OO Appearance & Themes in XP Desktop

[Queensparker]

I have noticed that the profile icon set in OO 2.0 onwards is 'flattened' when Windows XP desktop in 'XP' instead of 'Classic' theme. Does anyone know how to circumvent this without using Windowblinds or anything as complicated?

Thanks

Queensparker.

[Hagar Delest]

Could you upload some screenshots here so that we could see what is the issue exactly (a small part of the toolbar should be enough) ?

NB: I move your thread to the MS Windows forum.

[Queensparker]

Thank you and apologies for the delayed response. I use XP & OO 2.3. Plus 'Windowblinds'.

Ciip 01 shows the appearance of OO using XP theme or the windowblinds theme. I can only get the usual and much more attractive OO appearance (Clip 02) by unloading windowblinds and using 'Windows Classic' appearance. Which suggests to me that it is a windows setting at fault. I have this problem on several machines.

Any help would be gratefully appreaciated. I know it is only an aesthetic matter but I stare at this thing most of the day so try to make it as handsome as possible!

Queensparker

[Hagar Delest]

If you create a new document by clicking the first icon in first pic, you don't get the interface in the 2nd pic ?
NB: .png is a better format for pics like screenshots.

[Queensparker]

No you don't.

After trying a few more tricks I am more convinced that the XP theme changes OO appearance and that Windowblinds has little to do with it.

Queensparker

[Queensparker]

As an afterthought I tried:
Closing OO (With the flat interface)
Unloading Windowblinds
Changing the desktop appearance setting from 'XP' theme to 'Windows Classic'
Opening OO - which appears with the enhanced interface
Reloading windowblinds (no change to OO)
Closing OO
Reloading OO - which appears with a flat interface

Stranger and stranger

[Hagar Delest]

Then, it seems to be rather related to Windowblinds, no ?

I've used OOo on XP with the XP style and never experienced that issue. Perhaps Windowblinds has done something to the system that triggers that behavior even when disabled.

[Queensparker]

The evidence seems to be contradictory., I suppose it is possible that windowblinds leaves changes to the system even after it is uninstalled but that seems unlikely. Perhaps we will never know.....the mysterious mystery!

Queensparker

[Hagar Delest]

Have you tried to clean the registry (plenty of freewares for that) ?

[foxcole]

No you don't.

After trying a few more tricks I am more convinced that the XP theme changes OO appearance and that Windowblinds has little to do with it.

But that first, uglier example is what opens when the main program, OpenOffice.exe, runs (not OpenOfficeWriter.exe or swriter.exe), when there is no module currently launched... How exactly are you opening your OOo files?

[Queensparker]

Yep, the registry is lean & shiney.

Queensparker