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These are my visual styles & shellstyles for Windows Vista.
How to install custom visual styles for Vista:
1. Patching system:
To use custom visual style, you need to patch your system so it recognizes them.
I recommend to use TuneUp Utitlities (shareware) > you simply install it, launch the TuneUp Styler, and that's all. From now on you can open change the vs by double clicking any .msstyle file (of course you can apply only a vs when it's in the correct location, read further)
OR you can use VistaGlazz (freeware) > thought it's not always secure when patching, once I had to reinstall my Vista because VistaGlazz broke some of the system files it should patch. Beside that many users have problems with it. I definitely recommend to use TuneUp Utilities 
2. Style installation:
a) For a visual styles:
- download vs of choice
- unpack archive content to disk
- now locate the folder that contains an .mssstyles file
- copy this folder to X:\Windows\Resources\ Themes (where X is the disk letter with Windows Vista installed)
b) For a shellstyle:
- download shellstyle of choice
- unpack archive content to disk
- locate the shellstyle.dll file
- copy it to X:\Windows\Resources\ Themes\Aero\Shell\ NormalColor (where X is the disk letter with Windows Vista installed)
3. Applying the style:
It is recommended to install DeskHack at this point.
- doubleclick any .msstyle file, a window will open allowing you to choose your newly installed visual style (or the shellstyle)
- if you haven't installed DeskHack you may find difficult to apply the style that you want at the moment. This is what DeskHack does, it shows the real names of custom visual styles installed on your Vista.
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