Install Theme Manager

Windows 7 is the first ever operating system by Microsoft with so many personalization options. Also, it’s probably the only operating system out there with thousands of third-party themes and visual styles. Unlike other operating systems, Windows 7 gives full liberty to the user to personalize the operating system the way he/she likes it to be.

This video will show you how to install Anemone a 3DS theme manager, some custom themes and splash screen. This guide will also show you how to make your very own splash screen and theme.

A search in Google reveals that there are hundreds of quality third-party visual styles available for Windows. As you know, Windows doesn’t allow users to install new visual styles by default. One needs to install third-party tools to edit or replace original system files to be able to install new visual styles downloaded from the web.

Theme manager for Windows 7

The problem is that most of the visual styles not only let you change the window borders but also the look of Windows Explorer and other areas of the operating system. In order to change the look of Windows Explorer and other areas of the operating system you need to two or three original system files and as you may know, replacing original files isn’t as easy as it sounds.

Thankfully, a new tool has been released to simplify the process of installing new visual styles and replacing original system files such as explorer.exe, shell32.dll and explorerframe.dll.

Theme Manager is a powerful visual style manager for Windows 7 to install, apply, and remove themes from one place.

Installing a third-party visual style is very simple with Theme Manager. Just select files that you want to replace and click Apply Theme button. The tool also lets you take a screenshot of your installed themes so that you can switch between installed themes quickly.

Other than that, you can also revert to the default Aero theme by selecting Aero theme in the list and then clicking Apply Theme button. This tool is similar to the Windows 7 Themes Installer with an additional screenshot feature.

Please note that you must make your Windows 7 system ready for third-party themes by installing UxStyle Core to use this tool. Backing up your system or creating a system restore point is recommended before using third-party themes in Windows 7. If you’re into customizing Windows 7, this is the one of the best and must have tools.

UPDATE on March 21, 2019: Theme Manager is no longer available.

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The NuGet Package Manager Console lets you use NuGet PowerShell commands to find, install, uninstall, and update NuGet packages. Using the console is necessary in cases where the Package Manager UI does not provide a way to perform an operation. To use nuget.exe CLI commands in the console, see Using the nuget.exe CLI in the console.

The console is built into Visual Studio on Windows. It is not included with Visual Studio for Mac or Visual Studio Code.

Find and install a package

For example, finding and installing a package is done with three easy steps:

Open the project/solution in Visual Studio, and open the console using the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console command.
Find the package you want to install. If you already know this, skip to step 3.
Run the install command:

Important

All operations that are available in the console can also be done with the NuGet CLI. However, console commands operate within the context of Visual Studio and a saved project/solution and often accomplish more than their equivalent CLI commands. For example, installing a package through the console adds a reference to the project whereas the CLI command does not. For this reason, developers working in Visual Studio typically prefer using the console to the CLI.

Tip

Many console operations depend on having a solution opened in Visual Studio with a known path name. If you have an unsaved solution, or no solution, you can see the error, 'Solution is not opened or not saved. Please ensure you have an open and saved solution.' This indicates that the console cannot determine the solution folder. Saving an unsaved solution, or creating and saving a solution if you don't have one open, should correct the error.

Opening the console and console controls

Open the console in Visual Studio using the Tools > NuGet Package Manager > Package Manager Console command. The console is a Visual Studio window that can be arranged and positioned however you like (see Customize window layouts in Visual Studio).
By default, console commands operate against a specific package source and project as set in the control at the top of the window:
Selecting a different package source and/or project changes those defaults for subsequent commands. To overrride these settings without changing the defaults, most commands support -Source and -ProjectName options.
To manage package sources, select the gear icon. This is a shortcut to the Tools > Options > NuGet Package Manager > Package Sources dialog box as described on the Package Manager UI page. Also, the control to the right of the project selector clears the console's contents:
The rightmost button interrupts a long-running command. For example, running Get-Package -ListAvailable -PageSize 500 lists the top 500 packages on the default source (such as nuget.org), which could take several minutes to run.

Install a package

See Install-Package.

Installing a package in the console performs the same steps as described on What happens when a package is installed, with the following additions:

The Console displays applicable license terms in its window with implied agreement. If you do not agree to the terms, you should uninstall the package immediately.
Also a reference to the package is added to the project file and appears in Solution Explorer under the References node, you need to save the project to see the changes in the project file directly.

Uninstall a package

See Uninstall-Package. Use Get-Package to see all packages currently installed in the default project if you need to find an identifier.

Uninstalling a package performs the following actions:

Removes references to the package from the project (and whatever management format is in use). References no longer appear in Solution Explorer. (You might need to rebuild the project to see it removed from the Bin folder.)
Reverses any changes made to app.config or web.config when the package was installed.
Removes previously-installed dependencies if no remaining packages use those dependencies.

Update a package

See Get-Package and Update-Package

Find a package

See Find-Package. In Visual Studio 2013 and earlier, use Get-Package instead.

Availability of the console

Starting in Visual Studio 2017, NuGet and the NuGet Package Manager are automatically installed when you select any .NET-related workloads; you can also install it individually by checking the Individual components > Code tools > NuGet package manager option in the Visual Studio installer.

Also, if you're missing the NuGet Package Manager in Visual Studio 2015 and earlier, check Tools > Extensions and Updates... and search for the NuGet Package Manager extension. If you're unable to use the extensions installer in Visual Studio, you can download the extension directly from https://dist.nuget.org/index.html.

The Package Manager Console is not presently available with Visual Studio for Mac. The equivalent commands, however, are available through the NuGet CLI. Visual Studio for Mac does have a UI for managing NuGet packages. See Including a NuGet package in your project.

The Package Manager Console is not included with Visual Studio Code.

Extend the Package Manager Console

Some packages install new commands for the console. For example, MvcScaffolding creates commands like Scaffold shown below, which generates ASP.NET MVC controllers and views:

Set up a NuGet PowerShell profile

A PowerShell profile lets you make commonly-used commands available wherever you use PowerShell. NuGet supports a NuGet-specific profile typically found at the following location:

To find the profile, type $profile in the console:

For more details, refer to Windows PowerShell Profiles.

Use the nuget.exe CLI in the console

To make the nuget.exe CLI available in the Package Manager Console, install the NuGet.CommandLine package from the console: