Stardock WindowBlinds Enhanced 5.5 build 92 x86 Vista | 15.MB
WindowBlinds is a program for Microsoft Windows that enables users to change the look and feel of the Windows GUI. By look and feel, we mean literally change the way title bars, push buttons, the Start bar, scrollbars, and nearly every other element of the interface of Windows. These changes are then inherited by the programs running on your system to deliver a consistent look across most of your programs.

WindowBlinds changes the look and feel by applying skins (called visual styles) that can be made by anyone using a free program called SkinStudio. There are thousands of these visual styles available for download on websites such as WinCustomize.com, deviantART.com, SkinBase.org, Customize.org, and elsewhere.

WindowBlinds will run on Windows Vista and Windows XP. Stardock also has a "WindowBlinds classic" which runs on Windows 2000 and earlier operating systems as well.

WindowBlinds in action
WindowBlinds applies skins that change the look of Windows to something of your own preference. Unlike Windows, WindowBlinds can also change the look and feel of programs that aren't "theme aware". You may notice while running certain programs that the controls (push buttons, radio buttons, checkboxes, etc.) look like an older version of Windows. That's because the program isn't theme aware. WindowBlinds can skin even those programs.

For example:



The left window is Windows XP by default. The right is Windows XP with WindowBlinds running. Note how the application on the right side of the screen looks differently.

The other advantage is that WindowBlinds uses DirectX acceleration to draw, resize, and move windows faster than the default Windows engine can.

Windows XP skinning
On Windows XP, WindowBlinds not only can change the basic look of Windows, but it adds support for per pixel alpha blending. This means having controls that blend into their background. Title bars that you can see through like glass, push buttons that blend into what is behind them, and edges that have no jaggies are all possible because of WindowBlinds per pixel alpha blending.

WindowBlinds running a skin to make Windows XP's UI look more like Windows Vista.

Companies such as Alienware, amongst many others, have used WindowBlinds skins to create custom-branded desktops. This Star Wars skin was included with Alienware's Star Wars PCs. Look at how the title bar and borders are unique and elegant. WindowBlinds skins allow companies deliver their unique branding to their customers while giving users something new and interesting to use on their desktop.

There are many thousands of different skins available on the Internet for WindowBlinds. Most of them are original creations by users. But many other users also enjoy making Windows look like other operating systems.

Features: Toolbar button and progress animation changing

WindowBlinds allows users to change the toolbar icons for Explorer and Internet Explorer. Users can have WindowBlinds change the various progress animations in Windows XP Downloaded a skin but don't like the color? No problem, WindowBlinds supports both color changing and hue shifting.
Options for Power Users WindowBlinds also supports features for more advanced users. Even if you don't care about "eye candy", WindowBlinds can be used as a powerful productivity tool.
Users can use WindowBlinds to set the right-click behavior on the title bar to minimize a program as well as use skins that have extra controls like roll-up buttons or always on top buttons.
Users can assign specific applications to have a specific skin (or tell them to be ignored by WindowBlinds entirely). If you have a special app that works better with a particular skin (perhaps a custom skin with title bar buttons that take the user to different pages related to that application) you can set it up with WindowBlinds.
WindowBlinds supports a variety of different languages natively Fun with Wallpapers
WindowBlinds skins can include replacement wallpapers. But users can also tell WindowBlinds to change their wallpaper automatically at different times of the day. Moreover, users can have their WindowBlinds wallpaper library be pulled from any number of directories -- making WindowBlinds a much more convenient way to manage wallpapers than the default wallpaper manager in Windows.

Like on Windows XP, WindowBlinds support skinning even non-theme aware applications. It makes full use of the new Windows Vista Desktop Window Manager (DWM) to accelerate painting to ensure maximum performance.

Windows Vista by default (left) and Windows Vista with a WindowBlinds skin (right). Note again that the application on the right is fully skinned only with WindowBlinds.

For fun, users can make Windows Vista look like..Windows XP!
Other skins on Windows Vista in action.

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