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Luna Inspirat

by: krosavcheg

Publication date: 2008-11-07

Usage: Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International

Topics: Customization, Windows, Windows XP, Theme, Visual Style, Windows Themes

Language: English

The 4th most popular XP theme on DeviantArt, this theme was removed sometime in August 2020 when it's creator deactivated his account. The theme's source files are also included, along with a folder containing the creator's theme for Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 (originally uploaded December 22, 2008) and the last stable and nightly builds of FindeXer, the program mentioned in the theme's description (uploaded to the creator's blog on December 4, 2008).
(Edit: also added Styler Toolbar since the theme also requires that)

Original DeviantArt descriptions for the XP visual style and LI Graphite Chrome theme below:

:::Luna Inspirat Release Notes:::

^{This
Visual Style is Open Source. Feel free to modify, port, redistribute,
and use it in your own projects in any way you want. No permission is
ever needed. Credit is required if you do so.

Edit: A DD... AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks ^mrrste!!!

:::Installation Instructions:::}

Visual Style

^{1. Make sure you patch uxtheme.dll. The patch that does that, can be found here for Service Pack 1 or 2 or here for Service Pack 3.

2.
Extract the Zip contents in any desired folder. Navigate to the folder
of the desired visual style/colour scheme (i.e. "/Visual Style/Aqua/").

3. Double click on the Msstyle file. The dialog box will appear. Select your font and desired start menu, and press Apply.

4.
If you want to switch to the left side shellstyle, simply copy (NOT
move) the shellstyle.dll from the folder "Left side shellstyle" and
overwrite the shellstyles in "Shell/normalcolor, Shell/Compact1, and
Shell/Compact2" folders. note: You may have to apply another style so that Windows lets you overwrite shellstyle.dll's.}

Styler Toolbar

^{1. Download Styler TB from: [link] . Install it.

2. Extract the Styler skins into: "C:\Program Files\Styler\TB\skins\Styler's".

3.
Right click on the folder toolbar (the thing that has File Edit ....
menu, and Back and Froward buttons when you open My Computer or My
documents window), and select Styler TB in the pop-up menu. Un-select
the rest of the items there.

4. Enter the Styler options (double
click the Styler icon in the System Tray), navigate to Toolbar tab, and
check "Hide Menubar (Explorer" in the upper left corner. Also, select
the skin you want to go with Luna Inspirat.}

FindeXer configuration

^{1.
If you want your windows to look exactly like the screenshot (i.e. no
Common Tasks panel, and another navigation menu instead), download
FindeXer from [link] , or you can download the more recent version from [link] . Follow the installation instructions in the archive to install it.

2. Add some items on the panel (drag and drop). Rename them as you wish. Add separators to make the panel look better .

3.
Copy the needed config (FindeXer - Settings.xml) from "FindeXer
configs" folder in Luna Inspirat download, and paste it into
"X:\Documents and Settings\~~~USERNAME~~~\Application Data\FindeXer",
where X: is your system drive (usually C: or D: ), and ~~~USERNAME~~~ is
your user name in Windows, respectfully . Overwrite the original settings.

4. Profit!}

Enjoy using Luna Inspirat! I hope these instructions help!

A FEW COOL EXTRAS:

^{- Source for Luna Inspirat.

- LI Graphite skin for Google Chrome.

- A fully transparent taskbar mod for LI (Using Fadebar). By ~nookian

- Whitecream skin for Shutoff, to accompany LI's Styler theme. By ~nookian}

Krosavcheg.

(LI Graphite theme for Google Chrome description):

For Google Chrome 1.0.154.36 or compatible. It does NOT work on 2.x.

^{Luna Inspirat
Graphite skin for Google Chrome. Still beta and incomplete, but looks
beter than Chrome's cheap default plastic look. I won't work on it
anymore (at least till Chrome acquires plugins support), so feel free to
modify, et cetera.

To install, rename "LI_Graphite_for_Google_Chrome.dll" to "default.dll" and overwrite default.dll in "C:\Documents and Settings\:::::::USERNAME:::::::\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\Chrome\Application\1.0.154.36\Themes". You might want to configure Windows to show hidden files when doing so.}