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Apperance Settings

Submitted by pfifer on June 5, 2008 to Annoyance

Windows Aero windows preview does not show Windows Aero Theme. Only shows Windows Vista Basic Theme. This might confuse some people as to which theme is which.

Put a new preview image in.

ACCORDING TO A COMMENT, THIS HAS BEEN FIXED IN WINDOWS 7

Medium

Low

Fixed

Discussion (17 comments)

thda wrote on June 5, 2008, 7:28pm

All those legacy dialogs should really be replaced by new control panel pages...

fiji wrote on June 6, 2008, 12:22am

I agree with this.

nategb wrote on June 6, 2008, 4:48pm

I agree a 100%.

cosmin2007 wrote on June 7, 2008, 3:25pm

Unfinished work due to launch rush...

I N C O N S I S T E N T W O R K , M I C R O S O F T !

thenonhacker wrote on June 7, 2008, 11:03pm

Windows 7 be better!

czzii wrote on June 8, 2008, 10:52am

TOTALLY AGREE

^-^'

TheQuestor wrote on June 8, 2008, 8:31pm

Doubt it will be fixed in 7 either :(

redmond_coder wrote on June 8, 2008, 9:45pm

fixed in Windows 7.

swiftb3 wrote on June 9, 2008, 7:08pm

Agreed, but IMO this is pretty low on the impact scale.

pfifer wrote on June 9, 2008, 8:23pm

Changed impact from [Medium] to [Low].

keff wrote on June 11, 2008, 11:33am

I guess that if Microsoft dosn't support third party themes, there will be no incentive to add aero previewing mode, I bet if they had to fix it, the would just replace it with prerendered bitmap (like in taskbar preview in start menu properties)

rajkosto wrote on June 15, 2008, 10:02am

fix isnt as easy as author says, as the content in the preview window is dynamic (in advanced settings you can change colors in basic mode) and as it is rendered by the CPU, aero cannot be shown in it, only basic

nitrous9200 wrote on June 15, 2008, 2:33pm

But still, they could have made it have the correct preview. Although I believe the Personalize menu from the desktop lets you choose it differently (I don't have any Vista machines, but I did use the betas and RC's)

Myrrlyn wrote on July 4, 2008, 8:05pm

Um, I have already placed such a complaint.
http://www.aerotaskforce.com/view/757

.Chris wrote on August 21, 2008, 10:35pm

ummm you posted yours AFTER he did kid

BrandonLive wrote on October 29, 2008, 9:52pm

This is fixed in Windows 7, and the dialog has been completely replaced.

pfifer wrote on October 30, 2008, 2:08pm

Changed solution description.

anthonettex wrote on November 10, 2008, 10:46pm

yay for fixed.

nyp wrote on February 13, 2010, 6:55am

Changed status from [Not fixed] to [Fixed]

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