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thisperishedmin
09-08-2008, 11:39 PM
Are there any nice mods for vista to change up the standard layout? I'm not so much referring to themes or skins, but any kind of interesting mods that kind of open up the UI a bit...

I would thinkt hat with composite rendering available, some interesting new stuff could be done, but I may be wrong...Wondering if the mod community has turned out any gems...

Link me up with some neat stuff :D
Psychor
09-08-2008, 11:44 PM
Stardock (http://www.stardock.com) makes quite a few. I can vouch for ObjectDock.
Azhar
09-09-2008, 10:23 AM
RocketDock is another popular one.. http://rocketdock.com/
CrimsonKnight13
09-09-2008, 01:43 PM
Stardock has great products. I've used WindowBlinds 6 with Vista but sadly it doesn't skin everything like I'd like it to. At the moment, I'm using CursorFX Plus & IconPackager. I'm slowly changing my PC systems into what I can call my own.
SatTech
09-09-2008, 02:55 PM
+1 for Rocketdock. I installed it the other day. It's pretty cool.



http://www.hardfolding.com/ftag1.php/mem/644057/221/0.png (http://www.hardfolding.com?go=38&tnum=33&id=644057)
bonsai
09-09-2008, 03:42 PM
I think what you're looking for is called a shell replacement.
Azhar
09-09-2008, 04:31 PM
Not necessarily a shell replacement. You can add to existing shells like the RocketDock applet I mentioned above. But yes there are programs out there that replaces the Windows UI entirely.
Pecos
09-09-2008, 04:37 PM
Are you using Vista 32 or 64? RocketDock isn't compatible with 64-bit WinXP and Vista.


EDIT: Not compatible is incorrect --- not supported is correct. Install away!
Sovereign
09-09-2008, 04:38 PM
Never mind, Google FTW!
thisperishedmin
09-09-2008, 06:32 PM
shell replacement sounds intruiging....

im using rocketdock on vista 64 atm and its working nicely.

Anyone have a nice shell replacement theyve used?
BlueFireIce
09-09-2008, 06:45 PM
Are you using Vista 32 or 64? RocketDock isn't compatible with 64-bit WinXP and Vista.

Been using it on vista 64-bit since I got it and I have never had a single problem.
Pecos
09-09-2008, 07:47 PM
Been using it on vista 64-bit since I got it and I have never had a single problem.

I guess I stand corrected... It should be that it's not supported rather than not compatible.


Game on!
Demon10000
09-09-2008, 11:11 PM
Are you using Vista 32 or 64? RocketDock isn't compatible with 64-bit WinXP and Vista.


EDIT: Not compatible is incorrect --- not supported is correct. Install away!

It is most definitely compatible with Vista 64. I've had zero problems with it. Some of the plug-ins require that you start rocket dock as administrator before making changes, but other than that, it runs very smooth on vista 64.