“Completely control how Windows looks and feels”

This popular customization program allows you to add skins, toolbars, and interfaces to fine tune your computer. While the trial version of Window Blinds offers a restricted number of skins, you can easily choose from the thousands available from wincustomize.com and Deviant Art, which load directly into WindowBlinds. The program barely takes any space in your hard drive and loads new themes or skins rather quickly. It is quick to install and very stable. Window Blinds also gives you a preview shot of what the design would look like.

The trial version is a bit limited as it does not allow you to use the in-depth SkinStudio, with which you can normally customize your skins by changing color, size, and background. If you’re feeling particularly creative, you can also create your own from scratch. Thanks to the new blurred glass effect you can make pretty original skins. We also found it quite easy to handle animations in the skins you created.

Window Blinds is great to create original skins of excellent quality for your desktop.

Languages:

English

Recent changes in WindowBlinds:

Numerous bug fixes

Limitations:

Limited skinning capabilities

OS requirements for WindowBlinds:

OS: Win2000/XP/2003/Vista

Pros

Thousands of skins and themes available
Create your own styles
Blurred glass effect

Cons

None

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From the publisher of WindowBlinds

WindowBlinds is one of the world's most popular desktop enhancement utilities. With a user base estimated at around 10 million, WindowBlinds is used by both consumers and corporations who want to change the way the Windows user interface looks and feels. It is the only program of its kind used and is certified by Microsoft.

WindowBlinds 5 boasts a broad range of new features, including per-pixel alpha blending, resulting in smooth or glassy title bars and borders that realistically distort the content behind them; as well as the ability to change toolbar icons, progress animations and the hue and saturation of the Windows interface.