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January 30, 2011
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I started this visual style over a year ago. It was for my personal use at first, but it developed well and i changed more and more parts of the theme, so i decided to share it with you.
My goal was to create a minimalistic visual style with best usability.


The rar file contains:

// Silica visual style
// Silica glass visual style
// Silica explorerframe (64x only, sorry 32x users)
// Silica glass explorerframe (64x only, sorry 32x users)
// preview
// readme

(Tip for the 32x users: use the appows explorerframe here: [link] )


icons in the preview: [link]
first wallpaper in the preview: [link]
second wallpaper in the preview: [link]
startorb in the preview: [link]

Thanks a lot to :iconneiio:, who let me use his APPOWS2010 visual style as base. Silica started off as a personal modification of his style over a year ago. I highly enjoy and appreciate his work.



Thanks for downloading and please let me know about any bugs, errors or problems!


featured here: [link]
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:iconrakija89:
~rakija89 Nov 14, 2012
Hi, how can I change the text color in start menu to black ?

I don't see this gray very well [link]

thanks
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~snipes2 Feb 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Sorry, i can't develop this any further, since i'm using Win8...
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~hellfirejazzy Sep 30, 2012  Student Interface Designer
i love the background.... very innocent.....
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~bungee18 Sep 13, 2012  Professional Photographer
Answered my own question: There's only explorerframe dlls for x64. right?
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Mood: Frustrated ~bungee18 Sep 13, 2012  Professional Photographer
I forgot to ask you a question: I didn't get the cool, rectangular, back and forward system buttons for the explorer windows. I still have the round blue ones from windows 7. Any clues as to what might have caused this? Regards and thanks again, J
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~snipes2 Feb 12, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Sorry for the late reply, i can't develop this any further, since i'm using Win8...
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~deviantartfan125 Jan 26, 2013
change the explorerframe.dll. be sure to make a backup incase anything goes wrong. if you didn't make a backup, & everything has gone wrong, don't blame me or the creator, blame it on yourself.
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~bungee18 Sep 13, 2012  Professional Photographer
Very nice work! It installed seamlessly, looks great and works great. I'm using the glass one with the blue mesh background and the white token icons. Very neat and smart. Thank you for sahring you work. J
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Mood: Joy ~dxxxxxj Jul 26, 2012  Student Artist
Exactly what I was looking for. Difference between the glass and non-glass styles?
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Mood: Anger ~jiemy19 Jun 25, 2012
i'm using window 7 home premium, the last I change my theme, my whole desktop become blank.. what's that supposed to mean?
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