is AIMP with Ladient 2 ( fav.me/d9bypg0 )



Before you install

- Check if you have the right version of Windows 10 (See www.howtogeek.com/236195/how-t…)
- Make a restore point (!)
- Install Open Sans (included in the download in the 'Font' folder)
- Uninstall any patch if you have already installed one (UxStyle, UltraUXThemePatcher) (!)

How to install

1. Install UltraUXThemePatcher and reboot after install: www.syssel.net/hoefs/software_… 

2. Install Old New Explorer (ONE): www.msfn.org/board/topic/17037…
My recommended settings:  i.imgur.com/4e0bpi2.png

3. Copy the content of 'Visual style' to 'C:\Windows\Resources\Themes' (i.imgur.com/z3i2huu.png)

4. 
Right-click your desktop > 'Personalize' > 'Themes' and click 'Penumbra10(w)(s)' under 'Apply a theme'
The preview image above uses "Penumbra10" (recommended)
See "Variants" section below for information about the different theme files.

5. Set Colors in Setting page to Dark (i.imgur.com/nNl4DwS.png ). Not doing this might cause some colors to not show correctly.



Something wrong? Try this

- If everything is still white or mostly white, click on the 'Windows' theme, reboot your computer, and repeat step 4.

- Reinstall the latest versions of UltraUXThemePatcher and Old New Explorer (ONE) (links above). Be sure to reboot afterward.

- Check the FAQ section of the UltraUXThemePatcher website (link above) if the steps above did not fix your problem. At this point, the problem is usually because of the required system files not getting patched correctly. 



Known problems

- Some remaining white elements, like in the Task manager under Performance


Known fixes

Problem: Hidden disabled text or icons (like in Notepad++)
Fix: www.mediafire.com/file/bhxvgxk…
Note: These altered themes will create minor inconsistencies in the theme.

Problem: The theme will have white elements after returning to the desktop from sleep, hibernating or locking the PC.
Fix: 
1. Open up "regedit"
2. Make a backup (right-click > export) of the following key/folder:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Themes\DefaultColors]
3. Now remove the key/folder [DefaultColors] (right-click > delete, may require you to Take Ownership first)
4. Done
Note: Your theme color will restore to default Windows blue after returning to the desktop. This only affects things like the lock screen colors and volume indicator color.



Extra customization

- To change your taskbar color/opacity
    winaero.com/blog/get-a-complet…

- Bring back the old personalize window
    winaero.com/comment.php?commen…

- Explorer window customization (Old New Explorer)
   
www.msfn.org/board/topic/17037…

- Center your taskbar icons
    www.beingtechsavvy.com/align-p…

- Bring back the command bar
    Use the following guide, but remove the line with Element padding, instead of adding it.
    www.askvg.com/how-to-make-fold…



Variants

Penumbra 10 comes with a couple of variants:

- Penumbra10: The theme as it was intended to be used.
If you don't know which variant you should use, pick this one.

- Penumbra10w: The w stands for "White".
This theme is like Penumbra 10, but has a white Windowcolor and black Windowtextcolor.
This is meant for people that want a dark theme, but don't want programs like Microsoft Word and Excel to be affected with a dark page and white text. This theme does create inconsistencies with the rest of the theme.

- Penumbra10s: The s stands for "Stock".
This theme is like Penumbra 10, but with stock/default looking caption buttons (Minimize, maximize, close) and Taskbar button.

- Penumbra10ws: A combination of White and Stock.



Changelog

01/01/2020
- Support for Windows 10 Version 1903 and 1909. Should work fine on older versions but I have not tested this.
- Small and old inconsistencies in the theme fixed
- Set Colors in Setting page to Dark (i.imgur.com/nNl4DwS.png ). Not doing this might cause some colors to not show correctly.
Some new inconsistencies might be occurring because of the migration to 1903/1909.

08/05/2018
- The theme has not changed since it already supported version 1803, Spring Creators Update.
- Install the latest UltraUXThemePatcher and reboot if you're coming from an earlier version of Windows 10.
- Changed download folder structure. All abovementioned Windows 10 versions are supported by the same theme files. No need to differentiate with a different folder per Windows 10 version.

27/12/2017
- Fixed white background in Run task dialog
- Fixed white background in Extract files window

09/12/2017
- Fixed the no border issue. The theme now has the same border size as the default Windows theme (1px)
- Adjusted caption font and size

08/12/2017
- Completely remade penumbra 10 with the version 1709 default Windows theme.
This means that the theme now officially supports Version 1709 (Build 16299) - Fall Creators Update.
- Certain problems, like the right-menu not showing or being bugged, should be fixed now.
- The border size is now 0px (from 4px)
     I tried to make the border 1px, but I can't seem to find the element that changes the color of the left border.
    With borders, it would show inactive windows with a translucent border and becomes opaque when the windows is active.
- Small color and asset changes

11/08/2017
- Fixed Penumbra 10s and 10ws versions (taskbar pearl did not change)

21/05/2017
- Updated Automated Theme Reset Script to work on Creators Update (using ThemeSwitcher now)

15/04/2017
- Fixed the command bar on the Creative Update (it now no longer shows on mouse over)

14/04/2017
- Added support for Version 1703 (Build 15063), also known as the Creators Update.* (separate folder)
- Fixed the unreadable searchbar text in explorer
- Increased the brightness of the right click menu
- New wallpaper

07/03/2017
- Added two new variants: Penumbra 10s and Penumbra 10ws
The s stands for "Stock" and comes with stock/default looking caption buttons (Minimize, maximize, close) and Taskbar button.
- Removed Build 10586 (November)
- Small changes

07/08/2016
- Added compatibility for build 14393 (Anniversary update)

20/06/2016
- Small alignment and margin change for the explorer navbar

31/01/2016
- Fixed copy window not showing with MTP transfers
- Changed caption buttons
- Changed the blue buttons in the copy window
- Changed the detail pane colors
- Other small changes

25/11/2015
- Fixed build 10586 compatibility
- Fixed white in context menu
- Fixed black text problem
- Removed beta tag
- Tons of other small changes

28/10/2015
- Initial beta release



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