How to Make Your Desktop Look Like Windows 8!

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This is my Tutorial on how to make your Windows 7 look Like Windows 8. After Figuring it out myself, I came up with this.

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Step 1 - Rainmeter

Download and Install Rainmeter

Step 2 - The Files Needed

Download the files for this to work.
Rainmeter Theme - Omnimo 4.0
Zetro [Taskbar and Custom Theme Patcher] - Zetro 1.2
Icons [ Not Necessary] - Suave Icons
Start Orb - Microsoft Metro Start Orbs

Step 3 - Installing and Patching for the Zetro Theme

HOW TO INSTALL THE THEME

  1. In the Extras folder there is another folder with a name “Uxtheme Patch”
  2. Enter the folder then right click and Run as Administrator the “UniversalThemePatcher-x64” or “UniversalThemePatcher-x86”
  3. Click on all 3 buttons with the name Patch from the Top to Bottom
    4. Restart your computer
  4. Go to the Theme folder and then pick if you want your Taskbar on the Top Or Bottom
  5. Top/Bottom, Open one folder and you should see a Zetro Folder and Zetro
  6. Copy and paste that into C:\Windows\Resources\Themes
  7. Right-Click desktop and select Personalize
  8. Under Installed Themes select Zetro

Step 4 - Changing Your Start Orb

  1. In the Zetro Pack, Go to Extras
  2. Select Windows 7 Start Orb Changer
  3. Run Windows 7 Start Orb Changer as Administrator
  4. Select Change
  5. Go to where you saved your Start Orbs and select one

Step 5 - Changing Your Navigation Buttons

  1. In the Zetro Pack, Go to Extras
  2. Select Navigation Button Changer
  3. Run as Administrator
  4. Click an icon, then select change.
  5. Repeat for all the icons available.

Step 6 - Customization

No steps here. Just customize it to how you like it.

Step 7- How to Change Icons

NOTE: This is not a required step.

  1. Right-Click the application you wish to change the icon of.
  2. Select Change Icon
  3. Select Browse and go to where you saved Suave Icons
  4. Select Icons folder
  5. Find icon and select it
  6. Select ok, and Boom! Shes done!

Remember to Thank if it helped!

PLEASE NOTE: Those Black Rectangles housing my applications is another program called Fences. You can look that program up if you wish to use it also. Its simple and shouldn’t need a tutorial.

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CANT GET WINDOWS 8!

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE WINDOWS 8

CANT GET MAC OSX!

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE MAC OSX

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Nice tutorial, very well written. :smile:

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Was a ***** to write as I did it all by hand and memory on how I did it. Hopefully I got it 100% correct.

That’s it? People want a tutorial and only 2 replies?

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How much ram does this take up?

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Not sure. I have it running with League of Legends, MSN, iTunes and Steam all open at the same time and about 30% of my 8GB is being used.

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Thanks mate, will try it when I get home! :smiley:

100th post XD

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Congrats on your 100th!

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You should include in the customization section on how to add panels for programs like facebook, photoshop, iTunes, etc.

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If need be. I can add in how to get RSS feeds.
How did you add those panels? Like AE and Photoshop?

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very good tut. i just might have to try this :thumbsup:

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How do you add the groups, and make the area where the tiles smaller?

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What do you mean?

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I knew that :wink:

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Your Welcome :wink: .

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Nice tut man and you dont have to make a voice tut its pretty straight forward but it would be nice

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How do u get those Icons at the bottom like that

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Go through the whole tutorial. It guides you through the entire thing.

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Good tut, gonna take getting used to the white though

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laptop can’t handle the rest of it, gotta wait till i get my desktop to do that ):